Places to Visit: DELHI–JAIPUR–UDAIPUR–DELHI
Validity:Oct 13 2023
Duration:5 Nights / 6 Days
Rajasthan has always fascinated people from all over the world with the grandeur of its forts, palaces and the architecture of its havelis. The best of these with various other attractions can be found in Jaipur and Udaipur alone. Jaipur, the City of Victory, also called the pink city of India, was originally Sawai Jaipur, named after its founder Sawai Jai Singh II (1700-1743). The sunset pink tinge of its walls, buildings, temples and emporia gave it the name Pink City. Jaipur was built in a grid system with wide straight avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform row of shops on either side of the main bazars, all arranged in nine rectangular city sectors (Chokris). The principal monuments of Jaipur are concentrated in the centrally situated palace sector (Chokri Sarhad) in and around the City Palace. The city itself is an attractive creation worthy of universal admiration. |
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Day 01: Arrive Delhi. On arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel for overnight stay.Day 02: After breakfast, a sightseeing tour of Old Delhi including historic Red Fort; the Jama Masjid - India's largest mosque; Rajghat - the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi. In New Delhi visit Humayun's Tomb, Qutab minar, India Gate and a drive past the President House, Secretariat building. Optional tour - Dances of India or Son et Lumeire Show at the Old Fort. Overnight at hotel.Day 03: Delhi - Jaipur (By Surface 256kms/6hrs) After breakfast, drive from Delhi to Jaipur. Arrive Jaipur, check-in hotel. Afternoon, sightseeing tour of Pink City Jaipur, visit the city Palace, a blend of Mughal and Rajasthani Architecture is now a museum, containing all the paraphernalia of Jaipur's princely past. Jaisingh, notable astronomer, built for himself the curious Jantar Mantar, an observatory of immense brick and mortar instruments of astonishing accuracy. Not far from the Jantar Mantar, is the beautiful Hawa Mahal (palace of winds), tall and pink, faced with delicate pierced stone, it is not really a palace. The queens of Jaipur and the royal ladies once used this decorative facade to watch, unobserved, numerous festive processions winding through the streets of their city. Overnight stay.Day 4: Jaipur - Udaipur (By Air/Train): After breakfast, excursion to Amber Fort and enjoy an lephant ride on the ramparts of the fort, for six centuries the capital of the state. The pavilions and courtyards of the palace ascend in successive levels up the hill the Sheesh Mahal, or pavilion of mirrors, the finest of its kind, is studded with small mirrors which reflect flame in a thousand flickering lights. Evening transfer for flight/overnight express train to Udaipur. Overnight at hotel.Day 5: Udaipur: Arrive Udaipur (by train): Assistance and transfer to hotel. Today we will explore daipur - the city of dawn. Udaipur is a lovely land around the azure water lakes, hemmed in by the lush hills of the Aravalis. A vision in white drenched in romance and beauty. Udaipur is a fascinating blend of sights, sounds and experience - an inspiration for the imagination of poets, painters and writers. Its kaleidoscope of fairy-tale palaces, lakes, temples, gardens and narrow lanes strewn with stalls, carry the flavour of a heroic past, epitomising valour and chivalry. Their reflection in the placid waters of the Lake Pichola is an enticing sight. Visit City Palace, Jagdish emple, Sahelion-ki-Bari, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum. Afternoon, boat ride on lake Pichola - two island palaces, Jag Mandir and Jag Niwas (Lake Palace) on the lake are of breath-taking magnificence. Overnight stay. Day 6 Udaipur /Delhi (By Air/Train): Morning excursion to Eklingji and Nadga Temples. Later transfer for flight back to Delhi or express train. |
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