Visiting Taj Mahal (Agra) + Best Taj Mahal Photo Locations

Like most people, visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra, India has been on our bucket list since we were kids. After waiting our whole lives to visit, we were excited to take at least one incredible photo with this world wonder. Thanks to a very early start to the day, and some careful planning, we were able to get so many beautiful photos with the iconic Taj Mahal! We decided to share our photo locations with you so you can get your own beautiful pictures with the Taj to hang on your wall or post on Instagram to live on your feed forever.

We REALLY wanted to have the chance to see the Taj Mahal without thousands of other people around, and the only way to do that was to line up before sunrise so we could be among the first people to enter the Taj Mahal on a quiet Monday morning. We couldn't believe it when we were FIRST in line to enter the grounds! We will always remember those first few minutes when there were only a handful of other tourists on the grounds of the Taj Mahal with us and we all took a few quiet moments to take in the Taj's grandeur before speed walking to get a better look and take the best photos for Instagram.

If we hadn't been so hungry (there is no where to eat at the Taj Mahal and you can't bring in food!), we could have stayed on the grounds all day. The Taj Mahal is so perfectly built that we really felt like we could have just stayed and stared at it for an entire day. The building's grandiosity and spectacular whiteness are truly mesmerizing. We couldn't believe how busy it got as the morning went on though! By 9am there were thousands of people on the grounds with us and we were so glad to have made the effort to visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise. It would have been impossible to get the best photos of the Taj Mahal if we had arrived later in the day because there are simply too many people!

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== Chapters ==
0:00 It's the Taj Mahal!
1:55 First impressions of the Taj Mahal
2:42 Taking photos at the Taj Mahal at sunrise
3:19 Best place to take in the Taj Mahal in peace
5:45 Western Mosque (Masjid)
6:20 Did you know the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum?
7:45 It's called a video call, Mico
8:54 Who get's Mico's joke about Will Smith?
9:43 Entrance into the Taj Mahal
12:00 Impressions of the mausoleum
12:46 Don't forget to subscribe!

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Hey there! We are Nicole and Mico, full-time travel vloggers searching for adventures all around the globe. In March 2021 we quit our jobs, sold our belongings, and hopped on our first ever one-way flight leaving our home country #Canada. We believe #travel builds understanding that reaches across culture, language, and boundaries, and we want to share our experiences as we create connections all over the world. If you like learning about unique places, new cultures and different foods, then come follow our adventure as we explore all our beautiful planet has to offer.

[nicoleandmico]

Okay so which celebrity photo did you like best? 📷🤭

[naveex]

Please visit Kailasa Temple at Ellora Caves in Maharashtra India. It's considered greatest architecture in history of mankind, because the way it was built seems unbelievable for even today’s time. The temple was built at least 1300 years ago. No stone or nothing was added they carved a mammoth Granite rock/mountain with intricate details. The Kailasa Temple is notable for its vertical excavation-carvers started at the top of the original rock and excavated downward. At least tonnes of stones have been removed in the process. About 7000 workers and their future generations worked for 135 years. One small mistake and you have to rebuild the whole temple because it's carved into the rock without adding anything, that too up to down.

[thextrim]

No words can explain the beauty of TAJ

[veetour]

The Will Smith pic was hilarious.

The Taj Mahal truly is a world class destination. It’s definitely worth it to go early to experience it with the sunrise and the few people.

[sares]

in the year 2022 city of Mahabalipuram in South India is most visited among foreigner way more than Taj Mahal. finally foreigners starting to see the true beauty of India. maybe it is time foreign vloggers too visit other parts of India to experience them.

[cem]

ancient India used to have lot of excellent architectures better than these ones. during Islamic rule in India especially in Mughal period about 47000 temples and several other structures were destroyed. others were demolished by the European rulers. that's why India hardly has any ancient structures left in North India. however there are quite a lot of them in South India especially states of Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

[amrutanshusahoo]

Taj Mahal is just amazing... You can experience by travelling there... Your vlogs are cool... Keep it up 🤘

[ujjwalyadav]

Will Smith photo you recreated perfectly, I couldn't stop myself from laughing, you both are just wonderful. Lots of Love from India to both of you ❤️

[odiaguyreacts]

Yes, the tomb's placement is asymmetrical. If you notice, Mumtaz's tomb is dead center inside the mausoleum, it is Shah Jahan whose tomb seems to be rather out of place and asymmetrical. It is because he was not supposed to be buried there. He had planned an exact replica of the Taj Mahal to be built on the opposite Bank of the Yamuna River(the one in your video) where he wished to be buried upon his death and this Taj Mahal 2 was supposed to be built completely out of Black Granite. There were supposed to be two of these super structures, the white and the black Taj Mahal contrasting one another on either bank of the Yamuna River. But before he could commence work on the second building, his son Aurangzeb ran a coup and overthrew his father and imprisoned him at the Agra Fort where he eventually died and was finally buried next to Mumtaz in the mausoleum of the Taj, hence the asymmetry.

Hope you guys had an amazing time! Much love❤️

[globalcitizen]

Loving your India vlog series so far. Don't know how long you plan to be in India or where all you plan to visit, but one thing you would definately notice is that each state of India has its own unique culture, food and natural beauty. In fact, India is typically clustered by the geographical zones - North, East, West, South, Central and North East. Each of these regional zones will offer something unique for you to see and experience. That is the beauty of India - it's cultural diversity that constantly changes as one travels 100km in any direction.

Wishing you both a wonderful time and hope you get to see all what India has to offer, be it in this trip or any future trips.

[sumithshetty]

I was waiting for you guys to upload ❤️
Be safe and enjoy in your further journey

[dev]

really enjoyed your visit captured on video keep up the good work forgot to mention the picture that i like is of Nicole on the bench with the back ground of the taj mahal where by princess diana had no back ground so in my mind that was the best pic i seen

[shivambansal]

Great video! Made me appreciate the monument more even though I can see it everyday by just going to the roof of our house 3km away. The Tom cruise one was most accurate but the Will Smith one takes the cake :p

[priceinslice]

Please visit Mathura's Prem mandhir it's really very beautiful more then Diwali ❤️🌌🌃

[Gopisaha]

I love to watch your videos love you guys

[kindofanmol]

As beautiful as the Taj Mahal is, I love how people in the comments are also aware about the lost glory of North Indian temples and how they were destroyed by Islamic invaders.

Would love you guys to visit Darjeeling, Leh (Ladakh), Shimla/Manali, Bengaluru, GOA, Munnar etc

[parthaghosh]

This is one of the best blog on Taj ❤ great work sister n bro

[ronlippitt]

Was just there last week and was looking for a vlog which highlighted the incredible experience the way I saw it. Yours has been the best I've found so thank you! And amazing job putting it together!!

It pains me to say it, but I was one of the idiots who fell victim to both a guide and photographer scam which ended up costing me an absurd amount of money. Granted, I was by myself -- so the idea of having someone else take nice pics of me at Taj was worthwhile, but you cannot believe what they got from me $$-wise. Still, the beauty of the site is a forever memory now, and I agree the mosque on the west side is an absolute wonder all by itself. I also was amazed by the courtyard outside the main entryway which was surrounded by four perfectly aligned gates in each direction. The precision of everything there is incredible....

[priceinslice]

Please don't forget to visit Mathura ( near to Agra) there are many prettiest tempels there🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️👑🙏

[mangomate]

India means not only Tajmahal there are number of structures carved very intrecrately and more sophisticated carving than tajmahal. please visit them come down south you will experience this in lot more temples unfortunately those were never been shown as like Tajmahal.