Just 600 meters from the Taj Mahal, which is visible from guestroom windows, India's ... more
Oberoi Amarvilas Agra resort presents a palatial getaway on nine acres of classical Moorish architecture, landscaped gardens, reflecting pools, pavilions and fountains. The resort provides complimentary transportation via golf carts to the Taj Mahal, and puts sightseers near a fortified city, fort and mausoleum dating from the 1500s. Guests know they've stepped into a regal place when they stroll through the five story hotel's cobalt blue and gold domed grand entrance, lined with 64 fountains. The regal ambience extends to Esphahan, the restaurant crafted in red sandstone and Greek Thassos marble to recreate the Mughal era's craftsmanship.At Esphahan, guests can enjoy authentic Indian cuisine while listening to live sitar and classical music. The resort's Bellevue specializes in Asian and Mediterranean cuisines, and the lobby bar and tea lounge are ideal for enjoying spirits, coffee and Darjeeling tea while viewing the Taj Mahal. The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra provides butlers, limousines and rental cars, and complimentary transfers to Agara's Kheria Airport. Other amenities include an outdoor pool, fitness center, Internet access, and banquet and conference facilities. At the Oberoi Spa, guests can relax with saunas and steam rooms, yoga, traditional and modern massages, rose sandalwood wraps, and almond, orange yogurt and soya cream scrubs. The air conditioned guestrooms and suites feature cable television, CD and DVD players, Internet access, minibars, safes, bathrobes and private bathrooms. The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra combines ancient and traditional Persian and Moorish influences with modern Indian interior design to present guests with a serene retreat next to one of the world's greatest monuments to love. Please Note: One child unde
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Just 600 meters from the Taj Mahal, which is visible from guestroom windows, India's ... more
Oberoi Amarvilas Agra resort presents a palatial getaway on nine acres of classical Moorish architecture, landscaped gardens, reflecting pools, pavilions and fountains. The resort provides complimentary transportation via golf carts to the Taj Mahal, and puts sightseers near a fortified city, fort and mausoleum dating from the 1500s. Guests know they've stepped into a regal place when they stroll through the five story hotel's cobalt blue and gold domed grand entrance, lined with 64 fountains. The regal ambience extends to Esphahan, the restaurant crafted in red sandstone and Greek Thassos marble to recreate the Mughal era's craftsmanship. At Esphahan, guests can enjoy authentic Indian cuisine while listening to live sitar and classical music. The resort's Bellevue specializes in Asian and Mediterranean cuisines, and the lobby bar and tea lounge are ideal for enjoying spirits, coffee and Darjeeling tea while viewing the Taj Mahal. The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra provides butlers, limousines and rental cars, and complimentary transfers to Agara's Kheria Airport. Other amenities include an outdoor pool, fitness center, Internet access, and banquet and conference facilities. At the Oberoi Spa, guests can relax with saunas and steam rooms, yoga, traditional and modern massages, rose sandalwood wraps, and almond, orange yogurt and soya cream scrubs. The air conditioned guestrooms and suitesfeature cable television, CD and DVD players, Internet access, minibars, safes, bathrobes and private bathrooms. The Oberoi Amarvilas Agra combines ancient and traditional Persian and Moorish influences with modern Indian interior design to present guests with a serene retreat next to one of the world's greatest monuments to love. Please Note: One child unde
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Taj view, great service, delicious food Disadvantages: Limited dining, slow food, poor wheelchair access
after setting off, we were winding our way through the back streets of Agra, and eventually up a nondescript private road, before pulling to a stop in front of the OberoiAmarvilas.
FIRST IMPRESSION AND ARRIVAL
Simply stunning. The driveway winds alongside part of the hotel before ending at a courtyard to one side of the hotel. The doorman pointed us up some wide steps, between two huge, carved elephants, and into a covered terrace.
The other side of the the terrace was a large courtyard, filled with square pools, each with a central fountain. Paths ran between the pools and, surrounding the courtyard, was a covered passageway, with small seating areas in each corner.
The entrance to the hotel building was to the right, and to get there we had to climb down a few steps into the courtyard then back up to the entrance. It struck me ...
Advantages: great location for tourists, brilliant service Disadvantages: a bit dated in appearance, not enough restaurants and bars
! Culcutta and cafes such as Flury's that must be visited in kolkatta, the main reason bangladeshi's g to india is by and large to go shopping!! The indian materials, designers, and outfits are brought from all over india to culcutta still after 60+ years since the british left it is in this sense quite a culutral hub where you see many faces and cultures of india all happily co-existing the so called City of Joy. What shouldn't be missed are the large street markets knowns as New Market, Cahdni Chowk - which are all just around the corner of the Oberoi!!
I litreally walked out of the hotel.. the cloisters outside the hotel are full of local small business men selling all sort of brick and brack just outside the hotel, you simple have to turn left and your at new market!! As with most markets its crowded and noisy and may even be somewhat ...
Advantages: World Heritage Site, beautiful, impressive, must see, etc. Disadvantages: Crowds, conmen, oppressive atmosphere
-melons, the young plants shielded from the wind with screens of woven pampas grass. Beyond, a flat scrubby area was scheduled to have been the site of a matching mausoleum in black marble, to house the remains of Shah Jahan himself, like a mirror-image in negative.
Needless to say, it was never built. Baulking at his father's extravagance and neglect of more pressing affairs of state, Shah Jahan's son, Aurangzeb, to whom he had entrusted command of the army, deposed him. Shah Jahan spent his declining years in comfortable confinement in the Red Fort, a mile or two further along the Yamuna, from which he could see the Taj Mahal and the untouched site across the river.
Always a mistake to entrust complete control of the armed forces to anyone, as the Pakistanis among others have recently discovered.
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Agra Fort, also known as ...
