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for Agra and the Taj Mahal (India)

Rating Summary based on 20 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  		• 3.2
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  • 157 of 157 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 torr

    Member since 29/08/2002

    Reviews written: 347

    4 Stars Agraphobia? Or WorldHeritageSitis? Review with images 20/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages World Heritage Site, beautiful, impressive, must see, etc.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Crowds, conmen, oppressive atmosphere

    There have been few occasions in my life when I have felt envious of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, but the day I visited the Taj Mahal was one of them. A celebrated photograph shows her sitting alone in front of the world-famous edifice, which was built as a monument to love, its grounds having been cleared for her visit. The photo was widely interpreted at the time, just after the collapse of her marriage, as a moving testament to her solitude. Queuing among the crowds around the entrance to the Taj, fending off the beggars and touts, I could only interpret it as a moving testament to ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 garymarsh86

    Member since 11/09/2004

    Reviews written: 124

    5 Stars The Wonderful Taj Mahal A token of one mans love for his wife! Review with images 01/04/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An unforgettable experience

    Disadvantages Disadvantages May get crowded in high season

    The Magnificent Taj Mahal. I know my words will never match the beauty or depth of feelings aroused when you actually are standing in front of the Taj Mahal but I hope that I can convey a little about it to help you understand how what a real wonder it is and how significant this building is. This is probably the most famous place in India and is the one place that most people would conjure up in their minds when asked about India. The incredible and awesome Taj Mahal. How and why it was built. It follows one of the most incredible but sad love stories of all time. Shahjahan the Mogul Emperor ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    vikramkanswal

    5 Stars A Symbol of Eternal Love and Peace. 08/09/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Be the one to explore this Wonder of World.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Its hard to find words to match the glory , the beauty of TAJ MAHAL. A perfect symbol of love, a TRUE wonder of world. Even a stone hearted man would melt once he knows the history behind Taj Mahal. And what a peace of mind you find on the corridors of Taj !! Its unbelievable, it feels as if there is love , love , just love around you . Astonishing...Thrilling...Exotic...Ravis​hing...and so much that your thesauras would fall short of words. Such is the sheer magnificence of the Taj Mahal. Its something which happens once in a billion years. So here we go : The LOVE STORY begins here : Back in ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 poshtroika

    Member since 15/07/2007

    Reviews written: 157

    5 Stars DID YOU EVER SEE A CASTLE IN THE AIR. 09/10/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages ROMANCE

    Disadvantages 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 ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 lights84

    Member since 02/05/2011

    Reviews written: 104

    2 Stars The Taj Mahal: Not the most enjoyable tourist experience 02/05/2011

    Advantages Advantages A beautiful attraction

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A potentially stressful experience

    Although the Taj Mahal is breathtaking and beautiful, my review of it is not positive. This is because of the immense stress I felt while visiting this beautiful tourist attraction. Although my parents are both Indian, I spent all of my years in Britain until finally visiting India with them in 2007. We mostly stayed in the Punjab, but we also travelled to Agra, outside Delhi, to see the Taj Mahal, which we were all very excited about. When we got there, we were told at the entrance that we couldn't take any drinks into the area with us, so we gave up our water bottles despite the stifling 40 ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Amy_Coppock

    5 Stars The Taj Mahal 05/04/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages One of Indias most famous buildings, most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    The Taj Mahal in Agra has to be one of the classic images of India and one of the World's major landmarks. I was once told you should only really go there with a lover, but I wasn't any less in awe just because i was in a group of 20, 17 year olds. It''s one of those places, along with the Great Wall of China, that I've always thought of as a place that you have to visit at some point in your life. Admittedly I ended up there quite by accident - if you can call having a fight cancelled and then missing the flight out of Delhi an accident.... but there you go. Agra was the centre for the Mughal ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    WAD1-2-3

    4 Stars Not a place to forget 02/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages -

    Disadvantages Disadvantages -

    It was 1998 when I went to India, and I honestly have to say it was the best eye opening experience of my lie. It is just an excellent place to visit, some the scenes are just breath-taking. It was an organised tour 14 days and cost us £500-00 for air-flight and an extra £130 or board which included meals. We did take some spending money and our money exchanged for rupees, with the pound being strong we got a good price, and we had quite a lot o spending money. The places we visited were the Taj Mahl to Bombay itself. What I learnt really quickly that there were two countries in this world ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kavita

    5 Stars My trip to the Taj Mahal 03/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The sheer beauty of the mausoleum.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    It had been my dream to go to the Taj Mahal for so long. Its sheer beauty seemed to grab a hold of me everytime I saw a picture of it. My eyes were fixated and I found myself unable to tear myself away from the different pictures I came across. I desperately wanted to see the amazing mausoleum for real. Soon my time came as my family had decided to visit the North of India in order to see Agra, Jaipur and Delhi. I was so excited at this prospect and made sure that I had 1 whole film just for the Taj Mahal. When the day finally came for us to visit it, my cousins and I decided that we would ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    patlangfield

    5 Stars Early Morning at the Taj Mahal 24/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Seeing the Taj Mahal for real is everything you dreamed of

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Mind you don't slip on the smooth marble

    The very best time to visit the Taj Mahal is first thing in the morning as the sun rises. The day we visited there was a slight haze which lifted quickly revealing the monument in all its beauty. Photographs are a must, the beauty of the place is so overwhelming that you feel that no picture you have seen before does it justice, but of course your’s will. For the price of 10 rupees I was guided to a position to the left, inside of the entrance so that I could photograph the Taj Mahal framed in the arch of the building that forms the entrance. I had my photo taken on the same seat as Princess ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bruleo

    5 Stars The Taj Consipiracy 31/05/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Superb At Sunrise

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Big Crowds Later in The Day,

    The Taj Mahal stills stands as immaculately today as it did when it was first constructed. So the story goes, it was built by the Mogul Emperor Shah-Jahan between 1631 and 1645 in memory of his favourite wife. The mausoleum, it is said, still contains the crypt where she was eventually laid to rest. The emperor had made plans to build a black marble replica for his own mausoleum on the opposite bank of the Yamuna River, but only the foundations were laid before he was imprisoned at Agra Fort, in full view of the Taj Mahal, by his son. He stayed imprisoned for the remainder of his life, where ... more
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