Agra Tour Packages

Yes. The Taj Mahal is closed to general visitors every Friday, when its mosque opens only for prayers. On other days it opens 30 minutes before sunrise and closes 30 minutes before sunset. Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and Mehtab Bagh stay open on Fridays, so a Friday in Agra is not wasted, and we place your Taj visit on the day before or after. The Gatimaan Express from Delhi does not run on Fridays either.

Stay a night if you can. A day trip is typically 12 to 14 hours door to door by road, and you usually reach the Taj after the early light, with the crowds. A night in Agra puts you at the gate as it opens, with Agra Fort the same morning and time for Fatehpur Sikri. If your days are short, our Agra day trip from Delhi is planned to make the long day work.

One night covers the essentials: the Taj Mahal at sunrise, Agra Fort and, on the way in or out, Fatehpur Sikri. Two nights let you slow down and add Mehtab Bagh at sunset and the city's other Mughal tombs. Fatehpur Sikri from Agra takes three to four hours including the drive, so it fits easily into a stay of one night or more.

October to March, ideally at sunrise. December and January can bring dense morning fog that delays trains and flights and hides the marble at dawn, so keep a spare morning if photographs matter. April to June is very hot, with afternoons that can reach 45°C, and the monsoon, from late June into September, is humid and wet. Avoid Fridays, when the Taj is closed.

By road, about three to four hours on the Yamuna Expressway, depending on traffic. By train, the Gatimaan Express takes about 100 minutes from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Agra Cantt and runs six days a week, not on Fridays; other trains run daily. Agra's own airport at Kheria has only a few domestic flights, so international travellers usually fly into Delhi and continue by road or rail.

Yes, on up to five nights a month: the full-moon night and two nights either side, except Fridays and during Ramzan. Tickets are limited, sold separately by the Archaeological Survey of India, and best booked well ahead. Phones are not allowed on night visits, though a still camera is permitted after the security check. Ask us to plan it into a stay in Agra.

Keep it light. Food, tobacco, drones, phone chargers, headphones and tripods (without Archaeological Survey of India permission) are not allowed, and big bags slow the security check. Phones should be switched off or on silent, and photography is not allowed inside the main mausoleum, which needs a separate ticket on top of the standard one. Dress modestly: it is a tomb as well as a monument.

A guide is not compulsory, but touts and unofficial guides wait near the gates and ticket counters, and the official Taj Mahal website advises hiring approved guides who show their identity cards. Every package listed here includes a private guide arranged before you arrive, so there is nobody to negotiate with at the gate and your time inside goes on the monument itself.

Yes. Agra is the middle stop of the Golden Triangle with Delhi and Jaipur, and our routes also pair it with Ranthambore for tiger safaris, Mathura and Vrindavan for Krishna's temples, Varanasi on the Ganges and Amritsar's Golden Temple. See Uttar Pradesh tour packages and multi-state India tours for the full routes.