Jaipur Trip Overview
Welcome to the most favorite city for travelers in India. Jaipur. The city famous for Maharajas & royalty is a delight for travelers. Jaipur is the first planned city that was named after the king of Amer, Sawai Jai Singh. It was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales in 1876. The numerous palaces, the mesmerizing view from the top of those palaces, great architecture, and heritage has added an unrealistic beauty to this city.
This tour is crafted for travelers to Explore the best of Jaipur in a Day. The tour is designed for travelers to explore local culture, cuisine, heritage, history & lifestyle.
This city tour covers three of the most famous Forts, a monkey temple, a lake palace, wind place, city palace, few museums, Medieval ruins of Amer, and drives through Pink city of Jaipur.
Your tour guide will share all the tales from the famous landmark and also about the monument being featured in any of the movies.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Jaipur, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Welcome to the most favorite city for travelers in India. Jaipur. The city famous for Maharajas & royalty is a delight for travelers. Jaipur is the first planned city that was named after the king of Amer, Sawai Jai Singh. It was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales in 1876. The numerous palaces, the mesmerizing view from the top of those palaces, great architecture, and heritage has added an unrealistic beauty to this city.
This tour is crafted for travelers to Explore the best of Jaipur in a Day. The tour is designed for travelers to explore local culture, cuisine, heritage, history & lifestyle.
This city tour covers three of the most famous Forts, a monkey temple, a lake palace, wind place, city palace, few museums, Medieval ruins of Amer, and drives through Pink city of Jaipur.
Your tour guide will share all the tales from the famous landmark and also about the monument being featured in any of the movies.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Amber Palace, Devisinghpura, Amer, Jaipur 302001 India
Amer fort is known for its artistic style elements, is perhaps one of the best fort palace preserved in India. The fort was built on a high hill and it overlooks Maota Lake which makes it look unrealistically beautiful. The four-level fort was constructed of red sandstone and marble with a courtyard on each level, Diwan-e-Aam, or “Hall of Public Audience”, the Diwan-e-Khas, or “Hall of Private Audience”, the Sheesh Mahal (mirror palace), or Jai Mandir, and the Sukh Niwas.
Amer Fort was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the group Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
The fort has some influence from Persian culture, it’s a unique design where Persian architecture is mixed with Hindu architecture.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Amer, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Here we stop for clicking pictures of Medieval Ruins. Amer is a famous city in Indian history during Medieval times. The city was dotted with beautiful architecture and buildings. Presently, all that left of the Tinsel towns are Ruins, which gives a great opportunity for clicking beautiful pictures all along
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Nahargarh Fort, Nahar Garh Road, Jaipur 302002 India
Originally named as Sudarshangarh and now known as Nahargarh fort is a must visit. Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur built the fort in 1734. Few scenes from the movies like Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance, and Sonar Kella were shot in the fort, yes it’s that fort. The view of Jaipur city from Nahargarh is all that you would want to see.
The Fort has 2 stepwells, which gives great location for photography. The Fort also houses various ART installation by famous artists all around, which gives plenty of subjects for your photography.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Jaigarh Fort, Cheel ka Teela, Jaipur 302013 India
Overlooking the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, Jaigarh is situated above the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) the Aravalli range. To protect the Amer Fort, Jaigarh was built by Jai Singh II in 1726 and is interconnected; hence the look of two forts is similar. The world biggest cannon on wheels- the Jai Ban is positioned here. The fort has a beautiful view of Aravalli hills and Sagar Lake and also has two temples from the 10th and 12thcentury.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Jal Mahal, Amer Road, Jaipur 302002 India
Jal Mahal or Water Palace showcases the great Rajput style architecture and is located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake. Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amer renovated and enlarged the lake and the palace around in the 18th century. It has a picturesque view from the Man Sagar Dam and the Nahargarh hills. The five-storied structure is built in red sandstone and has been one of the must-visit places in Jaipur because of its gorgeous view.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hawa Mahal – Palace of Wind, Hawa Mahal Tripolia Bazaar Road Badi Choupad, J.D.A. Market, Pink City, Jaipur 302002 India
Known as the Palace of Winds” or “Palace of the Breeze” is situated in the center of the Jaipur city. Inspired by the unique structure of Khetri Mahal, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh built this beautiful structure in 1799 with the intent to allow royal women to have a view of the daily activities on the streets without being seen. The 5 storied stunning semi-octagonal monument having 152 windows with overhanging latticed balconies is a fine piece of Rajput architecture.
We take you to a cafe from where you get a great view of entire Hawa Mahal and gives a beautiful spot to click yourself in front of the Iconic building
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: City Palace of Jaipur, Tripolia Bazar Near Jantar Mantar, Jaipur 3023002 India
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II moved from Amer to Jaipur in 1727 and built the most visited place of Jaipur which is still the home to the royal families. Various courtyards, galleries, restaurants, museums along with the famous Govind Dev Ji temple dedicated to Lord Krishna are situated within the fort premises. The most liked and historic areas of the fort are Sabha Niwas (Diwan-e-Aam), Sarvato Bhadra (Diwan-e-Khas), Pritam Niwas Chowk, Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, and the clock tower.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Albert Hall Museum, Museum Rd Ram Niwas Garden, Jaipur 302004 India
Albert Hall museum was predominately constructed as to be a concert hall in year 1876, however, over the next few years, it was used as Town Hall until the King of Jaipur, Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II suggested to use it as a museum for Industrial Arts. Later, the hall was used for displaying masterpieces of local artisans.
The museum gets its name from the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, because of the similarity of architecture.
Its delight to eyes to witness this architecture after twilight when its illuminated by lights.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Galta Ji, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
This temple is a must visit in Jaipur, a place where you see more than 100 monkeys at once. This old and beautiful architecture is dedicated to Lord Hanuman and monkeys are a sign of His presence in the temple premises. The moment you enter the temple, you will come across these monkeys playing, eating, feeding baby monkeys, swimming in the pond and jumping here and there. At the time of sunset, this is the only view anybody would want to see.
Duration: 30 minutes
