Comfortable
Formality
Mandatory visa (to obtain it, contact the travel operator) and passport valid for 6 months after the date of return with at least 3 consecutive blank pages. ID photo by Indian standard (5 cm x 5).
Go
Delhi, the capital city of India, is connected by a direct flight at around 08:30 from Paris (Roissy-CDG) by Air France and Air India. Other companies such as Vistara, Emirates or Etihad serve the destination with stopovers.
Tour
Salaün Holidays offers “North India and Rajasthan” for 14 days and 12 nights from €2,095 full board including round-trip flights, air-conditioned coach tours, full board and the service of a French speaking guide. The program covers the discoveries of Delhi, Mandawa, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar, Achrol, Jaipur, Agra in Utta Pradesh. Many excursions and excursions are included, including the can’t-miss Taj Mahal and the Maharajah palace of Udaipur. With local music, Indian magic, puppet and dance shows, camel rides, boat rides on Lake Pichola from Udaipur and much more.
Committed to solidarity tourism, the Salaün group has for several years provided material assistance to two traditional schools in Achrol, near Jaipur, where tourists can meet the children and, if they wish, bring them small school supplies or games.
Other proposals from the same tour operator: “Rajasthan, land of kings” for 10 days and 8 nights from €1,695 and the other four major circuits including “India from North to South” for three weeks from €3,225 .
An extension to Nepal of 4 days and 3 nights is recommended after each of these trips, Kathmandu is only a two hour flight from Delhi. www.salaun-holidays.com; information at the agency ✆ 03 88 32 99 77.
Information
See the French version of the Indian Tourism Board website: www.incredibleindia.org/
A wide selection of guides is available to tourists visiting India and Rajasthan: Routard, Bleu guides and Voir chez Hachette guides, Lonely Planet North India Smart kids North India and Rajasthan National Geographic’s guide to India, and Gallimard’s at the Voyageur Library.
