Faces of India

DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN MUMBAI

On arrival in Mumbai, meet our representative at the airport and take a transfer to the hotel for overnight stay.

Meals:

DAY 02: MUMBAI

After breakfast, proceed on a sightseeing tour of Mumbai and visit the Gateway of India, Dhobi Ghat, Hanging Gardens, Marine Drive and Juhu Beach. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 03: MUMBAI

After breakfast, proceed on a half day Dharavi Slum tour that will bring you up close and personal with living conditions of residents in the biggest slum in Asia. The small hidden alleys reveal a world like no other where small industries survive alongside family huts and children playing. This tour aims at breaking down the negative image of Dharavi and brining people of different countries, races, religions and social classes together to increase understanding and empathy. Enjoy the evening at leisure. Stay overnight at the hotel. MakeMyTrip.com will donate 10% of the tour profits to NGOs helping to empower Mumbai's poorer communities.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 04: MUMBAI - UDAIPUR (1 HOUR 10 MINS BY AIR)

After breakfast, take a transfer to the airport for a flight to Udaipur. On arrival in Udaipur, meet our representative at the airport and take a transfer to the hotel. In the evening, enjoy a boat ride on Lake Pichola. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 05: UDAIPUR

After breakfast, proceed on a half day sightseeing tour of Udaipur and visit the City Palace, Sahelion Ki Bari and the Doll Museum. Enjoy rest of the day at leisure. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 06: UDAIPUR - JAIPUR (310 KMS / 7 HOURS BY ROAD)

After breakfast, drive to Jaipur. On arrival in Jaipur, check in to the hotel. Enjoy the evening at leisure. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 07: JAIPUR

After breakfast, proceed on a full day sightseeing tour of Jaipur city and visit the 16th century Amber Fort and take an elephant ride up the Fort's ramparts. The Fort encloses superb palaces and a marble temple dedicated to the fearsome goddess Kali. Also visit Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar (observatory) and the City Palace complex museum. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 8: JAIPUR - AGRA (230 KMS/ 5 HRS BY ROAD)

After breakfast, drive to Agra. En route, visit the imperial city of Fatehpur Sikri constructed of sandstone and built by Emperor Akbar. Within it lies the tomb of the great Sufi saint Salim Chisti. It houses the Panch Mahal and the Buland Darwaza, two of the many excellent representations of Mughal architecture. On arrival in Agra, check in to the hotel. In the evening, visit the local market. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 09: AGRA - DELHI (210 KMS/ 5 HOURS BY ROAD)

After breakfast, visit the Taj Mahal, the 7th Wonder of the World built by Emperor Shah Jehan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Also visit the Agra Fort constructed of red sandstone with ornate interiors that house the Jehangir Mahal, Khas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal and Deewan-e-Am. Later, drive to Delhi. On arrival in Delhi, check in to the hotel. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 10: DELHI

After breakfast, go on a full day sightseeing tour of Old and New Delhi and visit the Red Fort comprising exquisite palaces reflecting Mughal architecture and the largest mosque in India, the Jama Masjid. Walk through the colourful and bustling Chandni Chowk bazaars. Also visit Raj Ghat, a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi, Humayun's Tomb, one of the city's finest historic sites as well as the Qutub Minar, a soaring tower of victory dating back to 1199. Drive past Rashtrapati Bhavan, the residence of the President of India, Rajpath and India Gate, among other landmarks. Stay overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

DAY 11: DELHI

After breakfast, check out of the hotel and take a transfer to the airport for onward flight.

Meals: Breakfast

UMAID MAHAL

City: Jaipur

While not really a heritage hotel in terms of being an ancient structure with legendary history, Umaid Mahal has been created on the lines of a heritage property. The hotel is just two years old but its architecture and decor remind one of an era gone by. While the lobby is furnished with antique like furniture and decorated with lots of paintings, the reception counter boasts of an ornate metal frame with intricate carving, creating an effect of a stately era.

Rooms
The hotel offers accommodation in 35 air conditioned Deluxe rooms and suites that are elegantly designed and appointed with all modern amenities for a comfortable stay. Each room is equipped with a television, direct dial telephone, study table, room service and balcony (in some rooms), besides an attached washroom that receives a continuous supply of hot and cold water.

Dining
While the multi cuisine restaurant is under renovation as of now, a sumptuous spread is served in the dining hall on the ground floor of the hotel, adjacent to the lobby area. Group dinners and occasional entertainment evenings with puppet shows and folk dance performances are also organised on the rooftop on request. Guests can also enjoy in-room dining through room service.

