Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Palace in Amber, Rajasthan, India
Within 1 km of Raj Mahal.
Hilltop Rajput-Mughal palace-fort above Maota Lake in Amer, about 11 km north of Jaipur, best known for its mirror-work halls and ramparts.
Ridge-top military fort above Amber that guarded the Kachhwaha capital; home to the huge Jaivana cannon and long views over Amer.
Palace that appears to float in Man Sagar Lake on the Jaipur–Amer road; viewed from the lakeside promenade only.
Aravalli-ridge fort overlooking Jaipur, popular for sunset views and the Madhavendra Bhawan suites built for royal queens.
Krishna temple in Jaipur's City Palace complex, the city's most beloved shrine with set jhanki darshans.
Monument in Jaipur.
Jaipur's signature honeycomb facade of pink sandstone with 953 small windows, built so royal women could watch street life unseen.
Small museum in a restored haveli near Amer dedicated to Rajasthan's block-printing tradition, with live demos.
17th-century island palace in Lake Pichola, reached only by boat, with gardens, a restaurant and marble elephant sculptures.
18th-century lakeside haveli at Gangaur Ghat, now a museum with an evening Rajasthani folk dance show.
Rajasthan's largest palace complex on the east bank of Lake Pichola, built over four centuries by the Mewar rulers; now partly a museum.
White-marble royal cenotaph near Mehrangarh, built in 1906 for Maharaja Jaswant Singh II, with gardens and a small lake.
Massive 15th-century fort on a rock above Jodhpur's blue city, with one of India's best-run palace museums.
Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, one of South Asia's most visited Sufi pilgrimage sites.
India's largest fort by area, a UNESCO hill fort on a 180 m mesa, central to Mewar's history of sieges and sacrifice.
Golden-sandstone 12th-century 'living fort' on Trikuta hill, still home to thousands of residents, shops, temples and hotels.