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The Boutique Golden Triangle

  • From From ₹29,999 pp
  • 5 nights · 6 days
  • Delhi · Agra · Jaipur
  • Private air-conditioned car and driver throughout
  • 3 hand-picked stays
Why we love it

"The big three, lived in rather than looked at"

The first-time India route, framed the way we would actually do it: live like a local while you tick off the big three. Your beds are a bed and breakfast in a leafy South Delhi colony, a family homestay two minutes' walk from the Taj, and a 160-year-old family haveli inside Jaipur's walled Pink City. You come home to neighbourhoods in the evening, not hotel districts.

The machinery is still taken care of. A private air-conditioned car and driver stay with you for the whole trip, you are met at the airport when you land, and in each city a local English-speaking guide joins you for a full day. Breakfast is included every morning, and it is what the neighbours are eating: parathas off the tawa before a day among the forts.

Enquire and our operator partner plans it around your dates. You book and pay them directly; Indiaesque never takes payment.

The route
Delhi · Agra · Jaipur
Duration
5 nights · 6 days
Getting around
Private air-conditioned car and driver throughout
Best for
A first India that feels lived in, not toured
Day by day
  1. Day 1 · Arrive Delhi

    Met at the airport and driven to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to land gently.

    Villa 33, Delhi
    Your home in Delhi
    Villa 33
    2 nights · Deluxe Room

    A seven-room bed and breakfast in a large villa on a quiet, leafy street in South Delhi's Safdarjung colony: Victorian interiors with an Indian colonial touch, a sun terrace, a small in-house bar, balconies off the rooms, and the parathas at breakfast.

  2. Day 2 · Old and New Delhi

    A full day with your guide. Old Delhi first: Raj Ghat, the Red Fort and a rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk. Then the newer city: Qutub Minar, India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Humayun's Tomb and the Lotus Temple.

  3. Day 3 · Delhi to Agra

    Drive to Agra after breakfast. In the afternoon, Agra Fort and then the Taj Mahal with your guide, back to your hotel by evening.

    Coral House, Agra
    Your home in Agra
    Coral House
    1 night · Deluxe Room

    Sanjay and Pratibha's family homestay, two minutes' walk from the Taj Mahal ticket window. He has been a professional guide and naturalist for twenty-five years; she dressed every room in tribal art, miniatures and period furniture. Their leafy garden has logged over forty species of birds.

  4. Day 4 · Agra to Jaipur

    The road day: around six hours to the Pink City. Check in, then out again for the evening sound and light show at Amber Fort.

    Khatu Haveli, Jaipur
    Your home in Jaipur
    Khatu Haveli
    2 nights · Deluxe Room

    A three-storey haveli wrapped around an internal courtyard, home to the Singh family for 160 years and deep inside the walled Pink City. Less a hotel than a family house that takes guests: the owners still sit down to dinner with them.

  5. Day 5 · Jaipur

    A full day in Jaipur with your guide: past the Hawa Mahal, then the City Palace and its museum, and the Jantar Mantar observatory next door.

  6. Day 6 · Home via Delhi

    After breakfast, the drive back to Delhi airport. Allow about six and a half hours.

The price includes
  • Five nights in small boutique hotels and havelis, twin share, breakfast daily
  • Private air-conditioned car and driver for the whole trip, sized to your party
  • Airport transfers, with a meet on arrival
  • A local English-speaking guide for a full day each in Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
  • Two bottles of mineral water in the car every day
  • 5% GST and all current hotel taxes
Not included
  • Monument and museum entrance fees
  • Meals beyond breakfast
  • Flights and trains
  • Tips and porterage
  • Personal expenses and travel insurance
  • Christmas and New Year dinner supplements

The hotels named are the ones this trip is planned around. They are confirmed at booking; if one is unavailable, the operator confirms a similar property of the same category.

The price is per person sharing, based on two travelling together. Solo travellers and larger parties are quoted on enquiry.

Full booking terms, including the payment schedule and cancellation policy, come from the operator in writing before you confirm anything.

Good to know
How many days do I need for the Golden Triangle?

This circuit is five nights and six days: two nights in Delhi, one in Agra and two in Jaipur. It is deliberately unhurried, with a full sightseeing day and a local guide in each city.

What does it cost and what is included?

From Rs 29,999 per person, two sharing: five nights in small boutique hotels and havelis with breakfast, a private air-conditioned car and driver for the whole trip, airport transfers, a day guide in each city, and current taxes. Monument entrance fees, other meals, flights and tips are extra.

Are these chain hotels?

No. You stay in a bed and breakfast in a residential South Delhi colony (Villa 33), a family-run homestay two minutes from the Taj ticket window (Coral House) and a heritage haveli inside Jaipur's walled Pink City (Khatu Haveli), or similar properties of the same category, confirmed at booking.

How do I book, and who do I pay?

Send an enquiry on this page (joining the free club takes one tap on WhatsApp). Our operator partner GoIndiaGuide plans the trip around your dates and you book and pay them directly. Indiaesque never takes payment. Full booking terms come in writing before you confirm anything.

From the Journal
A couple on a bench looking out to the Taj Mahal in the morning haze
The Golden Triangle, without the chain hotels

Delhi, Agra and Jaipur make up the classic first trip to North India, too often seen from three interchangeable hotel lobbies. There is another way: a bed and breakfast, a homestay and a family haveli, one car and driver, and parathas before the forts.

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