Weekend getaways from Delhi are no
less than a vacation in themselves for they can be as short as a
weekend trip or a proper planned 5 day trip. Among the most famous
and quite frequently visited is Agra, or more rightly called The Land
of Taj. Agra is located at a distance of approx 200 km which is quite
comfortable to cover on road. A lot of travel agencies and web
portals give a day’s tour wherein they provide AC luxury coaches
for travel and sightseeing in Agra. Among weekend getaways from Delhi
a day’s trip is quite to cover maximum attractions in Agra such as
the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. The city of Agra has a
lot to offer to the history lovers and passionate architectures.
Every tomb, pillar, gate present in each of these pieces of heritage
has been intractably designed and carefully preserved.
Weekend getaways from Delhi such as
a day’s trip to Agra can be extended to cover religious places of
Mathura and Brindavan. It however depends upon the time available
with the tourists. The city of Agra welcomes you with a pleasant
climate. The streets are well layout and designed and have a lot of
shopping options from traditional sweets of the city to the
handicrafts of the state. By far the most popular item picked up by
most of the shoppers is a small remembrance of Taj Mahal in the form
of a small momentum mostly in marble. Apart from that the small
embroidered pieces of handicrafts , wood articles are also popular.
The city has quite a number of footfalls being well connected by rail
and road networks especially via the Yamuna Expressway which makes it
in close proximity with Delhi and NCR Region, and people living here
don’t mind to travel a distance of 200 km to see the wonders of
architecture.
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