Conferences & Banquets
Umaid Mahal has a multi purpose conference cum banquet hall that serves well for all occasions. While the hall is well equipped with audio-visual equipment, additional equipment can be arranged on request.

Services & Facilities
The hotel has a Wi-Fi enabled cyber cafe where guests can enjoy internet access at a charge of one rupee per minute. Other facilities available at the hotel include a swimming pool, travel desk, car/ bus rental service, currency exchange, safe deposit lockers, doctor on call, laundry service and spacious parking. The hotel also boasts of a business centre and outdoor activities like folk dance and puppet show on demand and village safari. For the convenience of guests, the hotel accepts payment through all major credit cards.

Don't Miss
Although it is unlikely that one could possibly miss it, pay close attention to the entrance door of the hotel, which is a remarkable piece of artwork. It has been made to resemble the gates of yesteryear havelis and adorns intricate artwork all over.

Location
Located in Bani Park, Umaid Mahal lies in the heart of Jaipur. It is just 2 kilometres away from the railway station and bus stand while the airport is 16 kilometres away. M I Road, the main commercial street in Jaipur, is just a kilometre and half away.

HOWARD PARK PLAZA

City: Agra

Location
Howard Park Plaza is situated on the arterial Fatehabad Road, just 5 kms from the Agra Cantt. Railway Station. Lying in the heart of the tourist area, it is just a 10-minute walk from the Taj Mahal and a 10-minute drive from the main shopping centre Sadar Bazaar. The UP State Handicrafts Showroom and Pizza Hut lie at a distance of 250 metres from the hotel.

Howard Park Plaza, a 4 star hotel, offers the complete range of facilities that are required for a comfortable stay. The hotel's atrium lobby is decorated with a beautiful marble centre-piece that is crafted like a rangoli and filled with coloured gravel. Looming right above that is a long and exquisite chandelier, possibly the longest in Agra. After admiring these wondrous decor items, move on to the reception where the friendly staff greet you eagerly and help you check in.

Rooms
Accommodation options at the hotel include one Suite and 85 Superior rooms that are elegantly furnished and well appointed with all modern amenities including sofa, study table, cable television, tea/coffee maker, mini bar, luggage rack, cupboard and thermostat with temperature control. A complimentary bottle of mineral water is provided in each room. The attached washroom has a bathtub and soap, shampoo, shower cap and linen are provided for.

The Suite has a separate living room and bedroom besides two washrooms. Additional amenities in the Suite include a 4-seater dining table and two televisions, one in the living room and the other in the bedroom. The attached washroom has a Jacuzzi style bathtub and is replenished with shower gel, dental kit, shaving kit and hair dryer, in addition to other amenities.

Dining
Howard Park Plaza offers a range of dining options including a rooftop barbeque facility (during winter only). Rendezvous, the multi cuisine restaurant cum coffee shop adjoining the lobby offers a variety of Indian, Continental and Chinese delicacies with buffet as well as a la carte options while Downing Street, the pool facing bar offers the best in Indian as well as imported brands. While Rendezvous is open from 6:30 am to 11:30 pm, Downing Street remains open from 11 am to 11 pm. Room service is available round the clock.

Services & Facilities
Regal Hall, the conference/banquet hall with a provision of partition, can accommodate up to 350 guests while the Business Centre offers all necessary business services.

The range of recreational facilities offered at Howard Park Plaza includes a Spa with a beauty salon and ayurvedic massage centre. Swimming pool access as well as Spa facilities are available from 7 am to 8 pm. The hotel also boasts of a rooftop Taj viewing gallery and a shopping arcade, D' Craft, where one can find all handicraft and souvenir items.

Other facilities on offer are Wi-Fi service (chargeable at Rs. 200 per hour or Rs. 500 for 24 hours), travel desk, car rental service, safe deposit lockers at the reception, in-house laundry service, doctor on call and spacious parking.

Don't Miss
The two highlights of Howard Park Plaza are the atrium lobby and the recently renovated Spa. The atrium lobby features one of the longest chandeliers in the city, if not the state. The Spa offers a wide range of services besides a soothing ambience.

HOTEL SWAROOP VILAS

City: Udaipur

Facing Lake Swaroop, this impressive building stands tall in spotless cream. As you enter, Rajasthani miniatures greet you on the right. There is a split-level lobby on the left with cushy couches and jharokhas, all done in blue and white. The reception has elaborate drawings and meenakari on the walls. The lobby further opens into a further enclosure with a charming window seat with glazed curtains and huge china tubs of water with petals floating. The corridors through out the hotel have black and white photographs of Udaipur's royalty and quaint lamps hang from the ceiling.

