MAIN HIGHLIGHTS:
AMBER FORT – Perched high on a hill, Amer Fort is one of the most visited forts and an extremely popular tourist destination. Known for its artistic style reflecting both Hindus and Rajputs architecture, this fort was built in the 16th century.
CITY PALACE – The residence of the present Maharaja of Jaipur, the City Palace is a beautiful complex of courtyards, gardens, and buildings, right in the centre of the Pink City.
HAWA MAHAL – Also known as the Palace of Winds, it was a high screen wall built especially for the royal women to witness royal processions yet remaining unseen by the outside world. Its unique five-storey exterior is like a honeycomb, with its 953 small windows
or jharokhas decorated with intricate latticework.
OBSERVATORY – Also known as Jantar Mantar, this unique monument built in 1728 is the only surviving and largest observatory in India built for measuring the time of the day — correct to half a second and declination of the Sun and the other heavenly bodies. The words jantar and mantar (or yantra and mantra) mean calculation instruments.