A Guide to India’s Most Historic Cities
Explore India’s most historic cities with this complete guide. Discover culture, heritage, and iconic landmarks that define the country’s rich past.

Historic Cities India – Complete Travel Guide

Diversity & Unity, both words are different, but they have a very important meaning in your life. But it’s not easily possible to get this together. So if you want to know and explore about these words meaning then you must visit India once in your life. India is a country where you can find diversity in places, languages, culture, tradition, foods, and dress. Every corner of India serves different flavours of places & foods.

You can find here variety of people with multiple languages at the same time. Also, you can find the different tastes of places like pilgrimage, hill stations, heritage places & more. Every place deserves the uniqueness of that place by the history, weather & more. So if you love diversity & unity, then you can see the example of these word combinations in one place in India. You can also go with the popular Indian luxury train, like the Palace on Wheels, Maharaja Express Train, and enjoy a historical journey of India. So, find here listed places to explore in India.

1-Varanasi, a city that flourished around the Ganges River, is a place known as a major Hindu holy place. This place, where many believers from home and abroad gather, is crowded with many people every day as the largest religious city in India. This sacred place of India is known for its religious destination. Where people come from the world and take a bath in the holy river Ganga to wash away their sins of the past and take one step ahead to move on with new energy.  In this holy city, visit the bank of the river Ganga at the time of sunrise in the morning when many monks and people reach there to participate in seeing the sunrise view and take dips in the river Ganga while the orange light of the sun illuminates this holy city.

There are many ways to get to Varanasi. Varanasi Airport is located about 25km away from Varanasi, so it's quickest to use a domestic flight, but the sleeper train still shows the fantastic scenery of India as if it were in a fairy tale. I recommend a trip to

It takes about 13 hours from Delhi, the capital city, and about 9 hours from Agra, the city where the Taj Mahal is located, by sleeper train. There are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class trains, so for safety reasons, we recommend choosing 1st or 2nd class. Each passenger is provided with a set of blankets and pillows in the bunk bed, and you can secure your own space by closing the curtains. 

2- Aurangabad is located 350km northeast of Mumbai. The Ellora Caves can be visited starting from the city. The Ellora Caves are a World Cultural Heritage site with Buddhist temples (7th to 8th centuries), Hindu temples (7th to 9th centuries), and Jain temples (8th to 10th centuries) stretching 2 km from north to south. There are many caves, some of which were built with natural light in mind. When you enter, you will be amazed by the vastness of the space and the almost perfectly preserved fine carvings. Mumbai city is also known as the economic city of India, many multinational companies are here & International airport is here to connect this metro city across the world.

3- Although it is called the “blue city”, the whole city is not all blue, and the way to enjoy Jodhpur is to take a walk looking for the blue area. Check out where the blue is at Mehrangarh Fort, which overlooks the city, and head to the old city. Let's embark on a journey to find the bluest place in the old town of the "Blue City", which is filled with the hustle and bustle of India and the gentleness of downtown!. Almost every city in Rajasthan is known as a historical city of India, and you can find many palaces and forts that hold the ancient history of those places.  This city is easily connected with the airport and railway station to reach here. You can also reach Delhi Airport, and you can reach from there to this city by hiring a cab or taxi. 

4- Agra city is also well well-known destination across the world for its historical journey. Many historical buildings and forts are here that explain well the history of India. There are many monuments like Tag Mahal, the  Akbar Tomb, and the Agra Fort. "Agra Fort" is a castle built over 8 years from 1565. Three generations lived here, from the 3rd emperor to the 4th emperor, Jahangir, and the 5th emperor, Shah Jahan. Therefore, there are palaces and living rooms built for each emperor on the premises, and it's huge! 

So these places are popular for the historical city of India. If you want to know and explore the history, then you can visit these destinations on your next trip. I hope you can easily plan your vacation accordingly to make your holidays memorable.

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The Maharajas' Express website is a part of 'Travelogy India Private Limited.' All payments related to train tours and services should be in the name of Travelogy India Private Limited. The Maharaja Express Train is a luxury tourist train owned and operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. It serves four routes across North-West and Central India, mainly centered on Rajasthan between October and April.

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