Private Half-Day Tour of Agra with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity Visit
Agra, India
Trip Type: Half-day Tours
Duration: 5 hours
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950. The charity home in Agra has orphaned children or those with families that can no longer provide for them along with 150 adults who can no longer care for themselves. At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's charity was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; child and family counseling programs; orphanages and schools.
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Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950. The charity home in Agra has orphaned children or those with families that can no longer provide for them along with 150 adults who can no longer care for themselves. At the time of her death, Mother Teresa's charity was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; child and family counseling programs; orphanages and schools.
8:30am - You will be picked up from your centrally located hotel or a train station in Agra and be transferred to visit the Mother Teresa Home in Agra, located in heart of city close to the Taj Mahal.
9am - Then you will visit Mother Teresa’s Charity home in Agra, a Missionnaires of Charity home for a group of orphaned or less fortunate children as well as adults. The mission is solely reliant on private donations to support their cause. For over forty years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned and dying while guiding the Missionaries of Charity’s expansion, through India and other countries.
11am - After visiting the charity home, you will have sometime to enjoy shopping in Agra which known for its fabulous handicrafts, made of marble and soft stone inlay work. The Mughals were great patrons of arts and crafts. Agra's major handicraft products besides inlay work are: leatherware, brassware, carpets, jewellery and embroidery work.
1pm - You will have lunch which will be provided at a local restaurant. Then, after lunch, you will be dropped off back at your hotel or the train station in Agra.
8:30am - You will be picked up from your centrally located hotel or a train station in Agra and be transferred to visit the Mother Teresa Home in Agra, located in heart of city close to the Taj Mahal.
9am - Then you will visit Mother Teresa’s Charity home in Agra, a Missionnaires of Charity home for a group of orphaned or less fortunate children as well as adults. The mission is solely reliant on private donations to support their cause. For over forty years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned and dying while guiding the Missionaries of Charity’s expansion, through India and other countries.
11am - After visiting the charity home, you will have sometime to enjoy shopping in Agra which known for its fabulous handicrafts, made of marble and soft stone inlay work. The Mughals were great patrons of arts and crafts. Agra's major handicraft products besides inlay work are: leatherware, brassware, carpets, jewellery and embroidery work.
1pm - You will have lunch which will be provided at a local restaurant. Then, after lunch, you will be dropped off back at your hotel or the train station in Agra.
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