Why You Should Stay in Agra After Sunset
I was at a chai stall near the Taj Mahal's eastern gate when I overheard a conversation that's probably repeated a hundred times a day in this city. A couple — bags packed, cab waiting — were debating whether to stay one more night or head back to Delhi. "We've seen the Taj. What else is there?" the man said. The woman looked uncertain. They left. I've thought about that couple often. Because what they didn't know — what most visitors to Agra don't know — is that the city's best hours hadn't even started yet. Why Most Tourists Leave Agra Too Early Agra has a reputation problem. Not a bad one exactly, but a limiting one. The entire city has been compressed, in the popular imagination, into a single image: the Taj Mahal at sunrise, white marble against a pink sky. That image is real. It's as beautiful as advertised. But it's also 7 AM, and most Golden Triangle itineraries have already scheduled the afternoon drive to Jaipur. So to...