Amarvilas Doubles are $350 (Taj East Gate Rd., Agra; 011-91-562-231-515 or www.oberoihotels.com).
Travel to Delhi Air India (800-223-7776) flies directly to Delhi from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. American (800-433-7300) flies from JFK and Los Angeles via Zurich. Delta (800-241-4141) and Air France (800-237-2747) fly from JFK via Paris. Virgin Atlantic (800-862-8621) flies from JFK and Los Angeles via London. United (800-241-6522) flies from JFK and Los Angeles via Frankfurt.
Travel to Agra From Delhi, Indian Airlines and Alliance Air fly directly to Agra (35 minutes). By rail, the journey can take over three hoursor just two on the Oberoi-recommended Shatabdi Express (www.indianrail.gov.in). Amarvilas will arrange rides from Agra (20 minutes) or Delhi (about four hours).
Sights near Amarvilas Besides the Taj (four minutes away by buggy), there's Fatehpur Sikri, the former Mogul capital, and the massive 16th-century Agra Fort.



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