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About Hotel Mughal Sheraton
Gloriously sprawled over 30 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens; the Welcomgroup Mughal Sheraton is a fitting tribute to a dynasty of great builders. The Mughals. A splendid redbrick edifice that blends beautifully with Agra’s landscape, the Mughal Sheraton is a proud recipient of the prestigious ‘Aga Khan’ award for excellence in Mughal architecture. The Mughal Sheraton also had the honor of receiving the British Safety Council’s coveted ‘Sword of Honor’ award, for its commitment to safety.
Accommodation
The Mughal Sheraton offers the luxury of 300 lavishly furnished rooms and suites. Each and exemplification of the beauty and charm of Mughal architecture, they overlook verdant landscaped gardens or the sparkling waters of the swimming pool. Some even offer a view of the magnificent Taj Mahal.
Dining
Nauratna, named after the Nine Jewels of Emperor Akbar’s court, offers the ultimate in Mughlai cuisine. Overlooking lush-green gardens and a sparkling blue pool, the Bagh-e-Bahar serves Continental delights with live music. The Taj Bano lays out a sumptuous spread of exquisite Indian, Continental and Chinese cuisine. The Mahjong Room. With its luxurious setting, appeases the Chinese gourmet in you. The Maikhana - The elegant lobby bar offers sparkling wines and wondrous concoctions, guarantees to keep you in good spirits.
Conference and Banquet Facilities
In the city of the Taj Mahal, conventions and banquets are as lavish as the Mughal durbars. And you have three venues to choose from. The Dewan-e-Khas hosts conventions and banquets for up to 175 people. While the Majlis and Mehfil can seat 50 and 25 people, respectively. Equipped with slide projectors, flip-chart boards, screens, mikes, overhead projectors, amplifiers, these elegant conference halls have all that it takes to make impeccable presentations. The lush-green lawns of the Gulbadan Gardens, ideal for weddings, banquets and theme parties, can host up to 3000 people.
Recreation
For leisure, the Mughal Sheraton offers obstacle golf, tennis, croquet, badminton, billiards, and movie lounge. And for children, a lot of fun and frolic awaits them at the children’s park, buggy rides and the kennel club.
Health & Fitness Center
A sauna and a jogging track are available for health freaks. You could also avail the facilities of the beauty saloon and barbershop.
City Information
For most of the time Agra alternated with Delhi as the capital of the Mughal Empire. As such one finds many marvels of the Mughal architecture in and around the city, the most famous of them being the Taj Mahal. It is Shahjahan's tribute to his favorite wife's memory and his greatest contribution to world heritage monuments. Besides the Taj, the Agra Fort (also called the Red Fort) makes an interesting sight. The fort retains the irregular outline of the demolished mud-wall fort of the Lodis. It contains splendid palaces both in red sandstone and white marble built by two generations of prolific builders-Akbar and later by Jehangir and Shahjahan. The Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula is located in a walled garden overlooking the Yamuna. It is the first ever tomb in India built entirely in white marble. The Jama Masjid, built in memory of Sheikh Salim Chisthi and his grandson Islam Khan by Jehanara Begum, is a wonderful assimilation of Iranian architecture. Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, located in a large walled garden on the road to Delhi, is a magnificent gateway covered with floral and geometrical arabesque decoration in white and coloured marble with four elegant minarets. Rambagh, laid out by Babar, stands three kilometres upstream from Itmad-ud-daulah's tomb. It is one of the earliest Mughal Gardens in the country. Dayal Bagh is the headquarters of the Radhaswami sect. A beautiful white marble temple has been under construction here for almost 100 years now. Besides the historical monuments, one can also explore Agra's rich heritage of handicrafts in its markets.
The places around Agra also form interesting tourist spots. Mathura (47 km) is one of the seven most sacred cities of India and an important crafts centre. Ten kilometres from Mathura lies Vrindavan, a place associated with the childhood exploits of Lord Krishna. Vrindavan has scores of temples, shrines, and memorial stones and hermitages of the saints and Krishna's followers. Gokul, 16 km from Mathura, is believed to be the place where Krishna was secretly raised. Govardhan, 25 km west of Mathura on the road to Deeg, is the site where Krishna lifted a hill to protect the villagers from the torrential downpour caused by the wrath of God Indra. At Bhandirvan, 31 kilometres from Mathura, it is said that Radha and Krishna were married under a banyan tree. The Keetham Lake or Sur Sarovar, around 23 kilometres from Agra within the Surdas Reserved Forest, is a tranquil place where one can witness a withe variety of fish and water birds. Fatehpur Sikri presents another marvel of the Mughal architecture and splendour. Barely 39 km from Agra, it is the red sandstone city of yesteryears built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in AD 1564 in honour of the Muslim saint Sheikh Salim Chisthi. Finally, Ferozabad (44 km) is famous for glass products while Aligarh (38 km) is the home to the Aligarh Muslim University and a renowned lock-making centre of India.
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