We finally scratched Agra off our travel list after years of putting it off. The Taj Mahal, a landmark we couldn’t ignore any longer in the land of India, became the perfect excuse for an anniversary getaway. Off to Agra we went. So here’s our Agra itinerary! Day 1 of Agra itinerary The Taj Mahal Getting there Our trip started with a visit to the Taj Mahal. We booked our tickets online and got to the East Gate entrance. Other things to note Both tickets allow one to remain inside the Taj for a maximum of 3 hours after which additional charges would apply. In the Taj as well, as…

The Itimad-ud-Daulah tomb is popularly known as Baby Taj and is considered to be a scale prototype for the construction of the Taj Mahal, for Ghiyas Beg’s grand daughter Mumtaz Mahal. We visited this tomb of Mirza Ghiyas Beg and his wife Asmat Beghum, in Agra. The story Nur Jahan, the wife of the mughal emperor Jahangir, commissioned the mausoleum for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg. Ghiyas Beg was born in Teheran and emigrated to India when his father died, and the family fell out of favour with the Shah’s court. During the emigration, robbers waylaid Beg’s caravan and their fortunes only turned after the birth of his second daughter…

We visited the Tomb of Shukrullah Shirazi, known as Chini Ka Rauza during our visit to Agra. When we told the cab driver that we wanted to visit a place called “Chini ka Rauza”, he had no clue where it was. Other than few locals, nobody else seemed to frequent this place. We booked a cab from an aggregator and our cab driver was a local of Agra. When we told him our destination, he rolled off all the popular tourist haunts. And then asked us in a surprised tone why we wanted to go there. He followed this up saying that he’s never visited the place in his lifetime!…