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Half-Day Private Heritage Tour of Old Amritsar with Golden Temple
Amritsar
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Enjoy walking into the lanes of India's most iconic city, Amritsar, and learn about the culture that exemplifies this destination.
Visit the various famous Golden temple, Sikh community kitchen, Partition museum, Jalianwala Bagh, and more with a private local Guide at the comfort of an air-conditioned car driven by a personal chauffeur.
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in Hindi & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in Hindi & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Fuel, Parking and Toll fee.
Hotel Pick up and Drop off
Private Local Guide.
All Applicable Taxes.
Personal Chauffeur with AC Car.
Partition Museum Entrance Tickets (USD 3)
Anything not mentioned in inclusion.
Half-Day Private Heritage Tour of Old Amritsar with Golden Temple
Amritsar
About
Enjoy walking into the lanes of India's most iconic city, Amritsar, and learn about the culture that exemplifies this destination.
Visit the various famous Golden temple, Sikh community kitchen, Partition museum, Jalianwala Bagh, and more with a private local Guide at the comfort of an air-conditioned car driven by a personal chauffeur.
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
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
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
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
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.
