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About Jaipur
Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of the state of Rajasthan. It is an ancient city of India located in a semi
desert terrain. It is believed that Jaipur was Indias first planned city and was planned according to the 'vastushastra'
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History of Jaipur
This city was built by the ruler of Amber, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II on 18 November, 1727. The architect of Jaipur
was Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, an architect from Bengal. However, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh himself also contributed to
the planning of Jaipur. Jaipur was a walled city, but presently it has expanded much beyond that.
The town is an example of Hindu architecture. It is built in the form of 'pithapada', an eight part mandala. Maharaja
Sawai Jai Singh II was a patron of astronomy which is quite visible in the city planning. He has used the number 9 or its
multiples quite significantly. 9 was symbolic of the 9 planets.
Apart from this, there are 9 rectangular city sectors on either side of the main bazaar or market. In olden times, there
was a palace complex where the main palace Hawa Mahal was constructed. This is known to be home of the queens
and the King, Maharaja Sawai Jai Sing II. Numerous gardens were built in the centre of the city.
Things to do in Jaipur
The Pink City of Jaipur is famous among visitors for its numerous attractions like Amber Fort, Sheesh Mahal, Ganesh
Pol, Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, Nahargarh Fort etc. Adventure activities like paragliding, hot air ballooning, rock
climbing, camel riding and others can also be done here. Excursions can be taken to places like Bairath, Karauli,
Ranthambore National Park, Bagru, among others. With so much to see and do in the Pink City, there are different
types of Jaipur holiday packages which cater to all types of travellers.
There are many local shopping markets in the city that offer a wide range of carpets, metalwork, textile, pottery,
jewellery, gem and antiques. The famous MI Road is an ideal place to purchase artefacts, apparel, handicraft and
branded readymade garments. Bagru and Sanganeri textile block prints can also be purchased from the shops located
on MI Road.
Travelling to Jaipur
Jaipur is well connected by road, rail and air to major destinations in India. Jaipur International Airport or Sanganer
Airport is located at around 13 km from the main city. The airport is served by flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad,
Bengaluru, Chandigarh and various other cities. Taxis can be availed from this airport to travel to the city centre, which
usually cost about INR200.
Direct express trains and passenger trains are also operational between Jaipur Junction Railway Station and other cities
to reach Jaipur. These trains are available on daily basis and cost as per the travel class and distance. Taxis, auto
rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available from the station which is about a kilometre away from the city centre.
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) buses operating in the state connect with some of the major
locations in the country. Direct RSRTC buses are also available from Delhi to reach the Sindhi Camp Bus Stand in the
city.
Information
State:
Rajasthan
Famous for/as: Heritage
Altitude:
431 M
Pincode:
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Pincode:
District:
Language:
STD code:
Weather:
302001
Jaipur
Hindi,Rajasthani
0141
Summer 19 To 40C, Winter 8 To 29C
Although we would have loved to visit the Chokhi Daani and Najafgarh Fort, we were pressed for time. Depending upon
your personal preference you can drop few places here and there, but the City Palace Museum and Amer Fort are a
must visit. Hawa Mahal and Jal Mahal are on the way and you can visit them on your way to City Palace and Amer Fort
respectively. Try to visit these two places around evening since the lighting makes them look strikingly beautiful.
however, beware of frauds: Please be careful against cheaters as you will come across a lot of them here. Do not trust
the local shopkeepers since they charge almost twice, thrice, sometimes even 5 times more than the actual price. Be
informed and always be alert. You can shop at the local pink city markets for dress materials, sarees, articrafts, sweets
and traditional wears.
We stayed at a budget hotel and traveled locally since we were a big group. If you are travelling alone, or along with
your family, I would recommend you to book your travel arrangement in advance. Overall I would say its a must visit
place and our overall experience was a good one.
Happy Travelling!" - Aarti Pandit, Mumbai, Apr 27, 2014
Complete Dhamaka!
"It is the capital of Rajasthan and one of the most well planned city of Asia. It is also called as Pink city because of most
of the houses are colored pink. The best time to visit this Pink City is winters and monsoon. It could be a good weekend
getaway for Delhi people, atleast for those who love cultural and traditional places and shopping. Very beautiful city with
beautiful hearted peoples. No traffic, no crowds, no jams, only broader roads waiting for vehicles to pass. There are
variety of hotels in immediate vicinity of Railway Station and Bus terminal which are 500 meter apart to each other. From
Railway station one can book open roof double decker bus for local sightseeing of Jaipur at nominal price. One should
carry umbrella and sun screen to avoid sun burn even in peak winters. Two days are enough for this city. One day for
local sightseeing and second day for shopping and Chokhi Dhani visit. I advise you to book a cab/ taxi for chokhi dhani
as it is about 20 Km from the main city. Chokhi dhani is a must visit place for tourists who come to Jaipur. It is the bundle
of cultural and traditional, food, activities, dance etc. In short you can see the whole Rajasthan at one place, which is
Chokhi Dhani.
