Browse through Jaipur packages and zero in on one that captures its history, explores its vibrant culture while giving you a feel of its age-old landmarks and their architectural detailing.
Jaipur: An overview
The third angle of India’s coveted Golden Triangle along with Delhi and Agra, Jaipur is vibrant in its display of traditional Rajasthani culture. Jaipur tour packages entail a trip into its heart, to the old walled quarter called the Pink City whose labyrinthine bazaars heave with traditional Rajasthani handicraft ranging from jewellery, clothes, pottery to woodwork. Rated among the most exclusive in Asia, this bazaar alone draws people to Jaipur who do not seem to mind the crowds, the ambitious salesmen and the dizzying energy of it all. Among the most flamboyant states in the country, Jaipur’s streets despite its trundling buses, ambling camels, buzzing auto-rickshaws and swarms of motorcycles, offer visual splendors in the form of its architectural masterpieces and oasis of calm that you would feel you are in someplace exotic. As you go through Jaipur holiday packages make sure it incorporates visits to the City Palace that continues to house the royal family, the Jantar Mantar, a royal observatory and the honeycomb-styled Hawa Mahal with a bustling bazaar under it. And just beyond the cacophony of the city rises the fairy-tale Amber Fort over a hill, the city surrounding it on all sides, one of the main reasons people make a Jaipur trip.
Jaipur’s main areas
Jaipur can be divided into three main areas. The urban sprawl at its heart which is the Pink City, home to the Hawa Mahal and City Palace. The south of the Pink City is greener and calmer, the commotion that comes with the old walled city missing here; this part is home to the Central Museum, Ram Niwas Garden. The third part is the outskirt which is dotted with several royal vestiges such as the Nahargarh Fort, the temples of Galta and the royal cenotaphs at Royal Gaitor.