Agra Sights Tickets ADA?

arkyelephantlover

Is it possible to buy the one day ADA ticket at Fatehpur Sikri? What does it cover? Are there any other charges then for the Taj, Sikandra, Itmad-ud-Daulah and Agra Fort? or is there a better way to minimize expenses? With the tickets do you then bypass the ticket ques? but not the security ques? We are on a tight schedule leaving with a car and driver from Bharatpur early in the morning, stopping in Fatehpur Sikri on the way to Agra, doing a short major sights only in Agra, stopping at Sikandra on the way to our hotel in Delhi, all the same day.Any suggestions? Thank you.

rajered

You can buy one day ADA ticket at Fatehpur Sikri.
ADA offers a consoliated ticket of Rs. 500/- per person which is vaild for visit to all monuments i.e. Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandra, Etmad-ud-daula & Fatehpur Sikri.
You would also have to pay ASI Fee which would be over and above the ADA ticket.
ASI fees are
Taj Mahal Rs 250
Taj Museum Rs 5
Agra Fort Rs 250
Fathepur Sikri Rs 250
Akbar's Tomb Rs 100
Itmad-ud-Daula Rs 100
Ram Bagh Rs 100
Mariyan Tomb Rs 100
Mehtab Bagh Rs 100

arkyelephantlover

In addition to buying the ADA ticket at Fatehpur Sikri is it possible to also buy a ASI Ticket for only the places covered by the ADA ticket and threfore avoid ticket ques to pay for the ASI fees? Once we have the ADA and possibly the ASI tickets, are there seperate entrance ques for men and women? We are trying to minimize ques times. Thank you.

Haylo

Unfortunately not. ASI do intend to introduce an advance payment multiple site ticket scheme but it is still in the planning stages.

At the Taj Mahal, yes they are separate because of the need for security checks which of course are done by women at the women's queue. At smaller places like Fatehpur Sikri, there is only the ticket window, and when we were there there was no queue at all.

The longest line at the Taj Mahal may well be for the security checks, rather than for tickets. My advice is to arrive early in the day.

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