Following are the places of interest in Jaipur:
Jantar-Manter (Must Visit)
Hawa Mahal
Jaigarh Fort (Must Visit)
Nahargarh Fort
Ram Niwas Bagh (Also known as Albert Hall/ Central Museum)
Rambagh Palace
City palace (Must Visit)
Amer Fort (Must Visit)
Jal Mahal (Must Visit)
Kanak Vrindavan
Advise: You can book the tickets of Luxury/Deluxe buses for Jaipur online . Also you can prefer Double decker train
from Delhi, every evening 4 o clock around." - Vivek Sharma, Jaipur, Sep 27, 2013
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Activities & things to do: Eat, roam, shop(please bargain well) you get good sandals. evenings r good.
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: by air and train all major cities are accessible. taxis are available via delhi
if u include delhi on the list. check weather before going. reach before late night." - Ravi R, Bangalore, Apr 17, 2012
Rasjasthan ka dil
"During these Diwali holidays our three days stay in Jaipur in Hotel Peppermint was a unforgetable one.The simplicity,
the beauty and the awe of the city of Jaipur has been unbeatably retained through out the hisitoric times till date .The
little time that we had seems too less to properly unfold the majesty of the city.If given a chance would again love to go
to Jaipur and explore the areas which I missed during this trip.
Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Jaipur is still the nearest and biggest attractions for tourists coming from abroad as
well as people like us staying in the Delhi National capital region.While in Jaipur we had a wonderful chance to indulge
into different cusines which include the typical vegetarian dishes like Dal-Baati-choorma, pyaz kachauri ,Jalebi etc and
not to miss the special Lassi on M.I road.The non-vegtarian foods including Laal maas(red colured mutton Curry) and
butter chicken at hotel Peppermint were sumptuos .The different chaats offered at Kanha restraunt were delicious.Major
tourist places of Jaipur includeThe Amber fort,Jal mahal,Maharani bazaar.Queens palace , Rajmandir cinema hall
,Jaigarh fort, Birla mandir etc just a few places that we could covered.
Activities & things to do: Well Jaipur is a shoppers paradise.With the exclusive collection of bandej(tie & die) suits and
sarees to its typical kundan meenakari jewellery ,to the marvelleous joottis, morjaries at Kallu Chacha shop, and the
exclusive jewellery at the Johari bazaar.The list just goes on and on and one never gets tired buying the Jaipur stuff ,the
bed sheets , the cotton umbrella for kids on the road to city palace are one of its kinds.I purchased suits, chappals,
jewellery for my self and my family I also managed to get some small momentos near Jal mahal for friends and
colleagues.
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: While going to Jaipur one must Visit Chowkidhani the typical rajasthani
food restraunt.Since while coming back from Jaipur it not a good idea because they serve the food from 6pm onwards 10pm.Also the different foods & snacks in jaipur has more chillies in it than an average person can take so care must be
taken while indulding into a lot of food.Jaipur can be reached by Train /car.Flight is not a good idea as its very near. I
personally loved the journey from Delhi -Jaipur and back to Delhi in a car with my family.The warning is one must carry
the correct route map of the hotel where you will stay ,we really had a hard time finding our hotel in jaipur & landed up at
chandpol 4 times in the city. Must take a guide while sight seeing it saves a lot of time and one can cover up al ot of
places in as short span.That was Jaipur really 'Rajasthan ka dil'" - Mona Samuel, Faridabad, Dec 7, 2011
Read 682 Jaipur reviews on HolidayIQ.com
Amber Fort
Type:
Fort
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 2 Of 315
Ratings: 6.28/7 (131 Reviews)
Timings:
2
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Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Saturday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Sunday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Public Holidays 09:00 To 16:30
"Toilets were paid . But Horrible cleanliness. Although the Fort is neat and clean. As we have guide with us , he
explained every thing in details . Due to rush we could not visit Durga Mandir. To visit Fort There is no restrictions . " Yogendra Agarwal, New Delhi, 7 days ago
Hawa Mahal
Type:
Palace
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 3 Of 315
Ratings: 5.65/7 (91 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:00 To 16:00 , Saturday - 09:00 To 16:00 , Sunday - 09:00 To 16:00 , Public Holidays 09:00 To 16:00
"I love this place 5 ***** Visited Jaipur the previous year and the experience was fantastic I felt so much home planning
