Private Tour: Half-Day Tour of Fatehpur Sikri
Agra, India
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 4 hours
Spend half of your day visiting Fatehpur Sikri, the "City of Victory" located 35 km from Agra on a low hill of the Vindhya mountain range. Before the reign of Akbar (1556-1605), the Mughal King who built this future city had already earned an auspicious reputation.
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Spend half of your day visiting Fatehpur Sikri, the "City of Victory" located 35 km from Agra on a low hill of the Vindhya mountain range. Before the reign of Akbar (1556-1605), the Mughal King who built this future city had already earned an auspicious reputation.
Meet your guide at your hotel lobby in Agra at 8.45 am for Morning Departure or 1.30 pm for Afternoon Departure and drive to Fatehpur Sikri, an epic architecture made of red sandstone. It is a city of yesteryear while today has lost in the mists of time.
Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar during 1572-1585 A.D. A sonless Akbar had gone to Sikri to seek blessings of a Muslim Saint Sheikh Salim Chishti and he was blessed with a son. To express his gratitude, he constructed his capital city and named it Fatehpur Sikri. Your Guide will show the beautiful marble tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti and other renowned places Diwan-I-Am, Diwan-I-Khaas, Buland Darwaza, Panch Mahal, Jodha Bai's Palace and Birbal Bhavan.
At the end of your journey at 12.00 pm for Morning Departure or 5.00 pm for Afternoon Departure, sit back and relax on the drive back to your hotel in Agra.
Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar during 1572-1585 A.D. A sonless Akbar had gone to Sikri to seek blessings of a Muslim Saint Sheikh Salim Chishti and he was blessed with a son. To express his gratitude, he constructed his capital city and named it Fatehpur Sikri. Your Guide will show the beautiful marble tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti and other renowned places Diwan-I-Am, Diwan-I-Khaas, Buland Darwaza, Panch Mahal, Jodha Bai's Palace and Birbal Bhavan.
At the end of your journey at 12.00 pm for Morning Departure or 5.00 pm for Afternoon Departure, sit back and relax on the drive back to your hotel in Agra.
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