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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in India
Know the most popular landmarks in India. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Delhi city guide,
and Mumbai/Bombay city guide.
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| L Le ngoc |
02 December 2001 |
Stayed at Agra Ashok, Hotel - Agra, India.
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Situated near the tourist office, don't hesitate to cross the road and ask for good advises or extra services such as car rental and city tour.
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| L Le ngoc |
30 November 2001 |
Stayed at Howard Park Plaza International - Agra, India.
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Almost all the major hotels of Agra are nearby which is convenient as the hotel sole coffee shop does not offer an exciting menu.
The Taj Mahal (and the Taj Ganj area) is within walking distance, if you are able to ignore the cyclerickshaws saying hello all the way.
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| D Kirk |
22 March 2001 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Bombay - Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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Take a taxi tour of the sights on Mumbia.
Ensure taxi A/C with English speaking driver.
Retain driver + taxi for whole tour or vist.
Daily rate of approx. Rs.1200.
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| G Houseman |
06 January 2001 |
Stayed at Chola Sheraton Hotel - Welcomgroup - Chennai (Madras), India.
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IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE TRAVEL AGENT SERVICES WHEN POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN INDIA. THE UNCERTAINTIES OF TAXI CABS, AUTO RICKSHAWS, AND SO FORTH, ARE FAIRLY GREAT; USE OF HOTEL
OR TRAVEL AGENT TRANSPORT FACILITIES IS RECOMMENDED WHEREVER POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE CAN BE PROBLEMS WITH THE FOOD IN INDIA, WE TEND TO STICK TO FIVE-STAR HOTELS FOR EATING, EVEN IF WE DO NOT STAY IN THEM. IT WORKS OUT FOR THE BEST. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE DISCERNING ABOUT BOTTLED WATER, WHICH IS SOMETIMES PACKAGED IN UPSETTING (LITERALLY UPSETTING) WAYS. WE HAD A DRIVER FOR MUCH OF THE TIME WE WERE IN INDIA, THOUGH OUR BUDGET DID NOT ALLOW FOR AN AIR-CON CAR. HAD WE HAD SUCH A CAR TO USE, IT WOULD HAVE SAVED US, WE THINK, FROM CHEST CONGESTIONS WE DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY FROM BOMBAY. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT INDIA IS A WONDERFUL COUNTRY TO VISIT; DO NOT LOOK FOR THE DOWNSIDE BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY THERE, BUT THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY, ITS TEMPLES, ITS PALACES, AND INDEED, ITS PEOPLE, IS TRULY OVERWHELMING. WE HOPE TO RETURN TO INDIA AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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| I Ainsworth |
04 January 2001 |
Stayed at Narain Niwas Palace - Jaipur, India.
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Recommended restaurants; Niros, Copper Chimney and Chanakya all on MI Road.
Best tip - hire a taxi for a whole day cost about Ruppees 500. Get the driver to take you to the Amber Fort and Nahar Garh Fort, which has excellent views over Jaipur. Also visit Gaitor on outskirts of the city which houses the excellent marble tombs of the local rulers.
If you go on organised tours you'll be taken to lots of expensive tourist shops, so best avoid this.
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| J Eijkens |
17 December 2000 |
Stayed at Mercure Hotel Guestline - Mumbai (Bombay), India.
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far from the center of bombay but close to the airport. taxi is the only way of transport no restaurants i the surrounding. free hotel taxi to airport is perfect.
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| K Barley |
22 November 2000 |
Stayed at Centre Point - New Delhi, India.
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This was our second visit to Delhi - and may be the last for awhile. The pollution is so strong and the traffic difficult for getting around. Other sites in the country are more amenable. We also stopped by the "Delhi Tourist Bureau" on Connaught Circle - marked on maps and were taken in some very unfortunate ways that leave a bad taste for future trips to India. Why should one have to put up with this kind of behavior in a place that lists itself as an agency of the city? Very discouraging. If India wants to increase the tourist trade they will have to do something to correct that type of operation.
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| A O'beirne |
28 September 2000 |
Stayed at Centre Point - New Delhi, India.
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I got around by using the hotel car which was extremely expensive, and the most infuriating thing about it was that the driver would always go on about how much so and so tipped them. They have to learn that the service must be given irespective of a tip.
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| S Ravindran |
20 July 2000 |
Stayed at Claridges, The - New Delhi, India.
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New Delhi most impressive. Lovely, stately buildings, wide streets, red sandstone. Old Delhi chaotic, crowded but interesting. The Red Fort is worth a visit. Qdup Minar quite spectacular. We travelled by A/C car - worth the extra money.
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