Delhi, Agra and Jaipur: a Mughal capital, the most famous building on earth, and a city painted pink for a prince. Two fast trains and one long drive join them, and we book all three so you never have to.
FromUS$360per person, twin share — six nights with breakfast and every leg between the three cities: the Gatimaan Express to Agra, a private car on to Jaipur, and the Shatabdi back to Delhi. Budget separately for flights and monument tickets. Compare the three hotel tiers
Fly in and out of Delhi (DEL) — this is a loop, so a plain return ticket works and you finish where you started. The Airport Express metro runs into the city in twenty minutes for about US$0.70, which beats a taxi in Delhi traffic most of the day.
Confirmation
Tell us your dates and a tier → we confirm three hotels and all three intercity legs within 24 hours → a deposit holds them → vouchers and train tickets by email before you fly. Departs most days. The Gatimaan does not run on Fridays, so a Friday Agra leg shifts to another fast train.
We include the transport between the cities, and that is deliberate. The Golden Triangle is a circuit, not a pair of cities — Delhi to Agra to Jaipur and back is roughly 720km — and a client holding three hotel bookings with nothing joining them has not bought a tour. So the two trains and the car are ours. Monument tickets are not: they are bought at the gate or online in your own name, and you should not pay us to press a button on your behalf.
The trip at a glance
Delhi
Days 1–2 · the capital
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Delhi
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Arrive Delhi AT LEISURE
Into Indira Gandhi International. Airport transfers are not included — the Airport Express metro is about US$0.70 and twenty minutes to New Delhi station, which is usually faster than a car.
Settle in Delhi. Nothing is scheduled today, deliberately.
Get small rupee notes early. Cards work in hotels and malls; autos, markets and tips do not.
Overnight in Delhi.
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Delhi
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Old and New Delhi AT LEISURE
Qutub Minar — 73m of carved sandstone begun in 1193, and beside it an iron pillar that has stood 1,600 years without rusting.
Humayun's Tomb, which matters more than it looks: it is the first great Mughal garden tomb, and the Taj Mahal is its grandchild. Seeing it before Agra makes the Taj legible.
Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi for the late afternoon — a bazaar since the 1600s, and the best street food in the city.
Overnight in Delhi.
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Qutub Minar₹550 · about US$6Foreigner rate. The complex, the tower and the non-rusting iron pillar.
Humayun's Tomb₹550 · about US$6Foreigner rate. Worth doing before Agra rather than after — it is the Taj's direct ancestor.
Chandni ChowkFree to walkYou pay for what you eat, and you should eat.
We can book any of these with your tour. Tell us which you want when you confirm and the tickets travel with your documents.
Agra
Days 3–4 · the Taj
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Delhi → Agra
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Gatimaan Express & the Taj Mahal TICKETS INCLUDED
The Gatimaan Express from Hazrat Nizamuddin, India's fastest train, in chair car with breakfast served at your seat. Your ticket is included. Under two hours.
The Taj Mahal. Twenty-two years and twenty thousand workers, for a wife who died in 1631. Go at opening or in the last two hours — the middle of the day is hot, crowded and flat in photographs.
Agra Fort across the river, where Shah Jahan spent his last eight years imprisoned by his son, looking at what he had built.
The Taj is closed on Fridays for prayers. Tell us your dates and we will make sure your Agra day is not one.
Overnight in Agra.
In your price today — go at your own pace
The Gatimaan Express to Agra, chair car
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The Taj Mahal₹1,100 · about US$13Book aheadForeigner rate, and ₹200 more to enter the mausoleum chamber itself — worth it. Closed Fridays.
Agra Fort₹610 · about US$7Foreigner rate. A ₹500 ADA toll is charged once per day and covers the other Agra monuments, so it is not billed twice.
We can book any of these with your tour. Tell us which you want when you confirm and the tickets travel with your documents.
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Agra → Jaipur
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Fatehpur Sikri & on to Jaipur TICKETS INCLUDED
A private air-conditioned car to Jaipur, included, with the driver for the day.
An hour out, Fatehpur Sikri — a complete Mughal capital in red sandstone, built by Akbar in 1571 and abandoned fourteen years later when the water ran out. Almost nothing has been built there since.
On to Jaipur, arriving late afternoon. Four hours on the road in total, plus the stop.
Overnight in Jaipur.
In your price today — go at your own pace
Private car to Jaipur, with the Fatehpur Sikri stop
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Fatehpur Sikri₹610 · about US$7Foreigner rate, for the palace complex. The Jama Masjid and Salim Chishti's tomb beside it are free.
We can book any of these with your tour. Tell us which you want when you confirm and the tickets travel with your documents.
Jaipur
Days 5–7 · the pink city
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Jaipur
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Amber Fort & the pink city AT LEISURE
Amber Fort, 11km out above a lake. Inside is the Sheesh Mahal, lined with mirrors that turn one candle into a constellation. Go early; it is the busiest thing in Rajasthan by eleven.
City Palace, where Jaipur's royal family still live. The two silver urns in the courtyard are the largest silver objects in the world.
