Agra is famous for Taj Mahal. Thousands of tourists come daily Agra for only see The Taj Mahal . But there are not sufficient hotels for all tourists in Agra. There are heavy crowd in months of December and January in Agra. You can not find a cheap and budget hotels in range of Rs. 500- 600 per day for double bed room in this month. So if you are planning for visit Agra then February, October and November months are best time when you get hotels easily.
If you want find cheap hotel then go to Baluganj area
of Agra. There you can find many budget hotel. There you can get double
bed room in range of 500-600 per day in hotel. But the room services of
these hotels are very poor. Maximum hotels in Agra do not serve the
initial room service. They do not give drinking water , bedsheets,
pillow cover etc. Maximum hotels at Agra are in bad condition and they
charge heavy amount like Rs. 1500 to 2000 per day to their client .
There are no any hotels in near Agra Cant Railway station. Hotel starts
from Idgaah Bus Stand, Agra which is
approx 1.5 Km. from Agra Cant railway station. There are some hotel in
this area but all are very expensive without proper service. In this
area you will get room in minimum Rs. 2000/- per day for double bed
room. The size of room is only 10 X 10 feet. The bathroom is attached in
these room. If you come in Baluganj area then you will get double bed
room in Rs. 600-800 per day in hotel in off season. There is one hotel Miss -Filla
in Baluganj which is lowest cost hotel in this area. This hotel charged
Rs. 1200 to 1400 in on season (December, January). But like all others
hotel the room service of this hotel is very bad.
When you reach Agra
Cant railway station there will many agent follow you for Hotel and
tour. First they demand Rs. 100 for go to hotel but they will ready to
go the hotels in Rs. 20 after bargaining. They say that they know the
cheap budget hotel but never believe on them because they went to heavy
budget hotels for get high commission from hotels. If you want spent Rs.
100/- for lodge in Agra then you can go to Dharmshalas. There are many
Dharmshalas near Idgaah Bus stand which take only Rs.
50/- and 100/- for one day. They have good accommodation like 24 water,
drinking water , good bedsheets bathroom facility, soap etc. and many
more. There are many restaurant also near Idgaah Bus stand.
The food is very costly in restaurant of Agra. One plate simple lunch
comes in minimum Rs. 50/-. But you can not like these lunch. If you go
some higher standard restaurant then you have to pay Rs. 200/- for one
plate lunch/ dinner. There is one famous south Indian Restaurant in Agra
which is situated at corner of Sadar Bazaar, Agra. Here you can get delicious south Indian and North Indian food in medium amount.
Never
reserve any vehicles for tour all tourist places of Agra in a single
day. Because only Taj Mahal is main place where you should go and spend
minimum 6-7 hrs. . If you go there in off season then you can enter in
Taj Mahal in 1 hr. queue. But if you go in on season then you have to
stand in queue for ticket and enter for minimum 4 hrs. The ticket charge
is Rs. 20/- each for Indian and Rs. 750/- for foreigners. The
management in great architect of India Taj Mahal is very poor. Only one
person books the tickets for thousand visitors. The security persons
demand bribe for entry in Taj Mahal in short time either they search for
a long time. And this procedure takes long time for enter in Taj Mahal.
There are no any electronics thing (exception – Mobile, Camera) , food
like chips/sweets/chocolate etc are allowed in premises of Taj Mahal. So
if you try to bring these thing then your material would be keep out at
entry gate of Taj Mahal.
If you want take full enjoyment of Taj Mahal then reach here at lest 11 am.