INDIA: TOUR INDIA DEL NORD E RAJASTHAN

Departure from Italy with scheduled flights (non-direct flights). Meals and overnight on board

Arrival in Delhi. Clearance of customs and border formalities and transfer to hotel. Time at leisure for rest. In the afternoon, after a second breakfast at the hotel, visit the capital of India: visit the Qutub Minar built by the Muslim king, Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199, and the Humayun Tomb. Dinner and overnight stay. 

Full board. Departure for Agra. In the afternoon visit of the Red Fort, former imperial residence of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and the Mausoleum of Etimad-ud-Daula. Overnight stay. 

Full board. In the morning, visit the 'marble dream', the Taj Mahal (closed on Fridays), a white monument to love, whose most fascinating feature is its impression of lightness despite its structural grandeur. Afternoon departure for Jaipur. First stop for a visit to Fatehpur Sikri, an abandoned city built by the greatest emperor of the Mughal dynasty, Akbar. Onward transfer to Jaipur for dinner and overnight stay. 

Full board. Jaipur, known as the 'Pink City', became the strongest city-state in Rajasthan around 1500. Jaipur, represents one of the most fascinating cities in North India. The decorations of its palaces are real stone lace, while the style of its buildings represents a happy syncretism between Rajasthani and Mughal architectural elements. Excursion on elephant back to Amber, a fortified citadel a few kilometres from Jaipur. Lunch in a local restaurant.

Return to Jaipur and stop at the amazing open-air Astronomical Observatory, the City Palace, the 'Palace of the Winds', beautiful facade inlaid with windows, through which the through which the sultan's women could watch without being seen.

Overnight stay. 

Full board. Departure for Pushkar. Second breakfast on en route. Visit to Pushkar, which lies on the shores of a small lake. For Hindus, it is a sacred city and an important pilgrimage centre and many sadhus meet there

Full board. transfer to Udaipur. In the afternoon, boat trip on the enchanting Lake Pichola with a stop at Jagmandir Island. Overnight stay. 

Full board. Visit to the 'City of Dawn': the imposing City Palace with its myriad of finely decorated buildings, halls and courtyards housing an interesting museum of period objects and valuable

miniatures. Overnight stay.

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport and departure by flight to Delhi (1 hour 30 minutes). Continuation of visits to the city of Old Delhi (Shahajahanabad). The old city is crossed by the 'Silver Street' a colourful and lively succession

of bazaar-like shops, which separates it into two parts: the northern part where the railway station is located and the southern part where the Red Fort and the Jama Majid stand. Visit the Raj Ghat, the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Dinner at a restaurant near the airport. Start of boarding operations. 

Departure by scheduled (non-direct) flights. Arrival and end of our services.