Rooms
The 22 rooms at Hotel Swaroop Vilas are divided into Super Deluxe rooms, Deluxe rooms and Suites. The Deluxe rooms are at the back of the hotel. Amenities here include luggage rack, cable television, study table, air conditioning, intercom and a wardrobe. The rooms are comfortable, spacious and simply furnished. The same can be said about the washrooms and they offer 24-hour hot and cold running water as well as soap, shampoo and shower cap. The only ornamentation in the rooms come from the pretty, painted ceiling and the paintings behind the bed.

Super Deluxe rooms are very pretty with a four poster bed, done in green and blue. The ceiling and the walls are hand painted, but very discreetly, in pastel colours. Amenities include air conditioning, intercom, cable television, wardrobe, study table, luggage rack and two sofa chairs. The rooms are to the front of the hotel and therefore offer a great view of Lake Swaroop from their spacious balconies. The washrooms are clean and spacious and six Super Deluxe room washrooms have bathtubs.

The suites comprise a living room with couches and a study table, a bedroom and a very spacious balcony.

Guests can avail room service from 7 am to 10:30 pm although tea and coffee are on offer all 24 hours.

Dining & Facilities
The restaurant is roomy with all glass walls. Couches and antique tables adorn the space here, with the colour scheme being green and cream. Adjoining this is the open air restaurant with a great ambience because of a verdant hill right next to it. Garden chairs are laid out here, with white jharokhas that go with potted plants. The view is charming.

Other facilities that the hotel offers include car rental, laundry service, doctor on call, power back up, parking, airport/railway station transfers, currency exchange, sight seeing and assistance with ticketing. Hotel Swaroop Vilas accepts credit cards.

Location
Hotel Swaroop Vilas has a great location in a quiet part of the new city, right opposite Lake Swaroop. The area is very peaceful and abounds with greenery. The airport is 24 km from here, and the railway station and the bus stand 3 - 4 km away

GODWIN

City: Mumbai

Hotel Godwin is a well maintained 3 star category hotel about 35 years old. The hotel is a reciepient of the Government of India's Tourist Award. This 9 storied hotel offers all the basic facilities to make your stay comfortable.

Lobby
The hotel lobby is a small but very tasteful rectangular space with bronze sofas against the wall on either side of the entrance. Quaint crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling and a beautiful flower arrangement stands on an equally elegant mantelpiece. The hotel has a lot of simple but very elegant wrought iron furniture which is visible in all rooms and restaurant of the hotel.

Rooms
A total of 52 rooms are divided into Standard Rooms, Deluxe Rooms, Super Deluxe Rooms and Suites. The Deluxe Rooms are divided into categories with Twin beds and Double Beds. The rooms in the hotel are very 'feel good' areas with wrought iron table legs, chairs and mirrors. The rooms are all done up in light colours thus allowing the rooms to look more cool and airy as well as spacious. Sunlight streams in through the windows in all the rooms. Most of the furniture and upholstery is in beige, cream and brown. All the rooms have cable television, direct dial STD/ISD telephones, safe, refrigerator and split unit air conditioners with a remote. The Deluxe Room bathroom is a well designed and spacious bathroom with a white marble slab and a glass partition for the shower area forming a perfectly sized cubicle. The bathrooms on the 6th, 7th and 8th floors of the hotel cater to guests who require a bathroom without a bathtub. The rest of the rooms sport a smart bathtub.

Other services and facilities offered are electronic locker in each room, hair dryer/iron on request, doctor on call, fax, internet and e- mail facility, licenced money changers, laundry and taxi service.

Dining
The restaurant in the hotel is located on the lobby level. This multi cuisine restaurant is open from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm and offers a buffet breakfast (7:30 am to 10:30 am). For lunch and dinner, an a la carte menu is the option. The restaurant is furnished with brown upholstered chairs and white lace curtains at the windows. The walls are decorated with colourful murals. There is also a rooftop restaurant called Cloud 9 which caters mostly to in house guests. Food is provided from the lobby level restaurant here. It is open from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm and provides you with a glorious view of Mumbai. This area is furnished with stark white and very elegant wrought iron chairs and tables.

A quaint elegant hotel which will be perfect for a leisurely vacation with your family or friends. Do avail this opportunity.

Location
Hotel Godwin is located 28 kilometres from the airport and 2 kilometres from C.S.T. and Churchgate stations. The hotel is also in close proximity to the Regal Cinema and Colaba Causeway which is the roadside shopping hub of the city.

ASTER INN

City: New Delhi

The famous Gateway of India on a beautiful day in Mumbai