Delhi
Delhi is a metropolitan region in India that includes the national capital city, New Delhi. It is India’s second-most-populous city after Mumbai and the largest city in terms of area. With a population of 22 million in 2011, the city is the fourth-largest city in the world. The NCT and its urban region have been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under the Constitution of India’s 69th amendment act of 1991. The NCR includes the neighbouring cities of Baghpat, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, and other nearby towns and has nearly 22.2 million residents.
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Agra
Agra, the former capital of Hindustan, is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 363 kilometres (226 mi) west of the state capital, Lucknow, and 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the national capital, New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 (2010 est.), it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most populous in India. Agra can also refer to the administrative district that has its headquarters in Agra city.
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Jaipur
Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, after whom the city has been named. The city today has a population of 3.1 million. Jaipur is known as the Pink City of India. The city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets, which are laid out into six sectors separated by broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east.
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Kota
Kota, formerly known as Kotah, is the third biggest city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan after Jaipur and Jodhpur. It is located 240 kilometres (149 mi) south of the state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of the Chambal River, it has been identified as a counter-magnet city for the National Capital Region to attract migrants and develop as an alternative centre of growth to Delhi. The city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander, and oil seeds are grown; industries include cotton and oil seed milling, textile weaving, distilling, dairying, and the manufacture of metal handcrafts, fertilisers, chemicals, and engineering equipment. It is one of the principal cities of Rajasthan state.
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Chitaurgarh
Chitaurgarh is a city and a municipality in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgharh District and a former capital of the Sisodia Dynasty of Mewar. The city of Chittaurgarh is located on the banks of the rivers Gambhiri and Berach. The district was bifurcated, and a new district, namely Pratap Garh, was created with a certain portion taken from Udaipur district in the newly created district of Pratap Garh.
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Kumbhalgarh
Kumbhalgarh is a Mewar fortress in the Rajsamand District of Rajasthan state in western India. Built during the course of the 15th century by Rana Kumbha and enlarged through the 19th century, Kumbhalgarh is also the birthplace of Maharana Pratap, the great king and warrior of Mewar. Occupied until the late 19th century, the fort is now open to the public and is spectacularly lit for a few minutes each evening. Kumbalgarh is situated 82 km northwest of Udaipur by road. It is the most important fort in Mewar after Chittaurgarh.
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Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 575 kilometres (357 mi) west of the state capital Jaipur. It was once known as Jaisalmer state. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. It lies in the heart of the Thar Desert (Great Indian Desert) and has a population of about 78,000. It is the administrative headquarters of Jaisalmer District.
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Jodhpur
Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. After its population crossed a million, it has been declared as the second ‘Metropolitan City’ of Rajasthan. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar. Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many palaces, forts, and temples set in the stark landscape of the Thar Desert. The city is known as the “Sun City” for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all year round. It is also referred to as the “Blue City” due to the vivid blue-painted houses around the Mehrangarh Fort. The old city circles the fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates.
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After your arrival in New Delhi, our representative would receive you and take you to the hotel. After a royal welcome, check in to the hotel and overnight stay at the cosmopolitan city of India.
After an early breakfast, you would depart for an exciting tour of Agra, the city TAJ, and check in to the hotel. After lunch, you will be taken for the sightseeing tour of the marble wonder Taj Mahal along with Itmad-ud-Dualah’s tomb, the tomb of Empress Noor Jehan’s father. Overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast, you would depart for Jaipur, visiting the sanctified tomb of Sheikh Salim Chisti, Fatehpur Sikri, and Buland Darwaza, alleged to be the largest gateway in the world.
It has a number of monuments, palaces, and courtyards, well designed by Akbar, but had to be unpopulated due to insufficiency of water. Late afternoon, after arrival at Jaipur Check in to the hotel, after a royal welcome at the hotel, evening free for leisure and overnight stay at hotel
This day after breakfast, you would be taken for a rejuvenating tour of Jaipur. First of all, visit Amber Fort, where you can have an elephant ride. Then, after moving for a sightseeing tour of City Palace, where you could see the Chandra Mahal, the City Palace Museum—a royal observatory with granite excessive instruments—and Hawa Mahal—a five-story structure with honeycomb carade.
Then visit the famous jewel factory, where accomplished artisans do the complicated work of jewel cutting and polishing. Overnight stay at hotel
After breakfast, you will move to Kota, which is the largest industrial town in Rajasthan. Here you will visit places like City Palace, Fort, Rao Madho Singh Museum, an island temple named Jagmandir situated at Kishore Sagar Lake, a paddle boat cruise in the lake, the Govt. Museum, and the well-maintained famous gardens of Chambal and Chatter Bilas. Kota is also famous for its sarees and minuscule paintings. Overnight stay at the hotel.
Early morning, after breakfast, drive down to Bundi, which is 36 km from Kota. This place is known for majestic Taragarh or Atar Fort built in Rajput architectural style and famous for its wall paintings.
Along with the Fort, you can visit the picture gallery of Chatrasagar with paintings on traditional themes and Sukh Mahal. After lunch, driven to the hotel at Chittorgarh and Overnight stay
After an early breakfast, you will be taken to Kumbalgarh, where you will visit the well-known Jain temple complex of Ranakpur enroute, also known for their 200 pillars, all engraved in different ways, supporting 29 halls. Other temples to visit at Ranakpur are the temple of Sun God, which is known for its erotic monuments.
Then after we will go on our visit to Kumbalgarh, where you will take some rest and then visit the massive fort here that has yet to be indomitable. It has 36 km long and thick walls and seven gates and ramparts. Overnight stay at the hotel.
After the breakfast, we will move to the medieval city of Jaisalmer, well known for its engraved havellis—the ancient citadel on the Caravan route linking India with Persia and the Mediterranean.
This architectural city was built by Jaisal, a bhatt prince. Afternoon visit to the Gadisar Tank and large havellis, some of them named Patwon ki Haveli Salim Shah ki Haveli and Nathamal ki Haveli, carved with traditional architecture. Evening for leisure and overnight stay at hotel.
In the morning, embark on the half-day tour of Jaisalmer Fort. In the afternoon visit to Kuldhera, a deserted habitat, and then to Sand dunes. Here Camal Safari will be arranged for you. You will move into the caravan through the small ethnic villages, meet local villagers, and experience the spectacular sunset.
Cultural Evening at Sand Dunes A typical Rajasthani village is created for this evening; mud walls gaily painted with an entrance, and food stalls are built with thatched roofs where Rajasthani food is cooked in traditional earthenware pots. Here the guests are entertained with Rajasthani Folk Music and Dance. Back to the hotel and overnight stay there.
Early in the morning, check out of the hotel and move for Jodhpur, the Sun City, via Pokhran. In the afternoon after lunch, you would visit the Bishnoi villages on the way where you could see the Black Deer—the famous asset of the villages.
After reaching Jodhpur, check in to the hotel and then visit Mehrangarh Fort, one of the tremendous forts of Rajasthan. Overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast, visit the magnificent tour of the Umaid Bhavan Palace and its museum—a treasure trove. Then drive down through the old city and past the Clock tower near the largest spice-bazaar in the subcontinent; visit Jaswant Thada Cenotaph, the royal cremation site.
You can also have village safari by Jeep—a memorable outing, seeing traditional local handicrafts like stone makers, pottery, women clad with ancestral silver jewellery, etc. Overnight stay at hotel.
Check out of the hotel to catch the flight to Delhi for back home.
