Jaipur

Pros: beautiful city, historic monuments
Cons: beggars, brokers and the like

Review Topic:  Overview

Review Topic:  OverviewWhen I was going to Jaipur for the first time. I had two assumptions. One it will be a desert. Two, it will be all pink. Well both are wrong. Though it is the capital of the...

Pros: palaces, fort and history
Cons: temperature extremes, dust, crowds

Few people would know that Jaipur was the first fully scientifically developed city of the pre-modern world. Built in the end of seventeenth century the credit for its excellent planning goes to its ruler of that time, Maharajah Sawai Jai Singh, on whose ...

Pros: Shila Mata temple, langurs, elephant ride, view across lake and Amber valley
Cons: hard sell touts and hawkers below, awkward autorickshaw drivers

The Amber Fort is breathtaking. Up there with the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in the great sights of the ''Golden Triangle'' and a magnet for hundreds of Indian and foreign tourists. But the fort rises above all the attention to become one of the great...

Pros: Experience these fabulous old cities, the culture, amazing history
Cons: Might be too busy for some people, expensive to get there!

Pack your trunk, hail a fond farewell to your nearest and dearest, and set sail with me to India. Well actually I think it was the English cricket team of 1864 who were the last group to actually sail to India, so I would suggest flying: Prepare ...

Pros: Incredible fort and palaces, amazing art and antiques!!
Cons: None!!

Jaipur was the first destination of our travel in the exotic state of Rajasthan. Usually, travelers who come to India from outside, land in New Delhi and from there onward begin their tour, Rajasthan being first in the list.

My husband and I...

Pros: Vibrant
Cons: city is congested with small roads

It is also known as the 'Pink City'. The old city of Jaipur is encircled with 7 gates, amongst which the major are Chandpol, Sanganeri and Ajmeri gates. It gets the name “Pink City” because of the colour of the stone with which the old city is built....

Pros: A nice taste of Rajasthan, easily accessible
Cons: A busy, hectic city.

A visit to Jaipur, the "Pink City" is at the top of most travellers to India list of destinations. Jaipur is an easy 4 hour train ride from Delhi on the Shatabdi Express. As Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan, it is busy and bustling, and...

Pros: If you look you can find the old splendor
Cons: if you don't look closely you could miss it

Welcoming us to Jaipur were decorated Elephants and a big sign introducing Jaipur as the pink city. I was slightly disappointed not to find the pink city, but rather the ochre-red city, red being the colour of 'welcome' in India. As the legend goes, the...

Pros: A FINE TOURIST ATTRACTION
Cons: NONE

The Pink City Of India


Jaipur also knowm as the pink city of India , is a beautiful city in India , the reason why this place is known as the pink city is beacause of its lots of beautiful pink palaces and forts .
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Pros: The Romance of the city
Cons: crowded and polluted like the rest of india

Earl Fall in the Pinky City is an interesting time to go. My travels took me to Jaipur at the time of the Kite festival, around the third week in October. Out in the distance you could see evidence of the little children flying their kites in the dusk,...

Pros: Good first day and shopping
Cons: Not much to do and distant from New Delhi

When I visited Jaipur this summer, I was bubbling with exciting. From New Delhi, the capital of India, Jaipur is one of the few cities that can be reached with relative ease. As I sat in the car in what was supposed to be a highway, I already began...