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Palace on Wheels Detailed tour :
Day 2
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Months of Operation
(September till April next year) |
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Route Map
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Hawa Mahal
Jaipur's most famous landmark is the Palace of the Winds or Hawa Mahal, a
fantasia of 953 ornate of windows set in a rose-colored five storey facade. The
palace, tier upon tier of curved arch surmounting fairy casements with "jali",
lattice work screens the ladies from the public. From here the ladies of the
court could look out at festive processions without jeopardizing their modest
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Amber Fort
High on the rugged hills outside of town sits ancient forts, including
Amer (often called the Amber Fort), where the Jaipur royal house held
court for seven centuries. Visitors riding painted elephants can ascend to
the fort to see magnificent gateways, courtyards, pavilions, and a
gliterring chamber of inlaid mirrors. |
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City Palace
City Palace complex with its seven-tired Chandra Mahal where the present
Maharaja still resides, attracts most of the visitors. A pride of peacocks
adorn an ornate doorway in Jaipur's City Palace. Palace retainers stand at
attention as in the past when Jaipur Court was headquartered here. The
palace is now a fine museum and It houses a remarkable collection of
textiles , paintings, manuscripts, and extraordinary weapons. On display
are two huge urns of silver, said to be largest silver vessels in the
world. Nakkarkhana-ka-Darwaza, the imposing gateway of the City Palace
guarded by stone elephants, is monumental. |
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Jantar Mantar
The architectural astronomical instruments of 18th century Rajasthani king
named Jai Singh contained in an amazing, three-storey-high complex known
as Jantar Mantar. |
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