India's Golden triangle Delhi/Agra/Jaipur

I am now going to tell you about my experience doing Delhi/Agra/Jaipur golden triangle. I just came back from this amazing tour, one of the wonders of the world and it is true what they say.  My tour started with a quick 1/2 day tour in Delhi visiting New Delhi where the british were established in most of the area. New Delhi is unbelievably busy with an incredible amount of cars, bikes, rickshaws, buses all muddled up together. Although the driving is scary, drivers respected each other and somehow knows who goes first. We visited mini Taj Mahal in Delhi and the place where Mahatma Gandhi was murdered now a very peaceful garden and museum.  Overnight at the lovely Claridges hotel.

The next day, we were leisurely transferred to Agra by coach, on arrival we were upgraded to The Oberoi in Agra and were given a room overlooking the Taj Mahal. WOW, what a wonderful hotel!!  It was the most amazing feeling and we thought that we had won the lottery.  The Oberoi is a small 5*+ boutique low rise hotel with outstanding views of the Taj Mahal from every room.  I had the best indian dinner from the Oberoi.  I just cannot describe it to you, everything was magical.

The Taj Mahal itself is simply STUNNING.  Everyone should go and see it if they can.  It is unbelievable to see such beauty built in the 15th century, a building that took over 21 years to build and it is in such pristine condition.  All built by hand and elephants carrying all the marble.  As you can probably tell, the whole Agra experience is by far my highlight and my favourite part of my trip.  A must see!!

On one of the pictures you will see a huge bathtub with steps on the side of the bathtub. This was used by the king in those days.

The next day, we took a 7 hour drive to Jaipur, the pink city, visited Amber fort on an elephant back, City Palace, the Observatory.  Jaipur is a very different city with lots of architecture, history, forts, palaces and lakes. Jaipur is a very rich city as they have everything there.

Finally we ended our tour in Delhi, visiting and watching a beautiful musical bollywood show at the Kingdom of Dreams. Everyone should watch this, it is sooo much fun.

A natural tropical Island, lush in vegetation and surrounded by a stunning house reef, which offers excellent snorkelling and diving opportunities. Filitheyo Island is the only resort island in the unspoilt Faafu Atoll, a short 35 minute seaplane journey from Male International Airport.

Choose from a range of villa’s which are dotted around the island or over the water on stilts, purposefully designed to blend in with the island atmosphere.  There are 125 villas in total over 3 different categories:

Superior Villa’s (94) are semi-detached and have a part open air bathroom with an outdoor shower.  A great experience in itself, it feels so liberating and not to worry no one can see you.

Deluxe Villa’s (15) are detached offering more privacy.

Water Villa’s (16) are built on stilts over the lagoon and have a sitting area and private wooden deck.

All rooms are equipped with Air Conditioning/Satellite TV/CD Player/IDD Telephone/Hair Dryer/Tea/ Coffee Making Facilities/Mini Bar/Wooden Sundeck with Seating/In-room Safe

There are 2 restaurants and 2 bars which are sure to tempt your taste buds.

The Main Restaurant is buffet style with international cuisines from all corners of the world. For breakfast, lunch & dinner with 14 days cycle menus with guaranteed satisfaction

The Sunset Restaurant & Bar offers freshly blended juice, cocktails, coffees & snacks. Not to forget wide range of fine wine from the vineyards of Europe.

Filitheyo Bar offers varieties of beverages to quench your thirst happy hours are not to be missed with buy one get one free from 16.00hrs to 18.00hrs

Gourmet Menus are also available for those celebrating special occasions including dinner on the beach, at the pool side, or BBQ.

Filitheyo Spa invites you to “embrace nature” and transform your holiday with a range of relaxing, healing and pampering treatments.

There is also a variety of water sports and activities available (charges may apply) windsurfing/catamarans/canoeing & sailing/volleyball/table tennis/internet access/library/gym/billiards/large swimming pool

Not forgetting the unspoilt Faafu atoll is a diver’s paradise with their beauty & splendour. Werner Lau Diving Centre offers you international standard equipment, instructors and a complete range of multi-lingual dive courses by SSI, CMAS & PADI and specialised diving such as NITROX.

So whether you want a relaxing flop on the beach or an active holiday Filitheyo Island is perfect as you can do as little or as much as you like.