Fatehpur Sikri, India Travel Blogs

Back towards Agra !!!
Jan 10, 2006 (30 photos)

... 30 years before it was abandoned. This was due to the lack of water in the area. That was our stay in Agra again. Visiting Fatehpur Sikri was good, and now we have the complete set of Agra sites. Our next stop is Jodhpur in Rajasthan, and by the way, ...

Fatapur Sikri
Jun 17, 2007 (3 photos)

From Agra we took a bus to Fatapur Sikri, about an hour and a half to the west.  Here, we toured an old mosque and fort, both remnants of the Moghul city that once thrived here.  See the Agra entry for more details on the sights here.& ...

Day 27 - Jaipur to Bharatpur
Aug 30, 2005

Met up with a guy from Oklahoma and travelled to Bharatpur by bus - 4 hours of bone-shaking and arrived at our destination and were releived that there was not the same numbers of hassling rickshaw drivers. Made our way to the Guest-house run by Mr ...

Visit to the walled city/fort of Fatehpur Sikri
Mar 31, 2008 (8 photos)

... our beautiful hotel to travel back to Delhi to catch an 8pm flight. Before we sent to Delhi, we stopped at a walled city/fort named Fatehpur Sikri which was built by the Mogals also. It took about 1 hour to reach the fort and along he way we saw people ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Jul 11, 2007 (12 photos)

... was on pills and spent the rest of the day sleeping while Shaun went and had a look at the sights. Fatehpur Sikri was an ancient capitol of India but only for a short period of time. The buildings here are remarkably preserved. There is a fantastic mosque ...

Fatehpur Sikri, la ville fantome
Jan 5, 2008 (13 photos)

Le surnom de Fatehpur Sikri , la ville fantome vient de cette petite annecdote : Akbar le grand (notons que Akbar voulant dire le grand en Arabe, ca fait un peu pléonasme) a décidé de construire une cité parfaite, au milieu du désert, pour en faire sa ...

Jama Masjid, Faulty Towers and Maggots
Mar 15, 2007 (8 photos)

... or Ajays, it normally pays to shop around, but when I arrive in a new town with my backpack, I'm usually too lazy!   Fatepur Sikri was one of the dirtiest towns I visited with the least choice of hotels. I always find it amazing how the Indians just ...

Off the tourist track
Dec 18, 2005 (12 photos)

... saying "Hello" and a horde of little kids running after us. Being so far off the tourist path, this area seems much more "authentic" as a snapshot of rural India, where shopkeepers are eager for us to take their photo and don't demand money for it.

Fort d'Akbar le grand
May 24, 2009 (7 photos)

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Not too many Taj Mahal pics we promise!
Sep 15, 2006 (17 photos)

... . In order to avoid choking to death whilst moping around waiting for the Taj to open, we took a bus trip to Fatehpur Sikri about an hour's drive outside Agra. This near ghost town near the Rajastani border is the former imperial capital of the great ...

Just outside Agra...
Feb 4, 2006 (5 photos)

A quick entry: Fatehpur Sikri is just outside Agra. It was the Moghul capital in the late 16th century--but only for 14 years, after which was abandoned. It's interesting to wander around the palace, mosques, and markets.

Fatehpur Sikri
Feb 9, 2006 (5 photos)

... what looked to be a fort both Brian and I were reluctant to even open the door. Thankfully we had stopped in Fatehpur Sikri which was the short lived capital (quoting Lonely Plant guidebook here folks)of the Mughal Empire under Akbar. The short ...

Side trip from Agra
Nov 26, 2008 (8 photos)

There is another UNESCO sight within reach so we decide to see it. Fathepur Sikri is an elaborate sight built by Mughal Emperor Akbar between 1571 and 1584. It was his main palace and actually was the capital of his empire for a period of time.   ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Apr 11, 2009 (6 photos)

... cross, as seen from above.  It was supposed to be the "perfect city".  I would have to agree.  I believe Fatehpur Sikri is the coolest place we've been to.  It has an extremely remarkable history and is a fine example of Indian/Mughal ...

