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Agra Hotels / Hotels in Agra
Agra, historically beautiful dazzles like a pearl on the global tourism map for its unparallel elegy to love-Taj Mahal! To the world, Agra is the 'city of Taj', the most photgraphed mausoleum attracting hordes of tourists who visit to capture the elusive magic of the 'marble poetry' and put it in words, paint it different colours and sing it in different tunes. Tourists simply die for capturing the priceless moment of many moods of the marble monolith. The city also houses two world heritage monuments other than the Taj Mahal. The magnificient Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and several other monuments reflect the keen sense of aesthetics and insatiable artistic hunger of the Mughals.
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Hotel Utkarsh Vilas Palace is centrally located in the city of Agra within short distance from the magnificient monumen Taj Mahal. The hotel is also near prime the shopping hub, tourist hotels...
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A luxurious base, within walking distance from the Taj Mahal, Hotel Puspa Villa pampers its discerning guests with inimitable luxury and awesome view of the monument of love. Puspa Villa
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A peaceful haven of comfort just few meteres from the monument of love, Hotel Ganga Ratan weaved with warm hospitality and sincere service is a sought after base for pleasuable experience in the romantic city, Agra.
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Hotel Mansingh Palace is a fine embodiment of sophistication and refined hospitality.
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History of Agra / Agra History
Agra magnificiently sitting on the western banks of the graceful Yamuna-the play ground of prankful Krishna, known as one of the twelve mythological forests as well as the Akbarabad of the Mughal emperors-is synonymous with the Taj. It is believed that city was founded in 1475 by Badal Singh. The fort of Badalgarh near Agra Fort was built by him. The ferocious Sikandar Lodhi made this city his capital but the fearless Zahiruddin Muhammad Babar, at the age of 43 defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the famous Battle of Panipat in 1526 and captured Agra. This golrious victory led to the establishment of the Mughal dynasty which resulted in several architectural marvels such as the Agra Fort, Taj Mahal and a whole lot more. After the death of Babur, the power centered around Humayun, the son of Babur. Since battles were never Humayun's forte, he was effortlessly appeased by the King of Gwalior with riches.
The city's fate changed when Akbar became the emperor in 1558 and the city was known as Akbarabad reaching its zenith during his reign with the fragrance of Mughal art and culture exuding its aroma all over the country. Jehangir and Shahjahan left no stone unturned and took forward his legacy by gifting some of the finest architectural marvels which till date bear testimony to the undying love of the Mughals for art and aesthetics.
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Address: Taj Ganj, Fatehabad Road,
Agra - 282001 |
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Hotel Taj View just a km from the glorious monument of eternal love offers refined ambience, state of the art facilities along with the priceless experience of relishing the ethereal beauty of the masterpiece from the room itself. |
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Take the name of Agra and the first thing that comes to mind is the unparallel elegy to love, famously known as Taj Mahal. Tourists come in large numbers to get a feel of the 'passion of an emperor' which led to the creation of the beautiful marble symphony. There are other attractions such as Agra Fort draped in red sandstone, Chini ka Rauza dotted with enamelled tiles, the elegant double storeyed Jahangir Mahal, the capital of Mughal India Fatehpur Sikri and several other treasures of Mughal architecture. When one looks at these beautiful structure, one simply salutes the keen aesthetic sense of the Mughlals.
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