Published on Dec, 2023
We were greeted at Delhi airport with garlands by Anil (our driver) and Sahil (the manager of Nikita Holidays) who both gave us a very warm and friendly welcome.
During the drive down, Anil expertly navigated the busy streets of both Agra and Delhi to get us safely to our hotel, as due to the time of the flight booking, it was not feasible to have the sunset view of the Taj Mahal.
The hotel organised by Nikita Holidays was excellent, with very nice rooms and very friendly and helpful staff there.
The following day after a very pleasant sleep, we started in the early hours by meeting Anil and our tour guide Raj, where we were driven to the Taj Mahal.
We had pictures professionally taken, and also Raj took very good photos using our phones - the professional photos are well worth getting! The expertly delivered descriptions, information and facts from Raj were second to none!
Following this, we were taken to live demonstrations of embroidery as well as seeing examples of marble craftsmanship, both of which were very interesting to see. Don't feel pressured into buying anything if you don't want to though - the embroidery in particularly did try and push a hard sell.
The final part of the trip concluded in the Agra Fort, whereby Raj once again provided fascinating facts and insights into the building.
We were then driven back by Anil who managed to get us back to the airport in time, battling extremely congested roads to get us there.
Overall, this is definitely a trip worth doing, however I would suggest trying to work with Nikita Holidays to get your flights in as early as possible to Delhi on the first day and as late as possible for departure on the second day to avoid needing to rush too much.
Once again, huge thank you to Anil and Raj who were absolutely brilliant in the respective services they provided, and should we do this tour in the future again, we would be extremely happy to work with them in the future!
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