Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, transfer to Agra, in the Uttar Pradesh region. Agra the home to two superb monuments admired throughout the world, the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort, which fully demonstrate the genius of the design of Mughal palaces and gardens. Check-in at the hotel upon arrival and time to relax.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. the visit to the Fort, a triumph of red sandstone for an unrepeatable masterpiece of Mughal architecture: a vast citadel with very refined architectural features, surrounded by the Yamuna River, this monumental fortress amazes with the majesty of its walls, the white marble pavilions, the blue and gold ceilings, the antechambers of the royal bathrooms adorned with mirrors. After Taj Mahal (closed on Fridays), the mysterious “pearl palace between the gardens and canals” that can be reached aboard a decorated tonga. Perfect from any angle, white and unreal, graceful and light despite its grandeur, it is a monument to eternal love: it was in fact built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal who died prematurely so that her memory would never be lost and it required 22 years of work, 20,000 men and 1000 elephants to transport the precious materials.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, continue to Ranthambore with a visit along the route of the ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri, a splendid and desolate urban masterpiece. At the end, transfer to Ranthambore, a scenic strip of nature at the center of a project for the protection of the tiger, the "big cat", the large feline symbol of Indian fauna. Long a hunting ground for the maharajas of Jaipur, it was then converted in 1972 into a nature reserve and park dedicated to the protection of these magnificent animals and is in fact one of the best places to see them. Surrounded by two rivers, the Chambal and the Banas, and embellished by the Talao Padam lake, it is dotted with large banyan trees that ensure pleasant shade.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. Full day dedicated to morning and afternoon collective safaris inside the park: exciting landscape, close contact with wild nature, strong sensations. Lunch, dinner at the hotel.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. Move to Jaipur, the hospitable capital of Rajasthan, known as the pink city: Jaipur is known as pink city of India and capital of Rajsthan with houses colors of Pink. upon arrival, visit the Hindu temple with ceremony and walk through market.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. excursion to Amber, a fortified citadel a few kilometers from Jaipur, a complex made of fretwork, mirrors, semiprecious stones, miniatures and decorations that experienced a period of great splendor in the Mughal era: with its superb richly adorned rooms, Amber brings to life the legends of love and battles of the ancient Rajputs. A ride in a jeep to unchanged magnificence are the buildings enclosed within the fortress: decorated rooms, mirrors, gems, fretwork and all the atmosphere of a place where history is at home. Return to the “pink city” and stop in front of the Hawa Mahal, a tall façade inlaid with windows through which the courtesans could look without being seen. Next up is the City Palace, an intriguing architectural complex in the heart of the old city, and a visit to the surprising Jantar Mantar, the open-air astronomical observatory commissioned in 1728 by the ruler Jai Singh and still in perfect working order today.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. Today, we will drive back to Delhi by surface which will take 4.5 hours. on arrival, transfer to Delhi Airport to board the flight to Varanasi in the region of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi: one of the most sacred cities in the country, also known as Benares and Kashi. Upon arrival, excursion to nearby Sarnath, a historic place of worship, one of the largest Buddhist sites in the world. Later participation in the evocative “aarti” ceremony, the collective prayer that takes place in the evening in the flickering light of oil lamps placed in the temples, on the venerated waters of the Ganges and on the “ghats”, the wide steps that descend towards the river.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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In the light of dawn, in the rarefied air, you glide slowly by boat on the sacred Ganges. In the background, the city that awakens to the sound of the flutes of the Shiva temple, and then priests, beggars, holy men, pilgrims, believers in search of purification, women, children. Breakfast at the hotel. After sunrise, a ride in a rickshaw among sacred cows and shops, shrines and crowded alleys of the town with a visit to some temples. Return to the hotel, breakfast and time at leisure until the transfer to the airport and the flight to Delhi.

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Accommodation : As Per Request

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Breakfast at the hotel. Afterwards transfer to the airport in time for the return flight to Italy

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Accommodation : No Accommodation

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