{"id":362,"date":"2019-12-15T06:37:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T11:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=362"},"modified":"2019-12-15T06:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T11:38:20","slug":"agra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Agra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everybody goes to Agra for one thing – to see the Taj Mahal. The city is less crowded that New Delhi but there is still a fair amount of air pollution and traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the distance – the Taj Mahal. Between me and the world heritage site is the city of Agra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When to visit the Taj<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everything I have been told is to see the Taj Mahal at either sunrise or sunset. Well, if you come in the winter, at sunrise there is so much fog \/ smog that there is no point going at that time. So I visited the Taj at sunset from a point across the river and then I visited the site itself In the early morning (but well after sunrise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Taj Mahal after the fog has lifted. I was not alone at the monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mehtab Bagh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mehtab Bagh is a garden across the river from the Taj Mahal. There is a fee to enter (there is a fee to do anything in Agra it would seem) but it is much less than the fee to get into the grounds of the Taj. You need to take a taxi, tuk-tuk, or Ola \/ Uber to get here, unless you have a driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The back of the Taj Mahal close to sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One other option is to pick a restaurant for lunch that has a roof top patio (most do) that is close to the Taj Mahal. That way you can enjoy a view while you have lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The main gate on the left of the picture and the Taj Mahal on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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