Jaipur Trip Overview
This is a full day tour of New Delhi including round trip ticket on the Double Decker Express train from Jaipur. You will see the contrast of modern and ancient as you tour New and Old Delhi. Your private English Speaking guide will share the city’s rich history as you visit the many landmarks. Lunch is included at a local restaurant in Delhi.
Highlights
• Double Decker Train Jaipur – Delhi
• Qutub Minar
• Humayun’s Tomb
• Rickshaw Ride in Chandni Chowk
• Lunch at a local restaurant
Additional Info
Duration: 15 hours
Starts: Jaipur, India
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Full-day Tours
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This is a full day tour of New Delhi including round trip ticket on the Double Decker Express train from Jaipur. You will see the contrast of modern and ancient as you tour New and Old Delhi. Your private English Speaking guide will share the city’s rich history as you visit the many landmarks. Lunch is included at a local restaurant in Delhi.
Highlights
• Double Decker Train Jaipur – Delhi
• Qutub Minar
• Humayun’s Tomb
• Rickshaw Ride in Chandni Chowk
• Lunch at a local restaurant
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Rajpath, New Delhi India
This morning you will be transferred from your hotel in Jaipur to Jaipur railway station for the train departing at 06:00 AM for Delhi / Sarai Rohilla train station. Upon arrival in Delhi, you will be met by your private English speaking guide. You will embark on a New and Old Delhi tour in a private air conditioned vehicle.
Your tour will start in New Delhi. Drive along Rajpath – the capital’s broadest avenue. Along the way you will see Parliament House, a low, circular structure that covers more than five acres of land. You will also see India Gate, a 138-foot-high, arch-shaped structure that stands at the eastern end of Rajpath. It is inscribed with the names of 85,000 Indian Army soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. Below burns the Amar Jawan Jyoti, the Eternal Flame, in tribute to all martyred soldiers of India.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Humayun’s Tomb, Mathura Road Opp Nizamuddin Mosque, New Delhi 110013 India
Next, proceed to Humayun’s Tomb, commissioned by Humayun’s widowed queen, Haji Begum, in the sixteenth century. Architecturally it is the forerunner of the world-famous Taj Mahal.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Qutub Minar, Qutb Minar, Mehrauli, New Delhi 110030 India
You will also have a chance to visit Qutab Minar, a soaring, 238-foot-high stone tower, which was built by Qutab-Ud-Din Aibak in the twelfth century. At its base is the Quwwat-Ul Islam Mosque, the first mosque to be built in India. A twenty-three-foot-high iron pillar, which was built in the fourth century, stands in the courtyard of the mosque.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Birla Mandir Temple (Lakshmi Narayan), Connaught Place, New Delhi 110002 India
After viewing Qutab Minar, you will move on to Birla Temple, which is one of the major landmarks of New Delhi. The temple, built in 1939, is dedicated to Vishnu and enshrines almost all the deities of the Hindu pantheon.
Lunch is included at a local restaurant. (Beverage Excluded).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Red Fort, Netaji Subhash Marg, New Delhi 110002 India
Later embark on a tour of Old Delhi including the seventeenth-century walled city of Shahjahanabad. You will visit the Red Fort. Within the thick red-sandstone walls lie halls of public and private audience, domed and arched marble palaces, plush private apartments, a mosque and elaborately designed gardens. Even today, the Red Fort remains an impressive testimony to Mughal grandeur.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chandni Chowk, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi
Later, take a rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk, the old marketplace of Shahjahanabad, which today is a picturesque bazaar. It consists of many narrow lanes that are crowded with shops selling everything from authentic Indian food and clothing to electronics.
At the end of your tour you will be transferred to Sarai Rohilla Station for your train departing at 5:35 PM for Jaipur. Upon arrival in Jaipur, you will be met and transferred back to your hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes
