Agra itinerary: 1 to 3 days
Plans for one to three days in Agra, day by day: the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the Baby Taj first, then the Mehtab Bagh garden across the river, Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, the Jama Mosque and the Ram Bagh as you add days. Every stop has a typical visit length.
How long do you have?
Map: 3 days
Agra in 1 day
Day 1
Taj Mahal
White marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653, set in formal gardens on the Yamuna.
Agra Fort
Red sandstone Mughal fort rebuilt by Akbar from 1565, with marble palaces, audience halls and views down the river to the Taj Mahal.
Tomb of ItimadudDaulah
The "Baby Taj", a 1620s marble tomb covered in inlaid stonework, built by Nur Jahan for her father on the Yamuna's east bank.
Chini Ka Rauza
Tomb of Afzal Khan Shirazi, poet and minister of Shah Jahan, notable for the remains of its glazed tile decoration.
Agra in 2 days
Day 1
Taj Mahal
White marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653, set in formal gardens on the Yamuna.
Agra Fort
Red sandstone Mughal fort rebuilt by Akbar from 1565, with marble palaces, audience halls and views down the river to the Taj Mahal.
Tomb of ItimadudDaulah
The "Baby Taj", a 1620s marble tomb covered in inlaid stonework, built by Nur Jahan for her father on the Yamuna's east bank.
Chini Ka Rauza
Tomb of Afzal Khan Shirazi, poet and minister of Shah Jahan, notable for the remains of its glazed tile decoration.
Day 2
Jama Mosque Agra
Congregational mosque of 1648 built by Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan's daughter, in the old city near Agra Fort and Kinari Bazaar.
Tomb of Akbar the Great
Akbar's mausoleum at Sikandra, completed in 1613, with a huge marble-inlaid gateway and gardens where deer graze.
Tomb of MariamuzZamani
Red sandstone tomb of Akbar's wife Mariam-uz-Zamani near Sikandra, quiet and rarely crowded.
Ram Bagh
Aram Bagh, thought to be the oldest Mughal garden in India, laid out by Babur around 1528 on the Yamuna's east bank.
Mehtab Bagh
Mughal "Moonlight Garden" on the far bank of the Yamuna, with a direct view across the river to the Taj Mahal.
Agra in 3 days
Day 1
Taj Mahal
White marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, completed around 1653, set in formal gardens on the Yamuna.
Agra Fort
Red sandstone Mughal fort rebuilt by Akbar from 1565, with marble palaces, audience halls and views down the river to the Taj Mahal.
Day 2
Tomb of Akbar the Great
Akbar's mausoleum at Sikandra, completed in 1613, with a huge marble-inlaid gateway and gardens where deer graze.
Tomb of MariamuzZamani
Red sandstone tomb of Akbar's wife Mariam-uz-Zamani near Sikandra, quiet and rarely crowded.
Tomb of ItimadudDaulah
The "Baby Taj", a 1620s marble tomb covered in inlaid stonework, built by Nur Jahan for her father on the Yamuna's east bank.
Chini Ka Rauza
Tomb of Afzal Khan Shirazi, poet and minister of Shah Jahan, notable for the remains of its glazed tile decoration.
Ram Bagh
Aram Bagh, thought to be the oldest Mughal garden in India, laid out by Babur around 1528 on the Yamuna's east bank.
Mehtab Bagh
Mughal "Moonlight Garden" on the far bank of the Yamuna, with a direct view across the river to the Taj Mahal.
Day 3
Fatehpur Sikri
Red sandstone city built by Akbar as the Mughal capital in 1571, with palaces, courtyards and the great Jama Masjid, about 36 km from Agra.
Jama Mosque Agra
Congregational mosque of 1648 built by Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan's daughter, in the old city near Agra Fort and Kinari Bazaar.
Watch: Agra
A one-minute look at the plan: every stop, day by day, with the map.
When to go to Agra
October to March is the most comfortable time, with mild, dry days, although December and January mornings are often foggy and can hide the Taj Mahal at sunrise. April to June is very hot, often above 40 °C, and the monsoon brings humid, rainy weather from July to September. Crowds are heaviest on winter weekends and Indian holidays.
Plan the rest of your trip
- Where to stay: hotels in Agra on Booking.com or Trip.com
- Skip-the-line tickets: museums and sights in Agra on Tiqets
- Tours and day trips: things to do in Agra on GetYourGuide
- From the airport: a private transfer in Agra with Kiwitaxi
- Data on arrival: an eSIM for India from Airalo
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Tips for Agra
- The Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays; it opens about 30 minutes before sunrise, the coolest and least crowded time to go.
- Buy Taj Mahal and Agra Fort tickets online from the Archaeological Survey of India site to skip the ticket queues.
- Only small bags, phones and cameras are allowed into the Taj Mahal; food, tripods and large bags must be left in lockers.
- Mehtab Bagh, across the Yamuna, has the classic view of the Taj Mahal from behind; go late in the afternoon for the sunset light.
- Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar's abandoned capital about 40 km west, makes a half-day trip by car if you have a spare morning.
Make it your own
Open the guide in Andiamo Places to see every stop on a map with walking directions, move places between days, check opening hours for your dates, and add your own finds. After the trip, your photos become a journal and, if you like, a printed photo book.
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Photo credits
- Agra Fort: No machine-readable author provided. Faide~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5
- Chini Ka Rauza: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri: Marcin Białek, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jama Mosque Agra: Anupam Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mehtab Bagh: g.kaustav, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ram Bagh: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions
- Taj Mahal: Kristian Bertel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tomb of Akbar the Great: Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tomb of ItimadudDaulah: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
- Tomb of MariamuzZamani: Sauravmitra, CC BY-SA 3.0
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