India - Golden Triangle 2026-27

Departure for Delhi on scheduled Ita Airways flights – meals on board – overnight flight.

Arrival in Delhi – transfer to the hotel – early check-in and free time to relax - breakfast at the hotel - lunch at leisure – in the afternoon, visit of Delhi with guide (the Friday Mosque, Jama Masjid, rising among the narrow lanes of Old Delhi; the Raj Ghat, the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi; Qutab Minar; rickshaw ride through the old city) – dinner at the hotel - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Jaipur (6-hour transfer) - lunch at leisure – arrival in Jaipur – first orientation tour of the city (visit of a Hindu temple to attend the evening prayer, rickshaw ride through the old city) - check-in at the hotel - dinner at the hotel - after dinner, Jaipur by night: panoramic tour by private coach with guide – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, excursion to Amber Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated 11 kilometres from Jaipur at the foot of the Aravalli Hills, on the road to Delhi - visit of the fortress, which is reached by jeep - The Fort was built from 1591 onwards by Maharaja Man Singh I and boasts beautiful palaces finely decorated with latticed windows and mirror mosaics. It was the royal residence of the Maharaja of Amber, one of the most powerful in Rajasthan, until Jaipur was built in 1727 - return to the city, stopping on the way at a textile and carpet cooperative, a well-known collection centre for the work of craftsmen from the surrounding villages and countryside – lunch at leisure – in the afternoon, visit of the “pink city”, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (painted this colour as a sign of welcome for the visit of the future King Edward VII of England in 1863), built by Maharaja Jai Singh II in the 18th century to an urban plan that was futuristic for its time: a grid layout with districts clearly laid out according to the crafts practised there, wide streets up to 30 metres across, homes on the first floor and workshops at ground level - visit of the City Palace (1729), with its museums and the elegant courtyards of the royal family, and of the Astronomical Observatory, Jantar Mantar, a complex of 18th-century astronomical instruments used by the Maharaja to calculate the ascendant, horoscopes, local time and the time in every place in the world - visit of the Palace of the Winds, the Hawa Mahal, the famous façade of latticed windows from which the women of the Maharajas’ court looked out over the market – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

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

Breakfast at the hotel – visit of the superb Taj Mahal, built by Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century entirely of white marble and precious and semi-precious stones - the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, represents the high point of Mughal architecture in India; an inscription on the arch of the mausoleum’s main gateway reads: “A palace of pearls among gardens and canals, where the pious and the blessed may live for ever”. This sentence sums up the meaning of the whole building, through which Emperor Shah Jahan sought to immortalise his love for his beloved Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is symbolically described as the meeting of the divine and the human, and it rises in all its beauty at the centre of geometric gardens – the chaharbagh – adorned with canals in which its four minarets and great white dome are reflected – in the afternoon, visit of Agra Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the residence of the Mughal Emperors, also known as the Red Fort, one of the principal symbols of Mughal architecture - The Lal Qila was built by Emperor Akbar from 1565 onwards, with high fortified walls, on the banks of the sacred river Yamuna - The palaces that can be visited today are the work of the Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan and bear witness to the ancient splendour and wealth that characterised life at the Mughal court - lunch at leisure – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Delhi (about 4 hours) – lunch at leisure - visit of Delhi with guide (barefoot visit of the Sikh temple Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, where amid gleaming white marble you come across Sikh warriors absorbed in chants and rituals, and a stroll in the Lodhi Gardens with the monumental tombs of the Lodi dynasty) - at sunset, panoramic tour of Delhi illuminated, with India Gate and the majestic government buildings - dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, visit of Delhi with guide (Humayun’s Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the first garden tomb built in India, in red sandstone and marble; visit of the Gandhi Smriti, the museum housed 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 of the Lotus Temple, a temple of the Bahá’í faith and a masterpiece of modern architecture in the shape of a lotus bud with twenty-seven marble petals) – lunch at leisure - tour leader available – dinner in a restaurant - transfer to the airport – departure from Delhi on scheduled Ita Airways flights for the return to Italy.

Arrival in Italy.