India Travel Guides

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal really does have to be seen to be believed. It is actually a mausoleum, built by Shah Jahan, the fifth of the Great Mughals, as a memorial for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their fourteenth child in 1631.

Red Fort

As if Agra didn’t have more than its fair share of attention with the Taj Mahal, it also has up its sleeve the magnificent Red Fort, also known as Agra Fort. A mere 2km from the Taj along the Yamuna River, the high red sandstone ramparts dominate a bend...

River Ganges

Rising in the Himalayas and flowing over 2,500km through India and Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal, the mighty Ganges is the world’s third largest river after the Amazon and Congo. The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus, who...

Old Delhi

Delhi is a microcosm of India’s past, present and future. Here are the extremes that make India so compelling. A city that encompasses Mughal glory, European grandeur, Punjabi opulence, and the futuristic high-rises and malls of the new satellite city...

Amber Fort

Amber was the capital of the Kachchawahs from 1037-1728, when Sawai Jai Singh II moved the capital from the Amber Fort to the valley below and built Jaipur. The Fort as seen today was constructed from 1592 and extended by successive rulers.

Shimla

Shimla straddles an eight-mile long ridge, its buildings clinging to the green hillsides. The British ruling classes began coming here in the 1820s as a refuge from the summer heat. By 1864 Shimla, known as the Queen of Hills, was the British Raj’s...

Amritsar Golden Temple

The exquisite Golden Temple, the most sacred place in Sikhism, attracts pilgrims as well as tourists from all over the world. As the central place of worship for all Sikhs, it provides a welcome and shelter for people of all faiths and castes, in keeping..

Jaipur

In 1728 the Maharajah Sawai Jai Singh II decided to move his capital from the Amber Fort to a dry lake in the valley below. Completed in just eight years, Jaipur was the first city in India to be built with rigorous town planning according to the...

New Delhi

Delhi is a microcosm of India’s past, present and future. Here are the extremes that make India so compelling. A city that encompasses Mughal glory, European grandeur, Punjabi opulence, and the futuristic high-rises and malls of the new satellite city...

Ranthambore National Park

Through the 20th Century, India’s tiger population decreased from an estimated 40,000 to 1,800. So it was in 1972 that Ranthambore became a national park under the Project Tiger programme, launched in an effort to save the Bengal Tiger from complete...