How many days do you need in Agra?

A single day is enough for most visitors to see the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. Fatehpur Sikri, about 40 km west, needs a second day.

How do you get between the sights in Agra?

The Taj Mahal and Agra Fort are about thirty minutes apart on foot. Mehtab Bagh is on the far bank of the Yamuna, facing the Taj. At Agra Fort the car park is about a kilometre from the entrance, and the whole site is covered on foot.

When is the best time to visit Agra?

February to April and September to November. May and June are the hottest months, with daytime highs around 46°C, and winter nights fall to about 4°C. Smog and litter are a constant in the city, and in late December and early January fog slows the trains and lengthens journeys.

What language is spoken in Agra?

Hindi. Auto rickshaw and taxi drivers outside the stations may speak little English, so a destination written down or pinned on a phone map is the surest way to arrive at the right gate.

What currency does Agra use?

The Indian rupee. Bargaining is expected in the markets, and cards from foreign banks are often declined for Indian train tickets.

Which airport do you fly into for Agra?

Indira Gandhi International in Delhi, DEL, is the usual gateway, with the rest of the journey made by train to Agra Cantonment or Agra City station. Agra's own airport, AGR, is the other choice.

Things to Do in Agra, India | Meridian Dispatch

Agra Fort

Fortress · 2.5 hr

These walls are red sandstone, but what you come for is inside: the white marble palaces of the Mughal emperors, which make Agra Fort feel far more like a palace than Delhi's Red Fort.

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Mehtab Bagh

Garden · 30 min

Before sunset, this garden on the far bank of the Yamuna gives you the Taj Mahal whole and head-on, and it stays open on Fridays, when the tomb itself is shut.

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Sadar Bazaar

Market · 1 hr

Handicraft and leather shops line this walking street in the Agra Cantonment, a short ride south of the fort, and local food is sold from stalls along the way. Prices start high and are expected to be bargained down, so decide what an item is worth before asking, and walk on if the figure will not come near it.

Taj Mahal

Monument · 2 hr

Light and shadow move through the carved marble screen around the tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, and the chamber is best enjoyed when it is quiet.

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Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah

Monument · 30 min

Worth crossing the river for, the Baby Taj is a small white marble tomb whose stone inlay and carved lattice screens you can walk right up to and study in detail.

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Fatehpur Sikri

Ruins · 4 hr

Akbar's planned capital is worth the drive from Agra for two things you rarely find together: an emptied royal city in red sandstone, and a mosque that is still a working place of worship.

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Mall Road

Market · 1 hr

Handicraft and leather shops line this walking street in the Sadar area of Agra, with local food stalls along it. Prices start high and are expected to be bargained down, so decide what an item is worth before asking, and walk on if the figure will not come near it.