Residents of the beautiful Pink City are Parisian in their pride of place. Writer Louis Nicholson has playfully and affectionately called Jaipur “the bustling, monkey-filled, oleander pink toytown capital of Rajasthan”. Jaipur is indeed a microcosm of India’s cyclonic colourfulness and bustle, of its endlessly imaginative architecture, and very Indian intermingling of past and up-to-the-second present. (On a less dramatic note, is also a world-class shopper’s playground, especially for lovers of fine jewelry.)
Royal Palaces of India
Majesty and Luxury Abounding
On this journey to India’s north, we visit the grandest of the subcontinent’s old and its new palaces, in some of which we happily stay.
Royal Palaces of India
Majesty and Luxury Abounding
On this journey to India’s north, we visit the grandest of the subcontinent’s old and its new palaces, in some of which we happily stay.