Jaipur Tour ( Pink City ) by Car From Delhi - All Inclusive

Everything covered, including the part people forget

The monument entrances. Amber Fort, City Palace and Jantar Mantar together run about ₹1,500 per foreign adult, each with its own counter, and on the inclusive options here they are pre-paid.

There is also a Jaipur-start version if you are already in the city.

The drive

Early pickup in Delhi, then 270 km on the NH-48 — four to five hours with a break.

Amber Fort

The hilltop complex above Maota Lake, begun 1592 by Raja Man Singh. The painted Ganesh Pol gateway; the Sheesh Mahal, where thousands of convex mirror fragments set into the ceiling turned a single candle into a sky full of stars; and the Sukh Niwas, cooled by water running in channels cut through the marble walls.

Hawa Mahal

The Palace of Winds: 953 windows across five storeys, and barely a metre deep for most of its height. Built in 1799 so the women of the court could watch street processions without being seen from the road — and the lattice accelerates airflow, which cools the corridors behind and gives the building its name.

City Palace

Still partly the residence of the former royal family, with the armoury, the textile galleries and the two silver urns in the Diwan-i-Khas — the largest silver objects in the world, cast so a maharaja could take Ganges water to England.

Jantar Mantar

Nineteen masonry astronomical instruments from the 1730s, UNESCO-listed, with a 27-metre sundial still accurate to about two seconds.

The lunch

A traditional Rajasthani meal, sitting down. Dal baati churma is the state dish; say in advance about vegetarian, Jain or no-chilli needs and the kitchen will handle it.

Four options

A Jaipur-start car and guide; from Delhi with car and guide; with entrance fees; or with entrance fees and lunch.

Practical

Fourteen hours door to door from Delhi.