Amritsar 7 Day Itinerary (Full Week)
Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use.
Seven days sounds excessive for one city until you realize the Golden Temple alone rewards multiple visits at different hours, and the region around Amritsar has enough history and food to fill a genuine week without padding. One correction before anything else: the Wagah ceremony does not run on a guaranteed fixed schedule right now, current advisories describe the border crossing as closed, so confirm its status rather than building the week around it as a certainty.
Day-by-day at a glance
| Day | Focus | Est. spend (excl. hotel) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrival, Golden Temple, Langar | ~500-1,000 INR |
| 2 | Jallianwala Bagh, Partition Museum | ~500-1,500 INR |
| 3 | Hall Bazaar and the old city food lanes | ~500-1,200 INR |
| 4 | Durgiana Temple and Ram Bagh | ~500-1,000 INR |
| 5 | Gobindgarh Fort | ~1,500-2,000 INR |
| 6 | Wagah-Attari (if running) or Sri Ram Tirath | ~800-1,800 INR |
| 7 | A slower day and departure | Varies |
Know these before you go
- Apply for India’s e-Visa at least 4 days ahead at indianvisaonline.gov.in ; Amritsar’s ATQ airport is a designated e-Visa arrival point, so you can fly in directly.
- Confirm Wagah’s current status before day 6; treat it as optional, not a fixed anchor.
- Check hotel rates in Amritsar : a full week is worth pricing the old city’s SGPC-run pilgrim sarais against a Ranjit Avenue hotel for part of the stay.
Day 1: Arrival and the Golden Temple
A prepaid taxi or Uber/Ola from ATQ, about 11km from the old city, runs roughly 300-550 INR. Check in close to the Golden Temple. Visit in the evening for the Rehras Sahib prayers and stay past dark when the marble complex and gold dome reflect off the sarovar. Cover your head, shoes off at the free cloakroom. Eat at the Langar Hall, free, seated on the floor with pilgrims and volunteers.
Day 2: Jallianwala Bagh and the Partition Museum
Jallianwala Bagh in the morning, free entry, the preserved bullet-marked walls and Martyrs’ Well from the 1919 massacre. The Partition Museum in the old Town Hall after, token entry (verify current fee), 14 galleries built from survivor testimony. Lunch nearby at an old-city dhaba.
Day 3: Hall Bazaar and the food lanes
Hall Bazaar for Phulkari embroidery, juttis, and silver jewelry, bargain the first quote down. The connected food lanes are where locals actually eat. Dinner at Kesar Da Dhaba near Chowk Passian, running since 1916, dal makhani and phirni; a meal for two runs roughly 400-700 INR.
Day 4: Durgiana Temple and Ram Bagh
Durgiana Temple, free entry, a Hindu shrine rebuilt in 1921 in deliberate imitation of the Golden Temple. Ram Bagh’s Mughal-style garden and Ranjit Singh Museum in the afternoon, a small entry fee for the museum, the garden itself free to walk.
Day 5: Gobindgarh Fort
Built in 1760, reopened as a heritage park in 2017. A combo ticket covers the 7D show on Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the coin museum, and live performances, budget the whole afternoon; stay for the evening projection-mapping display on the fort’s own walls.
Day 6: Wagah-Attari, or Sri Ram Tirath
If Wagah’s Beating Retreat ceremony is confirmed running, head out roughly 28-32km west, arrive 90 minutes early with photo ID, bags aren’t permitted through security. If it isn’t running, spend the day at Sri Ram Tirath instead, a quieter Hindu pilgrimage site outside the city tied to sage Valmiki’s ashram in local tradition.
Day 7: a slower day and departure
Use the morning for anything missed, or one more early visit to the Golden Temple before the day’s heat and crowds build. Allow real buffer time to the airport, particularly if your flight coincides with evening traffic. Carry bottled or filtered water for the trip out.
Which 7-day split actually works?
Three city days, one museum-and-market day, and three days split across the fort, the border ceremony or an alternative, and a final slow morning is genuinely a week’s worth of Amritsar, not a city trip stretched thin to fill seven days. If a full week feels like too much, our 6-day itinerary drops the slower final day and keeps everything else.