October is a lovely month for driving – especially in parts of north India where early morning haze slowly gives way to soft sunlight. The ambient lighting of the new GLC further softens the cabin’s mood, and its panoramic sunroof lets in enough of the dawn to remind you why road trips matter. Especially a road trip that takes you from luxury in motion to luxury at rest – from the cabin of a Mercedes-Benz to a hotel that celebrates our royal past, the ITC Mughal Agra.

The journey

Despite being more than a decade old, the Yamuna Expressway from Delhi to Agra is a charm, and lets you cover almost 200 km in 2.5 hours. As the expressway narrows and Agra’s skyline appears, the GLC transitions from highway speeds to city chaos, and its air suspension absorbs all unevenly paved lanes.

The ITC

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