Hawa Mahal — 953 windows in a five-storey screen, built in 1799 so royal women could watch the street without being seen. Photograph it from the café opposite, not from below.
Overnight in Jaipur.
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Amber Fort₹200 · about US$2Foreigner rate, and remarkable value for what it is. The Sheesh Mahal is inside the main ticket.
City Palace₹700 · about US$8Foreigner rate for the museum and courtyards. The private royal apartments are a separate, much dearer ticket.
Hawa Mahal₹200 · about US$2Foreigner rate. Ten minutes inside is plenty; the building is the façade.
We can book any of these with your tour. Tell us which you want when you confirm and the tickets travel with your documents.
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Jaipur → Delhi
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Shatabdi back to Delhi TICKETS INCLUDED
A free morning in Jaipur — the Jantar Mantar observatory and the old bazaars are both walkable from the City Palace.
The Shatabdi from Jaipur Junction in chair car, meal at your seat, about four and a half hours. Your ticket is included.
Overnight in Delhi.
In your price today — go at your own pace
The Shatabdi back to Delhi, chair car
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Departure
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Delhi → onward AT LEISURE
The Airport Express to Indira Gandhi International takes twenty minutes from New Delhi station.
With a spare morning, the National Museum or a last hour in Khan Market are both close to the line.
Your Hotels
Three nights in Delhi, one in Agra and two in Jaipur. Every property below was checked by name rather than by star filter and carries hundreds or thousands of recent reviews. The luxury tier is doing something the other two are not: in Agra and Jaipur it buys you a hotel that is itself a reason to go — a Taj view from the bed, and a maharaja's own palace.
Comfort · well-placed and well-run
Solid international hotels, central in all three citiesA dependable 5-star in south Delhi, a long-established garden hotel on Agra's Fatehabad Road rated above 9, and a central Jaipur hotel in C-Scheme. Unfussy, well located, and the best value on this route by a distance.
Deluxe · landmark addresses
Heritage and Luxury Collection propertiesA heritage 5-star in central Delhi, the ITC Mughal at Agra's Taj Ganj — minutes from the gate — and the ITC Rajputana on Jaipur's Palace Road. A clear step up in character rather than just in room size.
Luxury · the view and the palace
A Taj-view room, and a maharaja's palaceA landmark 5-star in Delhi's diplomatic quarter, then the hotel where every room faces the Taj Mahal, and finally the Jaipur palace the royal family actually lived in. Two of the most celebrated hotels in India, on consecutive nights.
You will know exactly where you are staying before you pay a balance. We name the property in your confirmation, in writing, as soon as the room is held — and if it is ever unavailable for your dates we substitute at the same tier or better, never below it.
Restaurants worth trying
Breakfast is in the price. Every other meal is yours to choose, so here is where we would eat. We do not arrange any of these and you would pay for them yourself. They are simply places we rate, near where the trip goes. Tick any you like and they appear on the map.
Suggested, not included. Opening hours and prices are theirs, not ours — and a place that is busy at eight will be busy whether or not you booked through us.
Tour Price
All prices are per person, twin share, in US dollars — the figure below is what you pay us. It covers six nights with breakfast and all three legs between the cities. Monument tickets are not included and are listed at the current foreigner rate on each day above, so you can see exactly what the trip costs in total. These are website estimates, confirmed against live availability for your dates.
Hotel tier
Per person, twin share
Single supplement
Comfort — central, well-run
from US$360
+US$225
Deluxe — heritage & Luxury Collection
from US$570
+US$380
Luxury — Taj view & Rambagh Palace
from US$1,510
+US$1,085
Included
6 nights with breakfast — three in Delhi, one in Agra, two in Jaipur · every leg between the three cities: the Gatimaan Express to Agra in chair car, a private air-conditioned car on to Jaipur with a stop at Fatehpur Sikri, and the Shatabdi back to Delhi · station transfers at both ends of each train
Not included
International flights · monument tickets, which in India are charged at a foreigner rate and add up — the Taj alone is about US$15 · airport transfers in Delhi · local sightseeing transport within each city · guides, which you can hire at each monument gate or we will arrange · the Indian e-visa · lunches and dinners · tipping · travel insurance
How the flexi tour works. Choose any departure date and a hotel tier → we confirm availability and the exact price within 24 hours → pay a deposit to hold it → your final documents and vouchers arrive by email a week before you fly. There is no group to join and no fixed departure day.
Seasonal pricing.These are low-season rates and that is why they look low. September still catches the tail of the monsoon and Delhi is warm. October to March is the season — clear, cool, and materially more expensive, with Christmas, New Year and Holi the peaks. April to June is genuinely punishing, over 45°C in Delhi and Agra, and we would rather talk you out of it than sell it to you.
Budget separately for:monument tickets at the foreigner rate — roughly US$45 per person across the whole trip if you visit everything listed above · airport transfers in Delhi · local transport within each city, where autos and app cabs are cheap · guides at each monument, hired at the gate or arranged by us · the Indian e-visa · lunches and dinners · tipping, which is expected and constant · international flights and travel insurance.
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