A Visit to the Taj Mahal –One of the Seven Wonders of the World and a Timeless Masterpiece!

If you intend to visit India, can you miss out on the Taj Mahal at Agra? Especially when it has bagged a place in the Seven Wonders of the World list for a second time? When the great Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan built this monument in 1631 as a tribute to his wife Begum Mumtaz, on the banks of the river Yamuna, little did he know that his token of love for her would stand out as an eternal marble masterpiece for thousands of years after.

You can get a discount travel facility to visit this stones and semi-precious stone laden monument if you make your booking for the peak season, which is usually the summer or the winter vacation months. Be ready to face a harsh weather, however. Some travel agencies offer discounts during the off-seasons like monsoon. However, the best time for you to visit this example of flawless calligraphy is from October to March mainly during the winter months. You can plan a visit on a full moon day. The monument looks splendid under the soft moonlight. It creates a mystic charm that will surely captivate you.

The Taj Mahal being a major tourist spot, getting a hotel reservation may be slightly difficult for you during the peak period. You can always entrust some good travel agencies to get your hotel bookings done. The Jaypee Palace hotel, The Welcome Group Mogul Sheraton Hotel, and Hotel Taj View are among the finest five starred luxurious hotels of Agra. You can also try to stay at Hotel Holiday Inn, Agra and Howard Park Plaza International, which are four starred hotels.

Hotel Amar, Grand Hotel, and Mansingh Place are three starred hotels where you can try lodging. If your budget is not very high and you can try staying in discount hotels. These are not usually starred; nevertheless they are comfortable to lodge. The experience of staying in luxury hotels is distinctive but budget hotels are also not bad nowadays. You can easily reach Agra from the capital city of Delhi by railway, roadway and airway.

There are quite a few other historical places around Taj Mahal, which I wish to explore in my future posts.