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Rajasthan travel guides
48 complete guides covering 491 places in Rajasthan, with honest pacing, maps, sources and advice for travelling with parents.
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- Abhaneri5 placesA small village on the Jaipur–Agra road, known for one extraordinary stepwell…
- Ajmer15 placesA pilgrimage city of narrow lanes and spiritual depth, where a sacred dargah…
- Alwar (Sariska)11 placesA quiet Aravalli city of lakes, a ridge fort and a palace museum, with a tiger…
- Banswara7 placesA green, river-cut corner of southern Rajasthan, where the Mahi's islands, Bhil…
- Barmer9 placesA working desert town with a hill fort, ruined Solanki temples and a deep…
- Bhainsrorgarh5 placesA fort-village on a ridge between the Chambal and Bamani rivers, with a…
- Bhangarh8 placesA ruined Rajput town on the edge of Sariska: temples, a market street and a…
- Bharatpur (Keoladeo)10 placesFlat wetland tracks, a moated fort that held off British assaults and quiet Jat…
- Bikaner20 placesDesert fort, havelis of honey-coloured stone, camel safaris and a city that…
- Bundi20 placesPainted palaces clinging to hillsides, stepwells descending into the earth, and…
- Chittorgarh16 placesAncient forts, honour and flame: a fortress city where Rajput legends and…
- Deeg7 placesA small Jat capital of garden palaces, reservoirs and fountains, quieter than…
- Deogarh8 placesA small Mewar fort town in the Aravallis: a family-run hilltop palace, lake…
- Dholpur7 placesA small Chambal-side town of red sandstone, ruined forts and river wildlife…
- Dungarpur7 placesA quiet lake town of painted palaces, stone temples and river pilgrimages in…
- Hanumangarh5 placesA canal-fed border town on the Ghaggar, with a big brick fort, an Indus Valley…
- Jaipur47 placesPink sandstone, hilltop forts, slow bazaars and palace mornings: a city that…
- Jaisalmer17 placesA living golden fort carved from sandstone, merchant havelis with latticed…
- Jalore5 placesA granite town under a golden hill fort, with Jain and Hindu pilgrimage sites…
- Jhalawar7 placesA quiet former princely capital in south-east Rajasthan, with a UNESCO water…
- Jodhpur17 placesIndigo and terracotta houses tumble beneath a fortress crown, a desert city…
- Karauli7 placesA small red-sandstone town on the Bhadravati river, with a royal palace, a…
- Khatu Shyam Ji10 placesA small Rajasthan town built around one shrine: queues, marble, aarti bells and…
- Khejarla5 placesA small farming village in Marwar where a 1611 red sandstone fort still…
- Kota14 placesA river city of lakeside palaces, miniature-painting traditions and handloom…
- Kuchaman5 placesA small Marwar town under a cliff fort, with old gates, havelis and folk…
- Kumbhalgarh12 placesA fifteenth-century hill fort with a very long wall, old temples and Aravalli…
- Mandalgarh5 placesA long hilltop fort in Bhilwara district where the Banas, Berach and Menali…
- Mandawa12 placesA small desert market town where merchants painted the outsides of their…
- Mehandipur Balaji8 placesA Hanuman pilgrimage town between two small hills on the Jaipur–Agra road…
- Merta City5 placesThe small Rajasthan town where the poet-saint Meera Bai was born: a Krishna…
- Mount Abu21 placesRajasthan's only hill station: cool mornings, sacred temples, a lake ringed by…
- Nagaur5 placesA working desert market town with a superbly restored fort, old Sufi shrines…
- Nathdwara10 placesA small pilgrim town in the Aravallis, built around the haveli of Shrinathji…
- Osian5 placesAn ancient temple town on the edge of the Thar: Pratihara-era carving, a…
- Pokaran5 placesA desert fort town on the Jodhpur to Jaisalmer road, with a lived-in fort, a…
- Pratapgarh6 placesA quiet hill town on the Malwa edge of Rajasthan, known for Thewa gold-on-glass…
- Pushkar21 placesA sacred lake ringed with 52 ghats, the Brahma temple, pilgrims at dawn, and…
- Ranakpur7 placesA marble Jain temple in a quiet Aravalli valley, best seen slowly, in the…
- Ranthambore13 placesTiger forest, hilltop ramparts and still lakes ringed by ancient walls: a…
- Rohet7 placesA small Rathore estate village south-east of Jodhpur, known for a lakeside…
- Salasar Balaji5 placesA small desert town in Churu district, known across north India for its bearded…
- Sambhar Lake7 placesA vast, pale salt playa in the Aravalli country: flamingos in winter, a goddess…
- Sanwaliya Seth5 placesA roadside Krishna pilgrimage on the Chittorgarh-Udaipur highway, where…
- Shergarh5 placesA ruined fort, an inscription from AD 790 and a quiet forest sanctuary on the…
- Tijara5 placesA small Mewat town in the Delhi region, with a restored fort-palace, a Digambar…
- Todgarh5 placesA small Aravalli town in Beawar district, gateway to the Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife…
- Udaipur23 placesLake-side palaces, quiet bazaars and a valley breeze: a gentler Rajasthan where…