Grand Tour of Rajasthan 2026-27 "Prestige"

Departure for Delhi on ITA Airways/Air India scheduled flights – meals on board – overnight flight.

Arrival in Delhi – meeting with the local guide and transfer to the hotel – early check-in - breakfast at the hotel lunch at leisure – in the afternoon, visit of Delhi (the Friday Mosque, Jama Masjid, rising among the lanes of Old Delhi, the Sikh temple Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, where amid gleaming white marble you encounter Sikh warriors absorbed in chants and rituals, Raj Ghat, the site of Mahatma Gandhi's cremation, the Parliament, the Presidential Palace – exterior –, India Gate, Qutab Minar, and a rickshaw ride through the old city) - at sunset, panoramic tour of Delhi illuminated, with India Gate and the majestic government buildings - dinner at the hotel – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – free time - tour leader on hand - transfer to the airport - departure from Delhi on an Air India scheduled flight to Udaipur – on arrival, transfer to the hotel – in the afternoon, boat trip on Lake Pichola to visit Jag Mandir, the palace built in the middle of the lake in 1615 by Maharana Karan Singh – lunch at leisure - dinner at the hotel - after dinner Udaipur by night, panoramic tour by private coach with guide – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to a visit of Udaipur (the Royal Palace or City Palace, with its many buildings from successive eras, monumental courtyards and the Museum of the local Maharanas, and the majestic Jagdish Temple, which dominates the whole city with its 24-metre shikhara tower) – lunch in a restaurant – dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader on hand – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Ranakpur (3-hour transfer) and stop in the Aravalli Hills to visit the extraordinary Chaumukha Jain temple with its 1,444 columns, whose exquisitely carved white marble leaves visitors spellbound and which, with over 3,600 sq m of floor space, is the largest Jain sacred complex in all India – departure for Jodhpur (3-hour transfer) – lunch in a restaurant – dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, visit to the ancient capital of the Rathore Kingdom with the majestic Mehrangarh Fort, its sumptuous palaces and courtyards – the Fort of Jodhpur, dominating the whole “blue city”, so called because this was the colour that once marked the homes of the city's priests – and the Jaswant Thada - lunch at the hotel/in a restaurant – departure for Jaisalmer (5-hour transfer) – evening arrival – dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader on hand – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to a visit of Jaisalmer, which owes its fame to the yellow sandstone from which it is built, tinting it with golden hues - visit to the citadel (the Sonar Qila with its 99 bastions, Jaisalmer Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the only fort in all Rajasthan still inhabited by the local population, with the Royal Palace and the Jain temples of Rishabdev and Sambhavnath) – lunch at the hotel – in the afternoon, stroll through Gopa Chowk, the city's central market square, and among the sumptuous merchants' mansions richly carved in yellow sandstone: the Salim Haveli, home of the Prime Minister, the Patwon-ki Haveli, home of the silk and brocade merchants, and the Nathmal-ki Haveli, still owned by the royal family and inhabited by their descendants - the city visit ends with the Gadi Sagar Tank, a 14th-century reservoir – camel ride at sunset in the Sam desert - dinner at the hotel - after dinner Jaisalmer by night, panoramic tour by private coach with guide – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Bikaner (6-hour transfer) – on arrival, check-in at the hotel - lunch at the hotel – in the afternoon, visit of Bikaner (Junagarh Fort, the fortified citadel with the ancient palaces of the Maharaja, home to one of the most interesting Maharaja museums in Rajasthan) – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader on hand – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Jaipur (6-hour transfer) – en route, stop in the village of Fatehpur to visit the merchants' houses, the finely frescoed 19th-century “havelis” - arrival and check-in at the hotel – lunch in a restaurant en route - in the afternoon, visit to the Johari Bazaar, famous for the workshops of artisans working precious stones and silver jewellery – visit to a Hindu temple to attend the evening prayer - dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader on hand – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, jeep excursion to Amber Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, set against the Aravalli Hills on the road to Delhi - return to the city, stopping en route at a textile and carpet cooperative – lunch in a restaurant - in the afternoon, visit to the “pink city”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, painted this colour as a gesture of welcome for the visit of the future King of England, Edward VII, in 1863, and built to an urban plan that was visionary for its time, on a grid pattern with districts clearly laid out according to the artisans' trades and broad streets up to 30 metres wide - visit to the City Palace (1729) with the royal family's museums and elegant courtyards, and to the Astronomical Observatory with the instruments once used by the Maharaja to calculate the ascendant, horoscopes, local time and the time in every place in the world - visit to the Palace of the Winds, the Hawa Mahal, with its famous façade of latticed windows from which the women of the Maharajas' court looked out over the market – dinner at the hotel – after dinner Jaipur by night, panoramic tour by private coach with guide – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - departure for Agra (5-hour transfer) - en route, stop at Abhaneri to visit one of the largest stepwells in the world, built by King Chandra to store water and offer relief from Rajasthan's intense heat, and a stop in an Indian village - onward to the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built in the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar and preserved intact as a testament to the genius of the most enlightened of all the Mughal Emperors - lunch in a restaurant en route - arrival in Agra and check-in at the hotel - dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure - tour leader on hand - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – visit to the superb Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, symbolically described as the meeting of the divine and the human, standing in all its beauty at the centre of geometric gardens – the charbagh – adorned with water channels reflecting its four minarets and great white dome - visit to the Red Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the principal symbols of Mughal architecture – the Lal Qila, built on the banks of the sacred Yamuna River – the palaces open to visitors today are the work of the Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan and bear witness to the ancient splendour and wealth of life at the Mughal court – lunch at the hotel/in a restaurant – in the afternoon, transfer to Delhi (approx. 4 hours) - check-in at the hotel – dinner at the hotel – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, guided visit of Delhi (Humayun's Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first garden tomb built in India, in red sandstone and marble, visit to Gandhi Smriti, the museum in Birla House where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last days of his life and where he was assassinated, a stroll around Connaught Place and a visit to the Lotus Temple, a temple of the Bahá'í faith and a masterpiece of modern architecture in the form of a lotus bud with twenty-seven marble petals) – lunch at leisure – afternoon at leisure - tour leader on hand – dinner in a restaurant - transfer to the airport.

Departure from Delhi on ITA Airways/Air India scheduled flights for the return to Italy.