Amber Fort (Amer Fort)
Devisinghpura, Amer, Jaipur
Amber Fort is the most magnificent fortress-palace in Rajasthan — a massive 16th-century complex of red sandstone and white marble on a hilltop 11 kilometres north of Jaipur that was the capital of the Kachwaha Rajput rulers before Jai Singh II founded Jaipur in 1727.
City Palace
Tulsi Marg, Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur, 302004, India
The City Palace is Jaipur's most important architectural complex — a walled compound of courtyards, gardens, and buildings at the centre of the Pink City that has been the seat of the Jaipur royal family since the city was founded in 1727 and where the current maharaja still lives in a section of the palace.
Govind Dev Ji Temple
City Palace Complex, Jaipur
The Govind Dev Ji Temple is Jaipur's most revered Krishna temple — a 18th-century shrine within the City Palace complex whose deity (a black-stone idol of Krishna as a child) is believed to have been carved by Krishna's great-grandson Vajra more than 5,000 years ago and brought to Jaipur from Vrindavan in the 18th century to save it from the iconoclastic campaigns of Aurangzeb.
Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)
Hawa Mahal Road, Badi Choupad, Pink City, Jaipur
Hawa Mahal is Jaipur's most recognisable building — a five-storey pink sandstone facade of 953 small windows (jharokhas) that was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh so that the women of the royal household could observe street life and festivals without being seen.
Jal Mahal (Water Palace)
Amer Road, Parasrampuri, Jaipur, 302002, India
Jal Mahal is a five-storey palace sitting in the middle of Man Sagar Lake — with four storeys submerged and only the top floor visible above the water surface, creating the illusion of a palace floating on the lake.
Jantar Mantar Observatory
Pink City, Jaipur, 302003, India
Jantar Mantar is a UNESCO World Heritage astronomical observatory — a collection of 19 stone instruments built between 1727 and 1734 by Maharaja Jai Singh II that are the largest and best-preserved pre-telescopic astronomical observation instruments in the world.
Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur, 302004, India
The Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple is Jaipur's most popular Hindu temple — a white marble shrine built in 1761 atop a small hill (moti doongri means 'pearl hill') beside the Moti Doongri Palace in the modern city.
Rambagh Palace Hotel
Bhawani Singh Road, Rajasthan Polo Club, Jaipur, 302005, India
The Rambagh Palace is one of India's most famous luxury hotels — a 47-acre palace complex that was built in 1835 as a garden house for the royal wet nurse, expanded in 1887 into a hunting lodge for Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh, and converted in 1931 into the palace home of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II and his wife Maharani Gayatri Devi (one of the most glamorous royal couples of 20th-century India).
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