Rajasthan Road Trip 6 Bundi Jaipur

Delhi – Pushkar – Ajmer – Chittorgarh – Kumbalgarh – Ranakpur – Udaipur – Bundi – Jaipur – Delhi
Bundi – Jaipur
Distance Covered (210 kms)
Time Taken 6pm – 11pm

Room At Rawla Mrignayani Palace – 1000, One of the nicest rooms we found in Rajasthan. A great deal for 1000 but came with a big draw back. The rooms were super cold and in the chill of the January Winter, this drove us out of Jaipur after two nights. This place would be ideal if you are visiting Jaipur in Summers. Everything else about this place was perfect right from location, ambience, staff, cleanliness.

Food items – Rawat ki pyaaz kachori, kesar doodh.  Found the kachori to be over hyped, the Kesar Doodh was the clear winner. Like all other places in Rajasthan, Jaipur set the bar for food really high. All the places we ate at served good food at reasonable prices. The only food experiment that we did not enjoy in Rajasthan was the Dahi Ka Saag at a local restaurant. It was like any other mixed veg raita.

Sight Seeing – Amber Fort. A 30min drive from the city takes you to one of the best preserved Palaces in Rajasthan. If you are driving down, make a note that you can take your vehicle right up to the entrance of the Fort.

The fort is huge and the audio guides make a nice companion in the 3-4 hrs that you will easily spend here. The guides at the entrance will try to persuade you against the audio guides claiming that is cheaper to hire a guide and that your audio guides won’t answer any questions. We went with the audio guides and were happy by the end of our visit.

However if you are short on time, hire a guide as they make sure you are out of the fort in less than 2 hrs. You will be greeted to some beautiful palaces, Temples, Hamams, House of the commons during your visit here.

Light and Sound Show at Jantar Mantar – The English show starts at 6:30pm while the Hindi one is at 7:30pm. We opted for the one in Hindi, as we were running late, and it was half the price. We were the only guests for the light and sound show. In one hour we learnt about the astrology, astronomy, visionaries behind the construction of Jantar Mantar, and how science has always been a part of human development and not something started in the 20^th century.

Our Verdict – A perfect way to end your visit to the Amber Fort, is to club it with the light and sound show in the evening at Jantar Mantar.

Expenses –
Audio Guides at Amber fort – 150 INR.
Entry Ticket – 5 INR.
Light and Sound Show – 100 INR.
Food – (Dinner,Breakfast, Lunch) – 1200
Hotel Room – 1000 INR.