Nuova Hotel Agra

23, First Floor, Sanjay Complex Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Living it large at the Taj

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... to barter down until we reached a fair price. After all, we imagined it possible that the kid would get a beating if he had brought in someone who did not buy anything at all.


When we arrived back at the rickshaw park our driver was there waiting for us and whisked us back to the hotel. The owner was kind enough to look after our bags for us all day and let us sit in his dining room for a couple of hours as we had a bit of a wait for ...

Agra - DAY 1

A travel blog entry by c044646

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... 12399;チ| 65;ット売り 580;の手前で 2511;スターカ&# 12540;ンにお金& #12434;渡し、す でに半券の ;もぎられӖ 3;チケット| 34;渡され、 300;買えると 2365;はチケッ&# ...

Agro, Taj and embarrassment

A travel blog entry by kenanddonna2005

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... story but because it's a mausoleum, there is minimal lighting and you can't take any pictures. There is some amazing stuff if you have a torch ... on all the walls there is marble inlay with minute detailing, which is pretty special. One flower, only an inch in diameter, is made up of something like thirty six little bits of coloured precious stones and gems ... amazing stuff.

After spending the entire morning in the Taj and feeling pretty knackered, we ...

The Taj Mahal Baby

A travel blog entry by jessandniall

... 1631. Her death left the emperor heartbroken, its said that his hair turned white overnight. The main building was finished 9 years later, but the whole thing took 21 years in total. Not bad, but when you have 20,000 people from all over India and central Asia giving you a hand I suppose it shouldn't take too long. And then he was overthrown, imprisoned and could never again visit his beloved Taj Mahal. His son did allow his body to be entombed here after he died, so not all bad ...

Let's get down...to business now

A travel blog entry by il_chambero

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We get to the horse stop spot and we all pile off. Then Khush, our hero, is off to brave the dangerous ticketlines and get the entrance fees paid. Their India resident ticket is 20 rupees (about a quarter) my foreigner ticket is 750 rupees (about 14 bucks). However, the magic of my golden ticket is that we get into the "high value ticket" line hich gets us through with no line to speak of. The regular ticket line is 2 hours long (at minimum). We also ...