Delhi – Pushkar – Ajmer – Chittorgarh – Kumbalgarh – Ranakpur – Udaipur – Bundi – Jaipur – Delhi
Pushkar – Ajmer – Chittor
Distance covered 220 kms.
Time taken – 3pm – 8pm
Room at Padmini Palace – INR 1000 that was initially quoted as INR 2400. It wasn’t easy, and took us about 30minutes but we did it. It was fun. To be honest the right price should have been INR 700 but in India, accommodation prices are hitting the roof.
Food Items tried – Imarti, Kesar doodh, Daal Baati Churma,kadhi kachori with heeng ka paani, mirchi k pakode.
Sight Seeing – Ajmer Durgah, Chittorgarh Fort.
Ajmer Durgah – For its religious importance, drive up the hill and view of Ajmer city
Chittorgarh – Lazy Man’s fort as you can move inside the fortified area in a car from one site to another. 20,000people reside inside the campus and you will be welcome by hoards of guides at the ticket counter. Fort is Scenic and well preserved. Hire a guide as it saves you time in Navigating from one point of interest to the other. Information quotient of the guides are not very high.
Places of interest inside the fort – Kalika Mata Temple, Vijay Stambh, Kirti Stambh, Rana Kumbha’s Palace and Rani Padmini’s Palace. The legend goes that Alauddin Khilji was enamoured by the beauty of Rani Padmini. When he defated her husband in the battlefield, she committed Jauhar along with other ladies of the fort to avoid abduction and dishonor at the hands of Alauddin. A temple dedicated to Meera Bai is located inside the fort.
Our Verdict – Chittorgarh fort should be part of your itinerary and can be easily made a part of the Delhi – Jaipur – Agra Circuit. The Heeng ka paani after kadhi kachori at Guddu bhai kachori wala sealed the deal, best thing to follow the kachori.
Team managed their planned route in time. The first daal baati churma of the trip at Padmini Palace, so loved it. Rating 7.5 / 10.
Expense Summary (all prices in INR)
Tolls on Highway – 65
Food (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) – 2018
Guide – 100
Entry Tickets & Parking at Chittor – 40
Nice and Lovely Clicks and the way you put the story. . . . A G+ For ur Post and Have a Nice Day. . . 🙂
OUrJaipur,
Next time we are coming to Jaipur, will get in touch with you and plan the trip.
We don’t like to miss out on delicacies.
There are more posts coming, Jaipur was the last leg of our journey.
-Empty Rucksack