Description

Thinking where to go on a weekend. Add an extra day to your weekend, to make it more exciting. Join our Bhopal Tour, as we take you through some of the offbeat places around this beautiful city.

Highlights

• Visit to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sanchi Stupa
• Exploring another UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bhimbetka Rock shelters
• Explore Massive Raisen Fort
• Visiting one of the largest mosque-Taj-Ul Haq in India and Asia
• Visit to Rock cut caves at Udaygiri
• Ample amount of Photography opportunities

Itinerary of Bhopal Tour

Day 0: Friday, 29 Sep, 2023

Board train for Bhopal by 7.30 pm from CST/Mumbai.

Day 1: Bhopal – Bhojpur – Bhimbetka

• Arrival in Bhopal by 9.30 a.m, Check-in to hotel and freshen up.
• Post Breakfast, Leave for exploration.
• Visit Bhimbetka and Bhojpur.
• Come back to hotel after dinner.

(Lunch & Dinner included)

Day 2: Sanchi – Udaygiri Exploration  

• Post breakfast, proceed towards Sanchi and Udaygiri caves at Vidisha.
• Visit Hindola Toran and Maladevi Temples at Gyaraspur.
• Come back to Hotel after dinner.

(Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included)

Day 3: Bhopal City Tour

• Post Breakfast, explore local places in Bhopal.
• Move towards Bhopal Station to take train back to Mumbai.

(Breakfast & Lunch included)

Day 4, Tuesday, 3rd Oct 

Arrival in Mumbai by 7.00 am.

More About Bhopal Tour

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that exhibits the earliest traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent and evidence of beginning of Stone Age. Bhimbetka is home to close to 500 pre-historic rock shelters and caves which have a large no. of paintings. These were discovered in 1957 and declared as UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003.The oldest paintings are considered to be 30,000 years old. The use of natural colors has ensured that the paintings have endured better over time. They are an insight into the first traces of pre-historic mankind like lifestyle, festivals, hunting and agriculture.

Sanchi Stupa

Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa (Maha Stupa), on a hilltop at Sanchi Town. This Mahastupa is one of the oldest stone structures in India, and an important monument of Indian Architecture and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE to preserve and spread the Buddhist philosophy. It is one of the most important places for Buddhist pilgrimage and pilgrims from around the world visit this place.

Udayagiri Caves

The Udayagiri Caves are twenty rock-cut caves near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from the early years of the 5th century CE. They contain some of the oldest surviving Hindu temples and iconography in India. One of India’s most important archaeological sites, the Udayagiri hills and its caves are protected monuments managed by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Temples & Mosques

We will also be visiting Bhojeshwar temple which has one of the tallest Shivalinga in India. Along with that, we will visit Taj-Ul-Masque which is one of the largest mosques in India and Asia.