Taj View Agra

These pictures are an inadequate view of an overpowering structure. The gardens are also serene and perfect the images. It took over 20,000 laborers 22 years to complete this burial site in the 1600's. The beauty of the white marble and hand crafted, ...

... for his dead wife ended up being overthrown by his son and spent the last 8 years of his life imprisoned there, with a view of the Taj. It's where all the ancient Moghul rulers were based and is massive. Spent a really peaceful 3 hours just walking ...

... the structure in person is special. We had a couple of hours to casually roam the grounds and view inside the Taj Mahal.   Dragoman`s local contact in Agra invited all of us to his home where on his roof he laid out a magnificent breakfast ...

... a few hundred kilometres away. We planned our only full day here to visit, of course, The Taj Mahal and then onto Agra Fort. TAJ MAHAL What a magnificent sight! Walking towards it, a massive gateway frames your first view of the Taj. From then, it was ...

... avail. They crash through a stall (not a china shop, fortunately), demolishing it, then flee. We're here in Agra, naturally, for the Taj Mahal, and bedding within walking distance of its East Gate entrance. Three hours before sunset, I enter, but linger ...

We arrived in Agra at around 6am and was picked up by our driver Rampal.  He took us to the Taj View hotel to freshen up before heading to the Taj Mahal.  We arrived at the Taj Mahal in a horse carriage.  Our guide at the Taj gave us its ...

... the Brits was a bit of a special treat - they obviously had not smelt Phils' feet......... As a treat, we stayed at the Taj View hotel - 5 star quality (and sniffiness) and as much hot water as we could use. Aftering showering for an hour and a half, ...

... on their heads.  Sweaty men (and women) dug ditches along the side.  ... what else? Arrival at the Taj View Hotel in Agra after a trip through the dirty town.  The hotel was gorgeous, and we welcomed the clean rooms and friendly ...

... unpacking we walked about checking out the hotel shops and the shops immediately adjacent to the hotel. We were informed that we had been given a Taj view room, but since it was dark we couldn't see it. We then retired early because we had to get up at 5 ...

... did see that quite often on the side of the road). After many photos, we left for lunch around 2:00. We had a buffet at the Taj View hotel. The food was excellent, but the cold water even better.  Any woman will tell you that you let yourself get ...

... take over as the new king.  Despite imprisoning Sha Jahan in the Red Fort he still had thousands of concubines and a terrific view of his Taj Mahal in the distance.  When he died 8 years later he was buried with his favorite wife in the Taj ...

... take over as the new king.  Despite imprisoning Sha Jahan in the Red Fort he still had thousands of concubines and a terrific view of his Taj Mahal in the distance.  When he died 8 years later he was buried with his favorite wife in the Taj ...

... Red Fort, one of Shah Jahan's many architectural (and tourist-magnet) gifts to India (To clarify, Shah Jahan constructed the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Red Fort, and Jama Masjid - the largest mosque in India, among other things). I'd been to Red Fort back ...

... of and the next thing I know, I am being ushered to the top floor of  the hotel and into a suite with a magnificent view of the Taj and huge sunken bathtub. Wow. The  Taj folks rock! I immediately turned the taps on the bathtub, filled it ...