Half-Day Private Heritage Tour of Old Amritsar with Golden Temple

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  The Partition Museum

  Start the tour after meeting your private guide at the hotel lobby. Enjoy the drive at the comfort of air conditioned car driven by a personal chauffeur to reach the old town from where we begin our walk. Visit the world's first Partition Museum in the Town Hall building of Amritsar. The Partition of India and Pakistan was one of the most defining events in the nation's history. It was perhaps the largest migration in human history, with some 18 million affected.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Saragarhi Memorial Gurudwara

  Walk towards Saragarhi Memorial Gurudwara, a beautiful tribute to the 21 Sikh Soldiers who laid their lives in Battle of Satagarhi during the English Rule over India. The Saragarhi Battle is documented among the most important battles ever fought in the World. This is among the three Gurudwaras built in the memory of the Saragarhi warriors.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Amritsar

  Spend some time at Old Fawara (Fountain) Chowk is located in the center of Amritsar and it’s a great place to meet the locals. Amritsar is also unique in the manner of hospitality and warmth you feel when you are among locals. Just greet them with a “Sat Sri Akal” and there you go. Amritsaris wear their hearts on their sleeves and will go the extra mile to help you and guide you. They consider a guest as a messenger of God, the responsiveness and affection is definitely a soup for the soul.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Jallianwala Bagh

  Visit Jallianwala Bagh is a historic garden and ‘memorial of national importance’ in Amritsar, India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that occurred on the site on the festival of Baisakhi, 13 April 1919. It houses a museum, gallery and a number of memorial structures.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Golden Temple

  At the end visit one of Amritsar's greatest attractions and its spiritual hub, the Sri Harmandir Sahib, commonly known as the Golden Temple. This is the holiest temple in the Sikh faith. India is home to many religions, and one of these is a centered in the northern Indian state of Punjab: Sikhism. Its adherents believe in a single God, and in the teachings of 10 holy gurus. The temples, or gurdwaras, in the city of Amritsar are both the spiritual and administrative center for 20 million Sikhs worldwide. The temple has been renovated many times, adding features such as the marble inlays along the floor. Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire of India (1799-1849) had the temple's upper floors covered in 750 kilos of pure gold. Golden Temple in Amritsar has been serving free hot meals, also known as langar, to people of all religions and faiths who come to its doors every day.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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