How many days do you need in India?
Six days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for India, across Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
India · 6 days Delhi → Agra → Jaipur
Best time: October to March, when the northern plains are dry and mild; April to June turns fiercely hot and the July to September monsoon brings heavy rain.
Delhi: Red Fort (Lal Qila)Day 1
🏛️9:00 AMRed Fort (Lal Qila)
The vast red sandstone fortress-palace of the Mughal emperors and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
🚗 ~12 min · 3.3 mi
🖼️1:30 PMNational Museum
The country's premier collection, spanning Indus Valley artefacts, Mughal miniatures and Chola bronzes.
🚗 ~12 min · 3.3 mi
🌆6:00 PMOld Delhi (Shahjahanabad)
The 17th-century walled city of Shah Jahan, a maze of havelis, spice lanes and food stalls around Jama Masjid.
Delhi: Qutub MinarDay 2
🏛️9:00 AMQutub Minar
A 73-metre 12th-century victory tower of fluted sandstone, the tallest brick minaret in the world.
🚗 ~18 min · 5.2 mi
🥾1:30 PMLodhi Gardens
A landscaped park scattered with 15th-century domed tombs of the Lodhi and Sayyid dynasties.
🚇 Metro hop
🎟️6:00 PMOld Delhi food walking tour
A guided crawl through Chandni Chowk's stalls for chaat, parathas and Mughal sweets.
Delhi: Humayun's TombDay 3
🏛️9:00 AMHumayun's Tomb
The garden tomb that pioneered the Mughal style later perfected at the Taj Mahal, set in formal charbagh gardens.
🚗 ~9 min · 2.5 mi
🖼️1:30 PMGandhi Smriti
The house where Mahatma Gandhi spent his last days, preserved as a memorial museum.
🚗 ~10 min · 2.9 mi
🌆6:00 PMChandni Chowk
Old Delhi's central market street, laid out by a Mughal princess and still a wall of jewellers, sweet shops and cycle rickshaws.
Arrive in AgraDay 4
🚄8:30 AMTrain to Agra
Gatimaan Express or Vande Bharat from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Agra Cantt along the fast Delhi to Agra corridor.
🚄 ≈1h40 by high-speed train · 120 mi
🏛️2:00 PMTaj Mahal
Shah Jahan's white marble mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the icon of Mughal architecture.
🚶 ~10 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.4 mi
🌆6:00 PMTaj Ganj
The old quarter laid out at the Taj Mahal's southern gate, still the closest base to the monument.
Arrive in JaipurDay 5
🚗8:30 AMDrive to Jaipur
Highway drive west via the Agra to Jaipur road (NH21), commonly broken with a stop at Fatehpur Sikri or Abhaneri.
🚗 ≈4h by road · 149 mi
🏛️2:00 PMHawa Mahal
The five-storey "Palace of Winds," a honeycomb facade of 953 latticed windows built for royal women to watch the street.
🛺 Auto hop
🌆6:00 PMPink City (walled old city)
The grid of terracotta-washed bazaars and gates laid out by Jai Singh II, still the commercial heart of Jaipur.
Jaipur: Amer FortDay 6
🏛️9:00 AMAmer Fort
A hilltop fort-palace of pale yellow and pink sandstone with mirrored halls, above Maota Lake north of the city.
🚗 ~19 min · 5.5 mi
🖼️1:30 PMAlbert Hall Museum
Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic hall of arms, textiles, miniatures and an Egyptian mummy.
🛺 Auto hop
🎟️6:00 PMOld city heritage walk
A guided walk through the planned grid, gates and bazaars of the Pink City.
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