A full day tour showing you the Historical monuments of the city.
9.00 A.M You will be picked up from your Hotel and driven to the Red Fort built by the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1648, as he moved his capital from Agra to Delhi after the death of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Drive through the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk and get a feel of “Old Delhi”. See the most famous and the biggest mosque in India, the Jama Masjid, which was also built by Shah Jahan in 1650.
On the way back to New Delhi visit Raj Ghat, the memorial built for Mahatma Gandhi who was assassinated by a fanatic on 30th January 1948.
Here there will be a break for one hour when you will be taken to a fine Indian Restaurant for lunch.
Post lunch we will take you to the World Heritage site Humayun’s Tomb, which was built by Humayun’s widow Hamida Banu, in the memory of her husband and after nine years of his death. It is also believed that this site was an inspiration for the famous Taj Mahal.
From here drive on to the highest Minar (tower) in Delhi known as Qutub Minar. This Minar was built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori over the Rajputs in 1192 A.D, by his viceroy Qutub-ud-din Aibak, and it became a symbol of the military might of the Turko-Afghan Slave dynasty, and the pole of justice and Islam.
5.00- The day trip gets over and you are dropped back to your Hotel.
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