Fate-a-wha??
Dec 12, 2008 (119 photos)

... , and little temples. Tiny villiages and tons of construction. Never seen so much exposed rebar in my life. We pull up to Fatehpur Sikri and are transferred to a "governement sponsored tour guide"... take a took took to the top of the hill, go inside ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Nov 12, 2003 (3 photos)

... once you've got off - maybe it's the thrill of the escape that does it. Anyway, spent a nice day wandering around Fatehpur Sikri. I drew the line at paying another extortionate 500% mark-up for westerners to enter the royal enclosure, but had a great ...

Fatehpur Sikri - a desserted castle
Mar 23, 2008 (18 photos)

This was a short stop on our way from Agra. It was a huge fort area in the middle of no where. The king had to leave the amazing fort because there was a serious water shortage!

Fatehpur Sikri - Akbar Loses It
Apr 1, 2008 (26 photos)

... or love making - hence it is a very pleasurable place, full of discord, of broken orders, unclear heirarchies. Beside the Fatehpur Sikri palace is a very impressive mosque, perhaps the best we have seen in India thus far: The Jama Masjid. The entrance ...

On the way to Jaipur
Jun 16, 2008 (59 photos)

... de passarmos a manha no taj Mahal e no Forte de Agra, arrancamos em direccao a Jaipur no Rajastao. De caminho paramos em Fatehpur Sikri, a apenas 37Km de Agra, para ai visitarmos o complexo real. Esta cidade muralhada foi construida no Sec. XVI e foi a ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Aug 24, 2008 (17 photos)

On our way to Agra we stopped off in the little "town" of Fatehpur Sikri.  It was a temporary capital before Agra was built around 1569 C.E.  Now it mainly consists of the palace in which the Maharaja Akbar built and stayed in.  Akbar was ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Jan 9, 2006 (100 photos)

Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehphur Sikri
Feb 16, 2009

... worked out very smoothly, much to our surprise. We caught an auto to the local bus station to try and find a bus to Fatehpur Sikri, which was the political capital of the Mughal Empire for a short time before being abandoned due to lack of water. As ...

Intrepid Tour - Fatehpur Sikri
Feb 27, 2008

We leave Agra this morning and jump into 2 jeeps heading for Fatehpur Sikri a 16th Century fortified ghost city with palaces and pavilions.  We are shown around the deserted city by a young guide who's english is very good.  There are beautiful ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Dec 18, 2007

... of religious influences in the architecture. Hindu, Islamic, Christian, Buddhist images all together in the same buildings and columns. After Fatipur Sikri we hit the madness and mayhem of the Indian roads again to head into Rajistan and on to Jaipur

Taj Mahal and The Red Fort
May 12, 2006 (5 photos)

The Taj Mahal - described by that well known Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore as 'a teardrop on the face of eternity'. I think that's going a bit far, but there is no denying that it is an arrestingly beautiful mausoleum. Romantics like me love it for ...

Fatehpur Sikri...a composite religion
Feb 24, 2008 (16 photos)

... the northeastern city of Kolkata (the old name is Calcutta) a couple of weeks after visiting Fatehpur Sikri:  The great spiritual traditions share common goals and values, he encourages everyone to follow their chosen religious or ...

The Abandoned City and back to Delhi
Jan 6, 2006

... the still beauty of the place. And the fun continues... On our way back to Delhi, we were stopped the police. Turns out, India has "tourist police" that regulate the use of taxis. We were pulled over and a heated discussion (in Hindi) took place ...

Fatehpur Sikri
Dec 5, 2006

The main attraction in Fatehpur Sikri is an amazing set of ruined palace buildings, built by an optimistic king. Optimisitic because the city was eventually abandoned due to lack of water. We enjoyed wandering around the complex and ended the day at one of ...

Elusive tigers
Mar 22, 2005

Having turned into budding David Attenboroughs, we couldn't wait to get to the tiger sanctuary at Rantambhore in the hopes of catching sight of one of the creatures. Tiger numbers have sadly been declining in the park and it seems that a number of the ...

Fatehpur Sikri
May 29, 2009 (4 photos)

After a few sweaty nights in Agra without air con, we decided here we would spend an extra few rupees and upgrade for our stay in Fatephur. For our extra rupees we got an air con machine that wouldn't work because the electricity was on the blink ...