for a visit again. There's magic in the air when u find urself in Jaipur. Hawamahal's Structure is great, there really
blows..." - Rahul Meena, Delhi, 1 week ago
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Jal Mahal
Type:
Palace
Entry: Free
Ranked: 4 Of 315
Ratings: 5.60/7 (54 Reviews)
"Just saw the jal mahal from a distance. Would have loved to visit it, but with it being submerged in water at that time of
the year, couldnt do it, but it still looks very splendid from a distance" - Hanoz Tarapore, Mumbai, 1 week ago
Jantar Mantar
Type:
Historic Place
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 5 Of 315
Ratings: 6.02/7 (51 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Saturday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Sunday - 09:00 To 16:30 , Public Holidays 09:00 To 16:30
"A place where you can know how the astro science studied here. If you are vist with your children they can learn lot of
thing. The beautification with garden makes this place very nice." - Kohinur , Hyderabad, 1 month ago
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Birla Mandir
Type:
Temple
Entry: Free
Ranked: 6 Of 315
Ratings: 6.09/7 (35 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 08:00 To 19:00 , Saturday - 08:00 To 19:00 , Sunday - 08:00 To 19:00 , Public Holidays 08:00 To 19:00
"This temple is very big. it is very good construction. there construction material is very cost and flooring is very nice
dont miss it. there all fecility is available." - Pritesh Mehta, Baroda, 4 weeks ago
Nahargarh Fort
Type:
Fort
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 7 Of 315
Ratings: 6.07/7 (22 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:30 To 16:30 , Saturday - 09:30 To 16:30 , Sunday - 09:30 To 16:30 , Public Holidays 09:30 To 16:30
"Nice place ... this is tourist attractive point .. place is on hight so we get pink city view by whole.... but roads are not so
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good plus much traffic issue. ideal for rainy season" - Akshit Jain, Jaipur, Mar 17, 2015
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Jaipur Zoo
Type:
Zoo
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 8 Of 315
Ratings: 5.62/7 (20 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:00 To 17:00 , Saturday - 09:00 To 17:00 , Sunday - 09:00 To 17:00 , Public Holidays 09:00 To 17:00
"the zoo in my last 10 to 1 2 years earlier was filled with many animals but some of them are missing but phir bhi it is a
realy good it must be visit with your childs and other family members" - Ravi Choudhary, , 1 week ago
Jaigarh Fort
Type:
Fort
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 9 Of 315
Ratings: 5.95/7 (19 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 09:30 To 16:45 , Saturday - 09:30 To 16:45 , Sunday - 09:30 To 16:45 , Public Holidays 09:30 To 16:45
"this fort location is good.the only thing we can see here is worlds largest canon on wheels.i visited this place in feb
17th,2015.it is nearer to amber fort and nahargarh fort.so many monkeys here." - Rajaram ji , , 2 weeks ago
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10 Albert
Hall
Type:
Museum
Entry: Paid
Ranked: 10 Of 315
Ratings: 5.77/7 (14 Reviews)
Timings: Monday - Friday - 10:00 To 16:30 , Saturday - 10:00 To 16:30 , Sunday - 10:00 To 16:30 , Public Holidays 00:00 To 00:00
"Situated in the heart of Jaipur, this very beautiful piece of architecture houses an incredible museum and one of the
best museums that I have seen in India. The historical collections range from fabric to carpets, photos to paintings,
garments to..." - Arundhati Banerjee, Bangalore, 2 months ago
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Gopalpura Byepass
Jaipur Dist
Phone:
0141-2762959
Website:
Www.saviregency.com
Preferred by: Group
"Wash rooms are good,it could be better if they provide soaps and gel separately.Bar was not
available.Mattress are changed daily,just cleaned and provide the same.Staffs are polite even better if
the provide female staffs.Advise to the travellers..." - Mhabib mohammad , Delhi, 1 week ago
Read 307 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
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Hotel Mohan
Price:
Rs. 1,000 - 1,500
Ranked: 4 Of 940
Ratings: 5.37/7 (216 Reviews)
Address: Behind Ganpati Plaza
M I Road, Jaipur
Phone: 0141-2364651
Website: Www.hotelmohanjaipur.com
"One of the best hotel. The service and everything is good. The hotel is very beautiful and rooms are
very attractive. I love that place. I really enjoyed my trip. Workers are very helpful and they provide the
best service. One of the best hotel...." - Akash Sandhu, Mohali, 1 week ago
Read 216 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
Shalimar Hotel
Price:
Rs. 2,200 - 2,800
