Viewpoints & Sunsets
Mehtab Bagh
A Mughal garden directly across the Yamuna from the Taj Mahal, and the best place in the city to watch…
1 hr
₹25
Historic & Heritage
Taj Mahal
2 hr 30 min typical visit
₹50 entry
6:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Closed Fri
It deserves the reputation. The scale only registers when you walk the length of the water channel and realise the building is still growing in front of you, and the pietra dura inlay — semi-precious stone set flush into marble — only registers when you are close enough to touch it.
Go at sunrise. The marble shifts from grey to pink to white in about forty minutes, and the crowd at 6am is a fraction of the crowd at 10am.
Don't miss
- Sunrise on the marble
- Pietra dura inlay
- The mosque and jawab
- Reflecting pool symmetry
- Time needed
- 2 hr 30 min
- Entry
- ₹50
- Foreign visitors
- ₹1,100
- Best time
- Morning
- Photography
- Allowed
- Parking
- Available
Works well for
Couple
Family
Friends
Corporate
Solo
Seniors
Tips from our editors
The base ticket does not include entry to the main mausoleum platform — that is a small extra charge paid at the same time. Book online at the ASI portal to avoid the counter queue entirely.
Where it is
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Markets & Shopping
Sadar Bazaar
Agra's main shopping street for marble inlay, leather and the local petha sweet, with a pedestrian…
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