Jaipur

👥 4.1M metro population UNESCO Walled City🗓️ 1727 founded

India at its most royal: hilltop forts, honey-stone palaces, the lace-like Hawa Mahal, and bazaars piled with block-print, gemstones and sweets. Rajasthan's classic first stop: maharaja grandeur and the best shopping in the north.

Highlights

Amber FortOne of Jaipur's key historic complexes

City PalaceThe Maharaja's active residence

Hawa MahalThe Palace of Winds, Jaipur's most recognisable building

Nahargarh FortSunset over the Pink City

Gaitor Ki ChhatriyanRoyal cenotaphs carved like the palaces, and quiet enough to hear the birds

Birla MandirA modern Hindu temple in white marble

Moti Dungri Ganesh TempleWhere the city blesses new cars and wedding cards, busiest and best on Wednesdays

Central ParkThe city's morning ritual under the giant flag, free and best at first light

What to see 49

Amber FortOne of Jaipur's key historic complexesDetails →

City PalaceThe Maharaja's active residenceDetails →

Hawa MahalThe Palace of Winds, Jaipur's most recognisable buildingDetails →

Nahargarh FortSunset over the Pink CityDetails →

Gaitor Ki ChhatriyanRoyal cenotaphs carved like the palaces, and quiet enough to hear the birdsDetails →

Birla MandirA modern Hindu temple in white marbleDetails →

Moti Dungri Ganesh TempleWhere the city blesses new cars and wedding cards, busiest and best on WednesdaysDetails →

Central ParkThe city's morning ritual under the giant flag, free and best at first lightDetails →

AbhaneriThe Chand Baori stepwellDetails →

Jaigarh FortThe Fort of VictoryDetails →

Jantar MantarA historic open-air observatoryDetails →

Jawahar Kala KendraModern architecture that maps the old city's nine-square plan, and free to walk intoDetails →

Patrika GateNine painted archways that put the whole of Rajasthan over your head, free to walk throughDetails →

Raj Mandir CinemaThe film matters less than the room and the crowd; book the ticket online before you goDetails →

Albert Hall MuseumAs much an architectural set piece as a museum, and the best floodlit facade in townDetails →

Amrapali MuseumAn hour here and the jewellery in every shop window starts making senseDetails →

Anokhi Museum of Hand PrintingTen minutes below Amber Fort, the craft behind half of what you will buy in JaipurDetails →

Museum of LegaciesA cool, near-empty haveli of Rajasthan's crafts, halfway along the bazaarDetails →

Jal MahalJaipur's floating palace, free to see and right on the road up to AmberDetails →

Bhangarh FortIndia's best-known ghost town: go by daylight, since the gates shut at sunsetDetails →

Panna Meena Ka KundFive minutes from Amber's crowds, a stepwell that almost nobody turns off forDetails →

Galta Ji (Monkey Temple)Seven sacred tanks in a mountain pass, and a sun temple looking back at the whole cityDetails →

Garh Ganesh Temple365 steps to the shrine that predates the city, and the best free view over itDetails →

Govind Dev Ji TempleThe city's living centre of worship: come for the dawn aarti or the evening oneDetails →

Jagat Shiromani TempleAmer's best carving and a Meera Bai relic, a few minutes below the fort gatesDetails →

Khole Ke Hanuman Ji TempleDetails →

Sisodiya Rani BaghTerraced gardensDetails →

Chandlai LakeFlamingos and geese thirty minutes from the Pink City, with nobody else on the bankDetails →

Sambhar Salt LakeMirror-flat salt pans and winter flamingos: the strangest landscape near JaipurDetails →

Kanak Vrindavan GardenThe green stop between Jal Mahal and Amber, with all three forts on the skylineDetails →

Vidyadhar Ka BaghA terraced garden for the man who designed Jaipur, with peacocks instead of tour groupsDetails →

Jhalana Leopard ReserveWild leopards in a forest inside the city limits; book a seat at least a day aheadDetails →

Nahargarh Biological ParkAravalli forest with lions and tigers, an easy half day with children near AmberDetails →

Chandpol BazaarWatch marble being carved, then buy it from the carver (pieces from about ₹200)Details →

Nehru BazaarJaipur's jooti market: embroidered slippers from about ₹300, best walked in the eveningDetails →

The Gem PalaceJewellers to the Rajput courts since 1852, worth entering even just to lookDetails →

World Trade ParkThe modern city in blue glass, and a cool, easy pause on the airport side of townDetails →

Bapu BazaarJuttis, block prints and quiltsDetails →

Johari BazaarThe precious stones marketDetails →

Tripolia BazaarLac banglesDetails →

Old CityForts, palaces and bazaars

Isarlat (Sargasuli) TowerA spiral ramp to the only balcony that shows the pink grid from inside it

Sanghiji Digambar Jain Temple, SanganerA thousand-year-old Jain sanctuary hiding in Jaipur's block-printing suburb

Kishanpole BazaarTie-dye cloth and wood carving at old-city prices, plus a haveli museum midway

Books CornerSixty years on MI Road, and still the best shelf of India writing in the city

Bagru Printing VillageMud-resist dabu printing in indigo and earth colours, bought from the family that made it

Kripal Kumbh Blue PotteryBuy the city's cobalt pottery from the family that brought the craft back

Rajasthali Government EmporiumRead the labels here first, then bargain everywhere else with a number in mind

Sanganer Block-Printing WorkshopsWatch the block, the dye and the cloth meet, then buy at source prices

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On the map

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