Mughal Sheraton Hotel Agra

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Taj Ganj Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 562-233-1701

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Rise of the Taj

I took the Shatabdi Express train from New Delhi to Agra. The train was very fast, clean, and they gave out free bottled water and newspapers. It only took about 2 hours to reach Agra. India has setup many pre-paid taxi and rickshaw booths at major airports and train stations to keep tourists from getting ripped off by predatory drivers. It works pretty well. As I was loading into my taxi a guy speaking good English offered to be my guide for the day to all the tourist sites in India and prov...

Agra, India bcc8
The Taj Mahal At Last!

After 19 months in India, I have yet to visit the Taj Mahal. That's like visiting the U.S. and never seeing the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, Disney World or Tuttle, Oklahoma. Well, Tanya and I are off on a 9 day vacation and our first stop is the the city of Agra so I can finally, check the Taj-box off my list. After Agra, we're training to Jaipur for a couple nights...and then flying up to Rishikesh for 5 nights at the Ananda Spa...but we'll save those cities for separate blog ...

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India bwulz
A short vacation from India

We Said: Travel in India can be an all-out assault on your senses and patience. If you want to keep your wits about you and be able to really appreciate all you are experiencing, every once in a while you have to take a break to just veg out to give your brain a respite. We decided to take a short "vacation from India" on the way from Varanasi to Jodhpur. We took an overnight train to Agra and then used points to stay in the plush Mughal Sheraton a second time. From the time we arrived yester...

Agra, India globedecker
Wonders of Agra

Fatehpur Sikri, Mughal Sheraton Hotel

Agra, India metasoul
The Girl Who Was Death - Taj Mahal

"Watch me zoom by,
 make it boom by, wat up to all the ladies, hanging out in Mumbai..." -from "Singh is Kinng", feat. R.D.B, Snoop Dogg & Akshay Kumar The offical "PTO" section of the India trip (the last 2 weeks of this 6-week trip) began on August 2. We went up to Mumbai, which was a little bereft of touristy things to do. Sure, if you want to hit a club and maybe chance upon a brush with Bollywood greatness, that's great. But other than that, we couldn't find much to do or see. It d...

Agra, India swamiv
Agra Part 2

We celebrated Lucys 30th a day late yesterday by going to the Taj Mahal in the morning then staying at a 5 star hotel. We were still very ill though but didn't let it spoil the day. The Taj was amazing, better than we could ever imagined it to be. There were quite a few people, very few foreigners but it is not quite the tourist season yet. Indians come from far and wide to see it, rich and poor alike. People came up to us to have their photos taken possibly having not seen or met westerners ...

Agra, India warty007
Agra

Arrived in Agra late morning, after eating and resting went to see what we could see of the Taj Mahal from the riverbank. Not too much as it happens, some of the main dome and the smaller towers. We then found a rooftop cafe to watch the sun setting on the Taj. It looked quite moody through the mist, or was it smog. And the large fruit bats flying over head added to the atmosphere. That night we splashed out and ate the up market Sheraton hotel and it was a cracking Indian meal, one of the be...

Agra, India york_tyke
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Historical Traveler Reviews of Mughal Sheraton Hotel Agra

Beautiful hotel

from VarshaLondon
Stayed here for one night lovely hotel, the food in the restaurant was good we opted for the buffet which was good value for money and had a good choice in indian dishes, some of the english dishes however were not any english that i had tasted before. Very close to the Taj Mahal and a good variety of shops just outside the hotel.

A Sheraton with a view of the Taj Mahal

from A TripAdvisor Member
The Mughal Sheraton is a typical Sheraton with new looking, large, clean homogenous rooms all with good facilities. The dining areas are not very appealing in terms of decoration and food quality varies. In fact one of the restaurants was closed for the duration of our stay there limiting us to buffet food, snacks at the bar or Indian cuisine. No happy hour at the bar means drinking can become expensive. There are very few non-smoking rooms, but even though the room we had was not one of these it did not smell of stale tobacco. There is also a decent sized pool and a limited view of the Taj Mahal itself. We ate at an excellent restaurant called Riao (or something like that) outside the hotel for a fraction of the cost inside. We spent an evening shopping in Agra and it is fair to say that Agra is lucky to have the Taj because you wouldn't want to visit it otherwise.

Good hotel though slightly disappointing...

from Corbeiroa
The lobby of this hotel is disappointing. So much the lamp at that it presides as the furniture they are obvious antiquated, old fashionable. The rooms are very well decorated, elegant and are very comfortable. The restaurants are irregular, the Indian rest is excellent whereas the buffet and the Chinese are medium category. The enclosure of swimming pool is equally disappointing but the services of massage are better that I have received in my life. Good hotel though slightly disappointing.

