Not included are: visa, Lufthansa seat reservations, shuttle service from/to your place of residence, tips and personal expenses, meals not mentioned in the itinerary, drinks, additional activities and excursions.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Off to India
- Bus transfer Luxembourg/Glacis-Frankfurt Airport.
- Departure (Lufthansa) from Frankfurt to New Delhi at 1:15 p.m.
Day 2: Delhi: Old Delhi and the women
- Arrival at 1:30 a.m., transfer to hotel
- Free time
- Lunch in a modern restaurant
- Rickshaw tour, craft market, spice market
- Tomb of Humayun (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- Welcome dinner in a stylish palace ambience
Day 3: Delhi: Women's Education in India – visiting an NGO, boutique hopping
- Visit to the NGO ‘Literacy India’ (education underprivileged women), opportunity to work on a project
- Lunch: Lunch box in the NGO premises
- Visit to exclusive fashion boutiques
- Dinner at a local restaurant (traditional cuisine)
Day 4: Delhi – Agra, Agra Fort and high tea with Indian women
- Drive to Agra
- Lunch in a restaurant
- Visit to the Agra Fort (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- High tea with a family (discussions about Indian culture, beliefs and value system)
- Walk to the workshops of traditional artisans (Pietra Dura marble inlays, Zardozi embroidery)
- Dinner at the hotel restaurant Peshwari (North Indian cuisine)
Day 5: Agra: Taj Mahal at sunrise, drive Agra – Jaipur
- Sunrise at the Taj Mahal (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- Drive to Jaipur, lunch in a garden pavilion on the way
- Dinner at a restaurant (Rajasthani cuisine)
Day 6: Jaipur: Amber Fort, visit to a primary school, Hawa Mahal, palace life and dinner with a local noble family
- Visit the Amber Fort
- Visit to a primary school, conversation with teachers (Indian school system)
- Visit to the Palace of the Winds
- Lunch in a hotel restaurant
- Visit to the City Palace Museum
- Cooking demonstration and dinner in a noble family, discussions about tradition and modernity
Day 7: Jaipur: Yoga, trip to the block printers, leisure or walk through Jaipur
- 7:00 a.m. Yoga (one hour, optional, with instructions)
- Trip to Bagru (block printing, create your own works of art with guidance)
- Lunch in a local restaurant
- Tuk-tuk tour with women
- Walk through the old town and to the craftsmen (embroidery, Gota, Kinari, block-printed fabrics)
- Dinner in the hotel restaurant (North Indian cuisine)
Day 8: Jaipur – Mumbai, Mumbai: Discoveries in the City of Dreams
- Transfer to Jaipur airport
- Flight Jaipur-Mumbai (9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)
- Transfer to the hotel
- City tour Mumbai (Bombay)
- Visit to Mahatma Gandhi’s former home, discussion about the relevance of his views for today’s life
- Dinner at a restaurant (run by a woman named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list)
Day 9: Mumbai: Warli Art and Bollywood
- Warli art (workshop, making your own artwork)
- Bollywood dance workshop
- Lunch at a local restaurant if present: conversation with the owner
- Afternoon at leisure (possibly event for International Women’s Day)
- Dinner at a seafood restaurant
Day 10: Mumbai: The magic of markets, fusion cuisine and fashion boutiques
- Early morning visits to the markets
- Leisure time
- Visit of the ‘Tiffin Boys’ (Dabbawalas)
- Cooking workshop (Persian-Indian fusion cuisine) and lunch in a Persian house
- Visit to exclusive fashion boutiques
- Dinner at the hotel
- Transfer to the airport
Day 11: End
- At 2:55 a.m. you fly with Lufthansa to Frankfurt (flight duration approx. nine hours, arrival 7:25 a.m.)
- Bus transfer from Frankfurt-Luxembourg/Glacis
