Historic & Heritage
Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra
Akbar designed his own mausoleum, and the result is a sandstone-and-marble hybrid in a deer park on the…
1 hr 15 min
₹35
Akbar's purpose-built capital, abandoned after fourteen years and preserved almost intact — the most complete Mughal city anywhere.
Don't miss
- Buland Darwaza
- Panch Mahal
- Jama Masjid and Salim Chishti's tomb
- Diwan-i-Khas central pillar
- Time needed
- 2 hr 30 min
- Entry
- ₹50
- Foreign visitors
- ₹610
- Best time
- Morning
- Photography
- Allowed
- Parking
- Available
Works well for
Family
Couple
Corporate
Solo
Tips from our editors
The mosque complex is free but has aggressive 'guides' at the gate; the palace complex is ticketed and calmer. An hour from Agra by road, easily combined with the drive to Jaipur.
Where it is
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