DAY 1: DELHI

Departure from Italy with a scheduled flight to Delhi. Arrival and meeting with our representative in Delhi and transfer to hotel. Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 2: DELHI

Breakfast and start of visits to the old town (Shahajahanabad), Red Fort, Friday Mosque Jama Masjid "with pedal rickshaw ride on the streets of Old Delhi, following a visit to New Delhi with its most important monuments: the colonial era government buildings in front of India Gate, the Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun and the complex of Qutub Minar. Overnight.

Day 3: Delhi-Samode - Jaipur (265 km. 6 hours)

After breakfast drive to Samode. Stop for a visit to the picturesque village and the magnificent Samode Palace. In the afternoon onward journey to Jaipur. Arrival and check in Hotel. Overnight.

DAY 4: JAIPUR

Breakfast at hotel and excursion to Amber Fort, 11 km. from Jaipur, the Rajput impressive city. The final ascent to the fort is along the back of a placid elephants to better enter into the spirit of the place. Inside the walls you can visit the palaces and pavilions of refined beauty and the small temple of Goddess Kali. Afternoon tour of the city, the capital of Rajasthan, a city of the most beautiful and picturesque in India. You will see the Hawa Mahal or Palace of Winds and the palace of the Maharaja (City Palace), largely converted into a museum and the Astronomical Observatory. Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 5: Jaipur - Fatehpur Sikri - Agra (232 km. 5 hours)

After breakfast drive to Agra, stopping at Fatehpur Sikri to visit the deserted city of the XVI century, abandoned after only 14 years of its construction, with beautiful buildings in red sandstone. Arrive in Agra and hotel accommodation, afternoon excursion to Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world. Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 6: AGRA - DELHI (215 km. 5 hours)

After breakfast in the morning visit the Agra Fort, the ancient imperial residence Moghul emperor Shah Jahan. Mid-day departure for Delhi, en route stop to visit the tomb of Akbar at Sikandra. Arrival in Delhi and dinner at local restaurant in the airport taken. After dinner transfer to International Airport.

DAY 7: DELHI - LEH

Breakfast and departure flight to Leh, arrival and transfer to Hotel, rest of the day free for acclimatization and for the first tour.

Day 8: LEH - SPITOK - Stoke - LEH

Full board: Visit Tibetan Monastery Spitok and Leh. The visit of the Tibetan monasteries of Ladakh offers a unique opportunity to meet the world of those who fled to Nepal before the Chinese invasion and, hence, sought refuge in the valley of Ladakh so similar to Tibet. The temples, well preserved and sometimes animated by the presence of the faithful, expressing particular art but of extreme interest. Spitok it is a collection of buildings that have been recognized source of the fifteenth century. Phyang: Drugungpa main monastery of the sect, whose founding dates back to the sixteenth century. Visit the royal palace of Stok. In the afternoon visit Leh and its significant building / palace. Overnight in Leh. The palace of Leh, though very dilapidated, make good the size and wealth of this rule of Tibet. The style and grandeur of the building is clearly inspired by the Potala in Lhasa. Dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Leh - Hemis - Leh

After breakfast transfer to the famous monastery of Hemis: His collection of tanks, sculptures and paintings is by far one of the most important of the Tibetan culture. where you can attend various events in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the founder of the religion Lamaist. Nights in a hotel.

Day 10: Leh - Shey - Thiksey - LEH

Full board: Visit to the monasteries of Shey and Thiksey. Shey: along the Indus valley in a natural setting for the incredibly green barley just checked, you can reach Shey, complex that includes a royal palace in ruins and much of the sect gompa grupta. Thiksey: imposing building, the oldest monastery in Ladakh (XV century), controlled by the sect gelupka. And 'perhaps the most populous monastery of monks, the one where it is easier to see, especially in the early morning ceremonies of great beauty. The place is beautiful, beautiful views of the Indus Valley. In the evening return to Leh. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 11: Leh - Nubra Valley

Breakfast and departure to Nubra Valley, through the pass Khardung La (m. 5606) considered the highest in the world, arrival at the Nubra Valley, just opened to tourism. This was the passage of the old caravan route between Tibet and Eastern Turkistan through the Karakoram pass. The villagers of the valley, the great majority of Buddhist practice polyandry, an ancient tradition for which the brothers share the same wife. Visit the Somur where the old Samling Gompa. Overnight.

Day 12: Nubra Valley

After breakfast hike in this region, in a spectacular desert landscape that evokes the scenarios already in Central Asia. Overnight.

Day 13: Nubra Valley - Leh

Breakfast and departure to Leh was the route the first leg. Afternoon free to complete the tour of the city and walk through markets and shops full of handicrafts. Overnight at hotel.

DAY 14: LEH - DELHI

After breakfast departure to Delhi, fly to Delhi and check into hotel near the international airport. Dinner at the hotel late at night around 22:30 pm international airport.

DAY 15: DELHI

Departure by scheduled flight to onward destination.

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