Fascinating Tours

On tours to Jaipur, the City of Victory, there no dearth of sights to attract and surprise you. Sawai Jai Singh, the Kachhwaha King, laid the foundation of the new city of Jaipur 1727 AD and was completed by 1731 AD. Vidhyadhar Bhattarcharya of Bengal, the architect of the city, help to realize the grand plans of the king on brick and stone. Jaipur is the first planned city in India built according to the principles laid down in the Shilpa Shastra, the ancient Indian treatise on architecture.

Come with us on tours to Jaipur, the Pink City. The city was not originally pink. The façade of all the buildings was painted pink in 1853 AD at the orders of Raja Ram Singh in the honor of the Prince of Wales who visited Jaipur. Since then the city has remained pink and came to be known as the Pink City all over the world. Tours to Jaipur is an astounding travel through some of the best architectural marvels of India.

The City Palace, residence of the erstwhile royalty, was divided into gardens, courtyards and buildings. The building showcases Rajasthani as well as Mughal architectural features. The palace also houses Maharaja Sawai Singh II Museum. Rajasthani costumes and weapons, swords with handles and sheaths, art gallery with valuable collection of miniature paintings, carpets and other imperial household items will spellbound you. The most important treasure in the museum is the rare astronomical works in Arabic, Persian, Latin and Sanskrit collected by Sawai Jai Singh II.

Tours to Jaipur takes you to Jantar Mantar, the creation of Sawai Jai Singh. This stone observatory is the largest and the only in working condition of the five observatories constructed by Jai Singh in India. The instruments at the observatory are Samrat Yantra or Prince of Dials, Misra Yantra, Jayaprakasha Yantra and Ram Yantra.

On tours to Jaipur, you will realize that Hawa Mahal or the Palace of Winds is not actually a palace. The most significant landmark of Jaipur, Hawa Mahal was built by Sawai Pratap Singh and designed by Lal Chand Usta in 1799 AD. The five-storeyed building is just an ornamental façade built along the main street. Red and pink sandstone building has 953 octagonal and honeycombed windows. The ladies of the royal household watched the royal or ceremonial sitting behind the windows without themselves being watched by the public.

On tour to Jaipur also visit the Ram Niwas Bagh, Amber Palace, Govind Devji Temple and Sisodia Rani Garden.

How to Reach
By Air: Jaipur has the Sanganer International Airport with frequent flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Calcutta, Varanasi, Lucknow and Dubai.

By Rail: Jaipur is well connected by frequent train services with all the major cities of India including Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Delhi.

By Road: Jaipur is well connected by roadways with major cities of Rajasthan, Gujarat and various places in Delhi, Agra and Mumbai.