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India: Glorious Rajasthan and Relaxing Goa

Price: 
From RMB 13500
Travel days:  9 days
 /  8 nights
Booking

  • All flights mentioned in the program in economy class, excluding airport tax and fuel surcharge.
  • All transfers mentioned in the program in air-conditioned car.
  • Entrance fees for all sights mentioned in the program.
  • Accommodation in mentioned hotel in double/single room with bathtub/shower, WC, and daily breakfast.
  • All meals mentioned in the program (B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner).
  • 24 hour TUI China hotline service (German and English).
  • Tips and personal expenses.
  • Visa to India.
  • All expenses not mentioned above.
  • Delhi 3*-4*　
    Regent Continental (3*) or Avalon Courtyard (4*)
  • Agra 3*-4*　
    Pushpa Villa (3*) or Yamuna View (4*)
  • Jaipur 3*-4*　
    Apex International (3*) or K.K.Royal Days (4*)
  • Goa 3*-4*　
    Casa de Goa (3*) or Cidade De Goa (4*)
  • Flights from Beijing to Delhi depart every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Flights from Delhi to Beijing depart every Tuesday and Saturday.
  • All above mentioned rates are subject to availability.
  • Note that the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, so you may want to time your trip so that Day 3 does not fall on a Friday. 

Travel content

With its color and spice, ancient delights, intricate architecture and fascinating history, India is a vast and complex country that will make you want to come back for more! Delhi, Rajasthan and Goa are excellent examples of the huge variety of sights and experiences that await you. In New Delhi, taste the mix of Mughal, Victorian and modern influences. Then in Agra, the elegant Taj Mahal will reveal to you why it is still one of the wonders of the world. Amber Fort's bejeweled interiors, a Maharaja's palace and the Jantar Mantar marble observatory are other amazing stops along the way. Then, fly to Goa for another side of India: beaches, harbor, Portuguese-inspired sites and churches.

Beijing departure: From RMB 13, 800 p.p.
Shanghai departure: From RMB 13, 500 p.p.
Travel date: Beijing - Every Monday
                     Shanghai - Every Saturday

Travel Itinerary

  • Day 1:
    Beijing / Shanghai - Delhi

    Flight from Beijing / Shanghai to Delhi.
    Overnight at Delhi

  • Day 2:
    Delhi - Agra (B, L, D)

    After breakfast take a half day city tour of New Delhi. Visit the 12th century Qutab Minar, gracefully hand-carved to its entire height of 234 feet. View the iron pillar, which has withstood the ravages of time for 1,500 years without rusting.

    Visit Emperor Humayun's mausoleum, architecturally a forerunner of the Mughal style.  Next, see the imposing and modern Lakshminarayan temple.
    Drive past India Gate, the President's Residence (formerly the Viceroy's Palace), Parliament House, and the Secretariat buildings.  India Gate is a memorial to the Indian soldiers who have laid down their lives in active service. The government buildings are an interesting blend of Victorian and 20th century architecture.

    After lunch depart by surface transport for Agra (202 km, 4hour drive).
    On arrival in Agra, check-in at your hotel, followed by dinner.
    Overnight in Agra

  • Day 3:
    Agra - Jaipur (B, L, D)

    After breakfast proceed for a half day city tour visiting the world famous Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan in 1560 in memory of his queen Mumtaz Mahal to enshrine her mortal remains. This architectural marvel is a perfectly proportioned masterpiece fashioned from white marble. It is a testimony to the skill of 20,000 craftsmen brought together from Persia, Turkey, France and Italy, who took 17 years to complete this 'Love Poem in Marble'. (Closed on Friday).

    Later, visit Agra Fort containing halls for private and public audiences and other palaces.
    After lunch depart by surface transport for Jaipur (240 km, 5-hour drive). On arrival in Jaipur, check-in at your hotel, followed by dinner.
    Overnight in Jaipur

  • Day 4:
    Jaipur (B, L, D)

    After breakfast at the hotel, enjoy a full day city tour of Jaipur. Enroute to Amber Fort, you will have a brief photography stop at Hawa Mahal - the Palace of Winds. Amber is a classic, romantic Rajasthani Fort Palace. The rugged, time-ravaged walls of the Fort may not look beautiful from the outside, but the interior is a virtual paradise. Miniatures painted on the walls depict a various scenes of festivals, hunting parties and battles. Precious stones and mirrors are embedded into the plaster. Inside the Fort visit the Jag Mandir or the Hall of Victory. Within Jag Mandir is the famed Sheesh Mahal, a room whose four walls and ceiling are entirely embedded with glittering mirror pieces, specially imported from Belgium at the time of its construction.

    Visit the Maharaja's City Palace, the former Royal residence, now partially converted into a museum. A small portion is still used by the Royal family of Jaipur. Built in the style of a fortified campus, the palace covers almost one-seventh of the area of the city. One of the major attractions in the museum is the portion known as Armory Museum housing an impressive array of weaponry: pistols, blunderbusses, flintlocks, swords, rifles and daggers. Most of these weapons were once used by the royal families of Jaipur.

    Later visit Jantar Mantar, which is the largest stone and marble crafted observatory in the world. Situated near the gate of the city palace, the observatory has 17 large instruments, many of them still in working condition.
    Dinner at night.
    Overnight in Jaipur

  • Day 5:
    Jaipur – Mumbai - Goa (B, L, D)

    After breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight to Mumbai and then the connecting flight to Goa. Upon arrival in the afternoon in Goa, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
    Check-in at hotel.
    The evening is free at your leisure to enjoy the beach.
    Lunch and dinner at hotel.
    Overnight in Goa

  • Day 6:
    Goa (B, L, D)

    Breakfast at the hotel.
    Full day free at leisure.
    Lunch and dinner at hotel.
    Overnight in Goa

  • Day 7:
    Goa (B,L , D)

    After breakfast proceed for half day city tour of Goa starting from the slopes of Altinho Hill with a breathtaking view of Panjim and the river Mandovi.
    From Donapaula, view India's largest natural harbor, Marmgoa.

    Continue to Old Goa, visiting Basillica of Bom Jesus where the body of St. Francis Xavier is enshrined in an ornate silver casket.

    Then visit St. Cathedra (the largest church in the East), St. Cajetan (a replica of St. Peter's in Rome), Church of Lady Rosary and St. Monica.
    Lunch at the hotel.
    Evening free at leisure.
    Overnight in Goa

  • Day 8:
    If returning to Beijing: Goa - Mumbai - Delhi - Beijing (B)

    Return to Beijing:
    Breakfast at the hotel.
    Morning at leisure, then transfer to the airport for the connecting flights to Mumbai.
    On arrival in Mumbai connect to the flight for Delhi, arriving in Delhi in the early hours of Day 9.
    Overnight on board

    Return to Shanghai:
    Breakfast at the hotel.
    Morning at leisure, then transfer to the airport for the connecting flight to Mumbai.
    On arrival in Mumbai connect to the flight for Delhi.
    Overnight in Delhi

  • Day 9:
    If returning to Beijing: Completing return journey to Beijing. If returning to Shanghai: Delhi - Shanghai (B)

    Return to Beijing:
    You will be met upon arrival in Delhi and transferred to the International airport for your flight back to Beijing.

    Return to Shanghai:
    Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the international airport for the flight back to Shanghai.