Saturday, January 3, 2009

Heritage of Agra


Taj Nature Walk is a beautiful natural forest cover spread over 70 hectares of area just 500 m. away from the Eastern Gate of Taj Mahal. The beauty of this park fills the hearts of visitors with joy and happiness. Greenery of this park provides pleasures to the eyes and flowers of different colors just mesmerize the visitors. An excellent view of Taj can be found from the different mounds of the park. Visitors once coming to Taj Nature Walk do not feel like going back from there. Flora and Fauna of different species are also seen here. Children can spend a great time here and nature loving people find this park, one of the best places they have ever gone.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Hotels in Agra









Agra is situated on bank of river Yamuna with Taj Mahal. There are so many hotels in Agra catering to the needs of every kind of people. Different kinds of Hotels suit to the needs of different people. First class hotels, deluxe hotels, budget hotels etc. Everybody who so ever comes in Agra is welcomed by them whole-heartedly. Services are provided to everybody whether rich or poor. Names of some Hotels falling to these categories are-

Luxury and Deluxe Hotels in Agra




Hotel Amar Vilas, Agra
Hotel Jaypee Palace, Agra
Hotel Mughal Sheraton
Hotel Taj View, Agra
Hotel Agra Ashok, Agra

Medium class hotels



Hotel Amar, Agra
Hotel Deedar-e-Taj, Agra
Hotel Amar Yatri Niwas, Agra
Hotel Kant, Agra
Hotel Mayur Tourist Complex, Agra

Budget Hotels in Agra



Grand Hotel, Agra
Hotel Atithi, Agra
Hotel Ganga Ratan, Agra
Hotel Savoy, Agra
Hotel Sunrise, Agra
Joshi Tourist Complex, Agra
Lauries Hotel, Agra
Ranjit Hotel, Agra

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

An Intro of Agra

Though Agra is a small city in itself but it consists of endless things to be mentioned. The story of incredible India is not complete without Agra; rather no visit to India is complete unless it includes Agra. This is because the first wonder of the world ‘Taj Mahal’ is situated in Agra, it is also known as the symbol of Love. Agra plays a vital role in Indian History. It used to be the capital of India in the era of great Mughal Empror Akbar. Therefore, there are many historical monuments like Mariam Tomb, Agra Fort, and Itmad-ud-daulah, Chini Ka Rauza other than Taj Mahal. Being adorned by these many places Agra is famous as tourist place and therefore, there are numbers of hotels catering to the needs of people from all the standards and from every walk of life. Mughal Sheraton, Jaypee Palace, Trident Hotels, Amar Villas, Clark’s Shiraj join the list of five star hotels including many other hotels. All these hotels are near Taj as well as near Agra Cant Railway Station.

Altitude of Agra is 169 Meters above sea level and its area is 82 sq. km. Basically, three languages are spoken in Agra Hindi, Urdu and English. People of Agra enjoy three seasons every year- Summers (March to June), Rainy Season (July- October), Winters (November to February). Temperature in summers is 21.90 C - 45.00 C, in winters is 4.20 C - 31.70 C and rainfall in Agra measures 66cm average yearly. Sometimes it hails in Agra in winters.