Your chauffeur meets you at Delhi (DEL) arrivals and transfers you to your 5-star hotel, with the rest of the day free to shake off the flight.

If your energy allows, an evening stroll through the hotel's neighbourhood or a first Indian dinner eases you gently into the trip; otherwise simply rest for tomorrow's full day.

A full day threads Old and New Delhi: the Mughal Red Fort, the vast Jama Masjid, and a cycle-rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk's spice lanes, then India Gate, Humayun's Tomb and the Qutub Minar.

Woven through it is a guided street-food tour, parathas, chaat, kebabs and jalebi from the stalls locals actually queue at, with your guide navigating what to try and where.

You board the morning Gatimaan Express, India's fastest train, and reach Agra in around 100 minutes for check-in and lunch.

In the afternoon you enter the Taj Mahal with your guide, who unpacks the love story and flawless Mughal symmetry as the marble warms toward sunset, an unhurried two hours inside the complex.

You begin at the red-sandstone Agra Fort, the Mughal seat of power where Shah Jahan spent his final years gazing across the Yamuna at the Taj.

You then drive to Jaipur via UNESCO-listed Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar's perfectly preserved abandoned capital, reaching the Pink City by evening with time at leisure.

The morning belongs to the honey-coloured Amber Fort above Maota Lake, with its Sheesh Mahal mirror hall (jeep ascent included), followed by the City Palace and the Jantar Mantar observatory.

The afternoon is for the Pink City bazaars and boutique ateliers, block-print textiles, blue pottery and gemstones, with your guide steering you to reputable workshops.

After breakfast your chauffeur delivers you to Jaipur airport for the flight south to Goa, swapping desert forts for the Arabian Sea in a single afternoon.

On arrival you're met and transferred to your luxury beach resort, with the evening free to settle in, feel the sea air and enjoy your first coastal dinner.

You explore Old Goa's UNESCO-listed churches, the Basilica of Bom Jesus, holding St Francis Xavier's relics, and the vast Sé Cathedral, remnants of four centuries of Portuguese rule.

The afternoon takes in Fort Aguada, the 17th-century clifftop bastion and lighthouse above the Mandovi, with sweeping views over the sea and Sinquerim beach.

A full day at leisure on the sand, swim, laze under a shack umbrella, or add optional watersports like parasailing and jet-skiing.

As the sun drops you're hosted at a private beachside dinner, a candlelit table set on the shore with fresh Goan seafood and the sound of the surf.

You head to quieter, greener South Goa and the crescent of Palolem beach, one of the coast's most beautiful bays, with time to swim or take a short dolphin-spotting boat ride.

En route you visit Hindu temples such as Shri Mangeshi, showing the other, older layer of Goan faith beneath the Portuguese churches.

An inland spice plantation tour walks you through cardamom, pepper, vanilla and nutmeg, finishing with a traditional Goan banana-leaf lunch cooked from the estate's own produce.

You'll have the chance to meet and bathe resident elephants, a gentle, welfare-minded encounter, before returning to the coast for the evening.

Your final full day is unstructured: sleep in, linger over breakfast and let the pace drop to nothing by the ocean.

A signature spa treatment, an ayurvedic massage or a sea-view therapy, rounds off the trip before a last Goan sunset.

After a relaxed breakfast you're transferred to Goa airport in good time for your onward or international flight.

Your driver handles the logistics so your last morning stays calm, the culture-then-coast arc closes exactly as it should.