JAIPUR CITY TOUR

Visit City Palace, Hawa Mahal and Jantar Mantar (Observatory).


The City Palace is now converted into a museum, except a small portion that is still used by the royal family of Jaipur.


Built in the fortified campus style, the palace covers almost one-seventh part of the city.


One of the major attractions in the museum is the portion that is devoted to the arms and ammunition used by the royal family in the past.


Other important attractions are the Textile and Costume Museum, Art Gallery,


Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, and Diwan-i-Khas and Diwan-i-Am.


Drive past Hawa Mahal - Strange though it may seem, this most famous landmark of Jaipur is not actually a palace but a series of sandstone screens.

This pink structure was constructed so that the ladies of the palace could watch the royal processions without being seen by any outsider.


This sandstone edifice was named Palace of Winds after the many brass wind vanes that adorned it until 1960s.


Also visit Observatory.



AMBER FORT TOUR

Amber Fort - At a short distance of 11 kms. from Jaipur,


The Amer Fort complex stands amidst wooded hills overlooking the Delhi-Jaipur highway.


One of the finest examples of Rajput architecture, it was the ancient capital of the Kachhawah rulers.


The original palace was built by Raja Man Singh and additions were made later by Sawai Jai Singh.


Within the palace are the Diwan-e-Aam or the "Hall of Public Audience", the Diwan-e-Khas or the "Hall of Private Audience" and the Sukh Niws where a cool breeze blows across channels of water for the purpose of air-conditioning.


Here are the private chambers of the queens with windows having latticed screens so that the ladies could watch the proceedings of the royal court inprivacy.


There is also the Jai Mandir or the "Temple of Vicotry", with its famed Sheesh Mahal, the scintillating "Hall of Mirrors.




JODHPUR CITY TOUR

City tour of Jodhpur - the largest city in Rajasthan after Jaipur,

Jodhpur stands at the edge of the Thar Desert.


It was founded by Rao Jodha.


Chief of the Rajput clan known as Rathores and the Rathore kingdom was once known as Marwar - the Land of Death.


The tour includes Meherangarh Fort ::


one of the most impressive & formidable in the whole of fort-studded Rajasthan is situated on a high natural rock bluff and from which you can look down on the wonderful panorama of the bustling city below,


Jaswant Thada - the Royal Cenotaphs.