Spacious and grand, excellent service

from A TripAdvisor Member
Compared to the other hotels we stayed in on our "Golden Triangle" tour, this was the least favorite. That's not to say it isn't a very good hotel. The building looks impressive and feels very spacious and luxurious.

The rooms are lovely, especially mine which overlooked the pool. Staff are friendly and attentive, which was as we came to expect in India.

Unfortunately I became ill whilst there, but reception were very quick to call a doctor, who was kind and charming. He arrived within half an hour, prescribed about half a dozen pills and charged the grand sum of £10!!

My camera broke at the Taj Mahal (disaster!) but we took it to the hotel camera man and he sent it to be repaired that evening, which it was (and it wasn't dreadfully expensive either). The trouble he took was touching and so very Indian.

My only complaint about the hotel was that the buffet in the restaurant wasn't up to scratch. I'm not fussy about my food, but everything was fiercely hot and not tasty at all. Disappointing because the other hotel food was very good - lots of variety in taste and spicyness!

Reasonable, but nothing exciting

from A TripAdvisor Member
Fair hotel considering the country and location. Nothing like a Taj or Oberoi, but fine for a nights sleep close to the sites. The staff tried hard, however I can't say it was anything but ordinary. There are other choices I'd try if I returned to Agra. Comparable to a nice, but outdated 2 or 3 star in the US if you want some comparison. Again, they do try to make it nicer.

Gorgeous hotel - but watch the cash scams!

from WeeMinx
We stayed in this hotel for two nights during our tour of the "Golden Triangle".

The hotel is absolutely gorgeous, and very comfortable. Extremely lavish. The swimming pool and health club facilities are wonderful and the rooms very comfortable. The choice of restaurants is very good.

The additional cost for a "Taj View" room is not worth it. I attach a photograph of the view from the highest point of the hotel - much higher than any of the "Taj View" rooms and you will see what I mean.

One word of caution that I will give is on cash scams. Every single member of our party (12 people) were overcharged on things that they had charged to the rooms. I myself had had to book an extra room because my mother was ill and being constantly attended by the doctor. However, when I went to pay the bill they tried to charge me double the price that we had agreed. Even when I produced the paperwork showing the rate that I had been quoted, they still refused to accept it saying that the girl who had quoted me that rate had no authority to do so (Was that my problem?) Eventually we managed to negotiate a mid point between the two but I still ended up paying 50% more than I had agreed to.

My VERY strong advice is that while you are at this hotel pay for EVERYTHING in cash and don't charge anything to your room at all as everything from massages to room service was being charged at much higher rates than advertised.

Scam city!

Excellent place to stay

from inkwave17
All around excellent hotel. The restaurants were very good (both Indian and 'western' food), rooms were extremely clean and very modern, staff were friendly and accomodating. While I would not give this hotel an excellent rating if it were in some other countries as it is not comparable to the Ritz, for India this is definitely a top of the line experience. I would highly recommend it to anyone traveling to Agra! Rates are also extremely reasonable, even in comparison to other first-class hotels in India.

Very nice

from davcar
had a very comfortable stay. food excellent, good value for money. rooms very clean and well appointed. staff very helpful and friendly. can see the taj mahal from hotels view point which was a added bonus.

Excellent place to recuperate

from rosie6
We arrived at the Mughal Sheraton suffering from food poisoning from a previous hotel. The staff were most sympathetic and provided bananas and yoghurt free of charge (as suggested by doctor). The room was beautiful and the gardens allowed us to relax in the lovely weather without having to brave the hustle and bustle whch is India. We were very relieved to be there.

Reasonably satisfied

from A TripAdvisor Member
Stayed for 2 nights in February 2004. The Mughal Sheraton is a large, sprawling hotel complex set in extensive grounds and is used mainly by large tour groups. The architecture is of unusual 1970's-style brick construction, which just looks a bit odd in the middle of Jaipur. The 70's theme continues in the the rooms where the antiquated decor, TV and telephone look like props from an old movie. However, the accommodation was comfortable enough. The surrounding gardens are beautifully layed out and maintained, and make a welcome relief from the noise and chaos outside the front gate (ie in the "real world"). The hotel has another unusual feature - an observation deck which alows a reasonable view of the Taj Mahal across the rooftops, in the distance. I'm told its often quite spectacular at dusk, though it didn't seem that special the night I was there. The hotel has several restaurants - we used the western style one, which although dated in appearance had good service and surprisingly tasty food. Room service on the other night was also above average. Overall, we were reasonably satisfied with our short stay, but felt the management could do more to bring the fixtures and fittings in the guest rooms into the 21st century.
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