Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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UNESCO-listed 18th-century astronomical observatory with the world's largest stone sundial, beside the City Palace.
Sawai Jai Singh II built this observatory around 1734 as the largest of five he set up across north India. Its nineteen masonry instruments measure time, track stars and predict eclipses, and several still work. The Samrat Yantra sundial tells local time to within a few seconds. The site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2010.
Within 1 km of Jantar Mantar.
Jaipur's signature honeycomb facade of pink sandstone with 953 small windows, built so royal women could watch street life unseen.
Krishna temple in Jaipur's City Palace complex, the city's most beloved shrine with set jhanki darshans.
Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic landmark in Ram Niwas Garden with art, crafts and an Egyptian mummy.
Aravalli-ridge fort overlooking Jaipur, popular for sunset views and the Madhavendra Bhawan suites built for royal queens.
Palace that appears to float in Man Sagar Lake on the Jaipur–Amer road; viewed from the lakeside promenade only.
Ridge-top military fort above Amber that guarded the Kachhwaha capital; home to the huge Jaivana cannon and long views over Amer.
Walled-city bazaar near Tripolia Gate known for lac bangles, handloom and household goods; on the Gangaur and Teej procession route.
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.
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.
Massive 15th-century fort on a rock above Jodhpur's blue city, with one of India's best-run palace museums.
15th-century Mewar fort in the Aravallis with a 36 km perimeter wall, one of the longest continuous walls in the world.
17th-century ruined town and fort in the Aravallis, famous as India's 'most haunted' site; no entry after sunset.
Ruined Paliwal Brahmin village west of Jaisalmer, abandoned in the 19th century and surrounded by local legend.
17th-century island palace in Lake Pichola, reached only by boat, with gardens, a restaurant and marble elephant sculptures.
Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, one of South Asia's most visited Sufi pilgrimage sites.