Haathi Mahal, Goa

Advantages: ROMANCE
Disadvantages: Time your first view for the less crowded times.

...After reading several reviews I thought it is time to recall our visit to the Taj which is from memory so may be sketchey on detail, but there is all the necessary historical facts on other very good reviews , so this is just an old lovers memories. Jane (My very own Queen Mumtaz Mahal) and I were coming up to our Silver Wedding Aniversery in March 1995, so we wanted a very special destination for a Holiday to celebrate, we both had a hankering for India so a two week Holiday was booked to Goa with a mini tour included of Jaipur, Agra and Delhi. (The Golden Triangle). We had 7 Nights in Goa then it was time for the mini-tour. It was on the Flight to Jaipur that I lost my fear of flying. Goa to Bombay not too bad the Air hostesses served Curry Meat or Veg. Plane landed at Bombay every one got off except for our tour party of 22 souls... Read review

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Advantages: One of the Seven Wonders of the World
Disadvantages: Beautiful from outside but an empty shell inside

...I have just come from Agra and am disgusted by the inflated admission costs for foreigners to the Taj Mahal. When I went there a few years ago the cost to enter was the same for everybody - Indian or foreign visitors, Rs 5. The Government has now revised the costs so that if you are Indian you pay Rs 10 - about 15p and if you are a foreign tourist you now have to pay $30 US. I know the the Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world but this is outrageous and just another way of fleecing the foreign tourists.... Read review

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Advantages: Wealth of heritage attractions. Great architecture
Disadvantages: Some poverty

...India is undeniably among the richest countries in the world in regard to heritage attractions and has a number of sites which are designated by UNESCO as world heritage sites. The whole world knows about the Taj Mahal and its famous history.Other world heritage sites in India include the Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, Sun Temple,Konarak, the monuments at Mahabalipuram, Kaziranga National Park, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park,the Churches and Convent at Goa, Monuments at Khajuraho and Hampi, Fatehpur Sikri, Monuments at Pattadakal, Elephanta Caves, Sundarbans National Park and Nanda Devi National Park. There are still more such as the Brihadisvara Temple,Thanjavur, Buddhist Monastery at Sanchi,Humayun’s tomb and Qutb Minar and its monuments at Delhi. What an incredible array. ^^^^ Background... Read review

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