Ranked: 5 Of 940
Ratings: 5.27/7 (204 Reviews)
Address: Vanasthali Marg,
Jaipur
Phone: 0141-2364677
Website: Www.hotel-Shalimar.com
"The shalimar is very gud family hotel. We feel so cmfrt in rooms.Best thing abt dis hotel was its
food.evrthng in its restro was appreciable.Shalimar hotel has a gud by location also bcz of near by
Railway station and city bus stand and metro..." - Pankaj , Delhi, 3 weeks ago
Read 204 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
Chokhi Dhani
Price:
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Price:
Rs. 8,000 - 12,000
Ranked: 6 Of 940
Ratings: 5.86/7 (189 Reviews)
Address: 12 Milestone Tonk Road
Via Vatika
Jaipur
Phone: 0141-2770555
Website: Www.chokhidhani.com
"My stay at this hotel was very good...the location of the hotel is satisfactory nd the service was all the
way more good....the hotel was very clean nd the food was amazing...nd the person at the reception
desk was very friendly ....the staff of..." - Aush , Delhi, 2 days ago
Read 189 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
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Hotel Triputi
Price:
Rs. 3,000 - 5,000
Ranked: 8 Of 940
Ratings: 5.57/7 (162 Reviews)
Address: NH-8, Jaipur-Delhi Highway
Sangtera, Kotputli
Jaipur
Phone: 9214232323
Website: Www.hoteltriputi.com
"Hotel's room is good and improvement required in room cleanness. required more specious bath-room.
food is delicious & good in quality more plan required for official visitors. hotel' location is good & looking
nice. improvement required in room..." - Damodar , Delhi, 2 weeks ago
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of my leaving days good work hotel hayat rabbani team good job hotel light is too good all of them lunch
dinner & etc is good condition in..." - Sashikant , Dehradun, 3 weeks ago
Read 174 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
10 Hotel
Eurasia
Price:
Rs. 1,700 - 3,500
Ranked: 10 Of 940
Ratings: 5.07/7 (180 Reviews)
Address: A-15 Mahaveer Nagar
Behind Jaipur Hospital
Tonk Road, Jaipur
Phone: 0141-4061888
Website: Www.hoteleurasia.com
"The overall experience was quite lovely and awesome. The service was quite guest friendly and the
room service was quick and proper.The location of the place is magnificent. The rooms qere comfy and
disturbance proof.the hotel staff was..." - Sahil Jangid, Delhi, 6 days ago
Read 180 hotel reviews on HolidayIQ.com
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Magical Rajasthan
Rs:
8950
No of days: 6 Days & 5 Nights
Destination: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pushkar, Ranthambore, Udaipur
Travel Agent: Purple Voyages
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Amazing Rajasthan
Rs:
10740
No of days: 7 Days & 6 Nights
Destination: Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur
Travel Agent: Purple Voyages
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Glory of Rajasthan
Rs:
14320
No of days: 9 Days & 8 Nights
Destination: Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Mount Abu, Ranthambore, Udaipur
Travel Agent: Purple Voyages
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10 Glory
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Jaipur weather
Best Season / Best Time to Visit Jaipur
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Jaipur is situated in the eastern part of Rajasthan at an altitude of 431 meters. Being a part of the desert state of
Rajasthan, Jaipur has a hot semi-arid climate. The city remains quite hot and dry during the summers and is pleasant
during winters.
The summer season in Jaipur starts around March and continues till around the month of June. During this season, the
temperature reaches a maximum of 45Celsius and drops to a minimum 25.8 Celsius. Due to its dry climate, the
daytime temperature soars but nights are pleasant and it cools down substantially.
Jaipur experiences a relatively short monsoon and the monsoons season is from July to September. During the
monsoon there are frequent, heavy rains and thunderstorms. The city receives an annual rainfall of 556 mm which is
not that substantial.
Winter season in Jaipur is from October to March. Weather from the months of November to February is considered
mild and pleasant. During this season the minimum temperature is 5 Celsius and the maximum temperature is 22
Celsius. Although weather is pleasant during the day, in the night temperatures can drop really low. The area usually
experiences a lot of fog at this time. This is usually a favourable time for visitors.
The best season to visit Jaipur is between the months of October to March. During these months the weather is
pleasant and temperatures are not too high, making it ideal for visitors.
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