Agra Hotels - Reviews and Rates

05 July

We woke up early and departed the hotel at 05:40 to be at the Taj in time for the sunrise viewing. The sun's rising caused to Taj to change colors. In addition, we avoided the crowds and the mid-day temperatures. At 06:00, it was already hot.

We had an excellent two hour walk around the complex, where we took many pictures,...

06/11 - We made our way to Agra today. It took approx 5 hours on a very crowded train, I was stuck next to 2 Indian ladies, 1 which kept sitting on me & the other grabbed my ankles twice, we called her "ankle grabbing granny!" Today we saw the Taj Mahal, Wow, the place is amazing! Completely covered with white marble, the place is enormous. ...

4.45am the alarm goes off. Not a good start by any means - not happy! Anyways, we get to the station and head off with not too much fuss. On board the train we find two seats together and even though one is not ours no-one seems to mind too much! We nap as best we can and eventually arrive in Agra a little later than scheduled, but hey, what is ...

Agra - City of Taj Mahal the symbol of love Everything they say about the Taj Mahal is true. We think as well that it's the most beautiful building we've ever seen. Apart from the Taj and the fort which we didn't go to there isn't much to say about Agra. We had a great day watching the sunrise over the Taj and swimming in a hotel pool but apart ...

"That's my little octopussy..." Hang out in Udaipur (oodahpoerr, say it differently and you won't get there), in the back-hills of Rajasthan, and the odds are 007:1 that you'll spend an evening on a roofless rooftop restaurant gorging on the local spices and watching James Bond's Octopussy. Quite a bizarre experience, chomping on a malai kofta o...

Author Ian Parker! Saturday 29/3/08 - Overnight sleeper (if you can call it that!) train to Agra.... Carried the bags over the bridge to the appropriate platform, and then walked what seemed miles (in the blazing sun) to the place where our 'sleeper carriage' was due to stop. At this point Sue decided that she wasn't getting enough attention, an...

Sorry kids but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to tell you all that the Taj Mahal is exactly what you would think.....stunning! Despite my being v**y, VERY ill (confined to my bed (and bathroom!) for the whole of Day One in Agra), I still managed to pull my weak ass out of bed in the early hours of the morning to witness sunrise ov** the Taj Mahal. It...

Just when you thought it was all over. That this town had nothing to offer but a two coffin graveyard with no church... they bring out the big guns! The Ramarama Ramafest has begun. There are floats that mostly consist of speakers, little boys with fake moustaches and big brass bands everywhere. And these guys are funky! Fantastic! Now if they w...

We had arranged a driver to take us to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and some other important sites. We were picked up at 7 and began our drive. The drive to Agra was unbearable. Traffic on the "highway" was bumper to bumper, or better put, bumper to a cow's ass. or bumper to a person pulling a cart. Without exaggerating, cars have to share highways...

Got ace train from Delhi to Arga. Armed guards stroll up and down many of the trains on the main tourist routes after all the luggage theft that's been going on. Theives grab bags and chuck them out of moving train, presumably to a waiting accomplice. Out of station get directed to rickshaw driver called VK. I plan to get a hotel out of my Footp...