Agra Cultural Walk: Evening Tour of Local Life, Historic Mansions, and Religious Sites
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7 Ratings
Agra
Experience the vibrant life of Agra on an evening cultural walk. Discover historic mansions, religious sites, and the daily hustle and bustle of the city. Join us!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Agra Fort Railway Station - Enjoy the English architecture and role of railways in the the life of common people in India.
- Jama Masjid - Enjoy the Mughal architectural building . Its the grand mosque of the Agra city. Here your guide will explain about the Islamic life in Agra.
- Shri Mankameshwar Mandir - Understand the life of Hindu devotees from your guide at this temple. This is one of the oldest temples in the city of Agra.
- Rawatpara - Your guide will explain about the market and the shops around. There are many shops selling spices, ladies cosmetics, sweets, clothes etc. Guide will also relate the story of these places with the glorious history of Agra.
What's Included
- Guided tour with a professional storyteller.
- Complimentary bottled water.
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
It’s an evening walking tour which lets the guest to experience the city when it is in its full swing with all the hustle bustle of the city and traffic. Start time is kept intentionally for the evening so as to give visitors an opportunity to see the real life while appreciating the bygone era. Its the perfect time after guests have enjoyed their monumental tour. Here we talk about the old mansions, religious places, occupation, lifestyle and daily hardships of the common people of Agra city. Pick up & conclude point is Agra Fort Railway Station.
- A moderate amount of walking is involved.
- Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- Dress Code: please wear clothes that cover your knees and shoulders as you will visit a mosque and temple during the tour.
Location
Agra Fort
Agra Fort Crossing
Agra Fort Railways Station Main Gate
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Davidpi8507bh
Mar 26, 2023
A great way to see how the ordinary people of Agra live . - This was an excellent tour by a knowledgeable and competent guide who is very familiar with Agra‘s old city. We were taken on a Sunday evening walking tour through the vibrant, noisy and extremely colourful streets and alleyways of the old city. Aruvedic doctors, betel leaf wholesalers they were all there.
We would highly recommend this trip.
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Urbanistosu
Dec 29, 2022
Agra cultural walk - A tour with Arif visiting local markets and temples was the best way to explore Agra. Highly recommended
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Harnoth
Aug 29, 2022
Old Agra - Everything went great. Great and personable guide. Lots of details and competent information on our questions. Considerate and humorous. Best regards from Andrea and Roland.
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Happywoman93
Mar 2, 2020
Great experience - My sister and I went on a short cultural tour of Agra which lasted into the evening. It was two hours and we saw the old British rail station from 1870, a mosque built by a daughter of a sultan, and the women’s market and one of our favorites was seeing people give offerings at a Hindu temple. We also bought some spices and were introduced to essential oils. It was a very good experience and Arif obviously enjoys his role of showing his city. We highly recommend this tour. EJ. New York City. February 2020
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Chicago1010
Feb 29, 2020
Great tour of behind the scenes Agra! - Great tour by Arif! Loved his stories about the history, the architecture through the ages, and walking through the market Streets with a focus on how people live today in Agra. What does delight to have a non-touristy tour where we were some of the only non-native people there! Highly recommend this tour!
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Gary
Nov 21, 2019
Amazing Tour by Arif - The tour started out great. Arif showed us exactly where to meet him on WhatsApp. We were met by a professional man named Arif. He was so well spoken in English and so knowledgeable about the City of Agra. You could tell he loves sharing his knowledge of Agra. The tour starts out at the Agra Fort Railway Station, then winds it’s way through the narrow streets and alleys of Old Agra, ending up in the spice market. Arif pointed out all the different eras of architecture as we walked through the streets.
Arif was more than happy answering any and all questions we had. It was an enjoyable 2 hour tour.
Thank you Arif. We will recommend this tour to family and friends.
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Panosb854
Nov 20, 2018
Must-do in Agra! - We called Arif a day before we arrived in Agra to ask him if we could meet for the short walk in the old city tour as well as for the food tour. In the end we combined the two tours and it was great! When we Meg Arif was as if we were meeting a friend! You can get lost in his stories, he puts everything into perspective and it was a pleasure to spend an evenin with him! On top of that, the following day and after our visit to the Taj Mahal, we found out that our train to Jaipur was delayed by 8 hours... We called Arif and he very kindly and fast arranged a car to drive us to Jaipur!
Having travelled around the world, we are looking for tour guides that will not be focused on the touristic "lunches", "souvenir shops" and "company budgets", but rather on the conveying the real feel of the visited place. Arif definitely delivers that and we would highly recommend his tours to anyone who would like to visit Agra!
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