Pink city Jaipur: The city of glory and pride

Pink city Jaipur

The city of glory and pride

Jaipur is capital of Rajasthan, this city tells the glorious history of rajputs and royal culture of Rajputana.

Jaipur was founded by Sawai Raja Jai singh. This city is also called as pink city due to terracotta paint on walls. Jaipur is very lovely city and people here  are very friendly  and peace loving in nature.

How to reach

Jaipur can be reached via train,road,and air

By Road

Jaipur is located on National Highway No.8 connecting Delhi and Mumbai. National Highway 12 links Jaipur with Kota and National Highway 11 links Bikaner with Agra passing through Jaipur. RSRTC operates bus service to major cities in Rajasthan, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat.

By  Train

Jaipur Junction railway station is well connected to all major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Indore, Lucknow, Visakhapatnam and Ahmedabad. Other stations include Gandhinagar, Durgapura, Jagatpura, Ninad Benad and Sanganer.

By Air

Jaipur International Airport is in Sanganer, 12.2 km (8 miles) from the centre.  . The airport operates regular domestic services to major Indian cities Including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Raipur, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Indore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Udaipur and Varanasi. International destinations served include Dubai, Muscat, Bangkok, Sharjah and Kuala Lumpur.

Best areas to stay in Jaipur

Since Jaipur is big city and very open with wide roads and clean city so,you can stay every where but try to stay at near by hawa mahal because most of areas are closely situated at very near by of hawa mahal.

Local cuisine

Dal bati and churma. Bajre,makke ki rot ,khichda, saag,

Tuck into a spread of local mutton specialties such as spicy lal maas & jungli maas with bajra roti.

Pair street food snacks like flaky lentil-stuffed kachori with a cooling yogurt-based lassi.

Aware

 Jaipur is pure tourist city,tourist visit jaipur to see cultural heritage of india ,so bargaining in local markets is very high , be aware with frauds and cheating in local market like hawa mahal market,bapu market and in jauhari bazar.

Things to do

Amer fort

Amer sound and light

Albert palace and museum

City palace

Jantar mantar

Nahar garh fort
Hawa mahal

Jay garh fort
Rambag palace
Craft museums
Jal mahal

Govind ji temple
Jaipur fabric shopping

Raj mandir cinema hall

Bapu bajar

Jauhari market
Birla planetarium
Chowki dhani

Jhalna leopard safari

Crafts :

Some of the crafts include bandhani, block printing, stone carving and sculpture, tarkashi, zari, gota-patti, kinari and zardozi, silver jewellery, gems, kundan, meenakari and jewellery, Lakh ki Chudiya, miniature paintings, blue pottery, ivory carving, shellac work and leather ware.

When to visit

Best season to visit Jaipur is from September to march

Suggested day plan

You can make 3 days plan to visit Jaipur but if you have more than 3 days to visit jaipur you can enjoy marketing,other places listed above and taste local cuisine.
Brief overview of the tour:

Day 1: Govind dev ji temple ,Albert palace museum.,City palace,Hawa mahal, Take light Lunch ,Jantar Mantar, then go to Amer fort in night enjoy sound and light show of Amer fort.
Day 2: Enjoy Marketing at Bapu bazar,Jauhari Bazar,Birla planetarium and then go to Chowki Dhani and see night show in rajmandir cinema hal
Day 3:
Nahar Garh, Jai garh fort,leopard safari or if you want to visit khatu shyam ji or Rani sati you can on third day in one day you can cover both places.