Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
7 places · showing 1–7
1
The marble mausoleum Shah Jahan built for Mumtaz Mahal, finished in 1653 and still the reference point for symmetry in world architecture.
2
The red sandstone imperial fort where Shah Jahan was later imprisoned by his son, with a view of the Taj from the tower where he spent…
3
Akbar's purpose-built capital, abandoned after fourteen years and preserved almost intact — the most complete Mughal city anywhere.
4
A Mughal garden directly across the Yamuna from the Taj Mahal, and the best place in the city to watch it at sunset.
5
The 'Baby Taj' — the first Mughal structure built entirely in white marble, and the design experiment that made the Taj possible.
6
Akbar designed his own mausoleum, and the result is a sandstone-and-marble hybrid in a deer park on the road to Delhi.
7
Agra's main shopping street for marble inlay, leather and the local petha sweet, with a pedestrian stretch that is pleasant after dark.