In the early decades of 18th century, there arouse a brilliant star on the Indian desert-Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh-II, who by sheer dint of power and skill turned the dry and barren land into a blooming flower. The city of Jaipur or the pink city as it is known by bears a living testimony to his immense talent. The city is an outstanding effort on part of the Rajput ruler in shifting his hillside capital to a new site on the planes. Packed with many beautiful palaces, havelis and forts, Jaipur was the first planned city of its time. Being the capital of Rajasthan, the city also established a prominent place in tourist itineraries as the third corner of India’s golden triangle.

City of Jaipur has everything to make your visit a grand success, be it the magical glow of the pink and orange buildings in the moonlit night; the formidable forts encircling the city premise; camel-drawn carts passing the nearby street and vibrantly attired natives with glorious turbans.

The City Palace is a landmark palace that occupies a significant place in the growth of the city. Stacked with a series of courtyards, gardens and buildings with marble and mirror works, wall paintings, silver doors and fountains, this grand Palace speaks valiant tales of a great royal past.

The Hawa Mahal is if anything, it dominates one the foremost pictorial presentations in tourist book. Conceived to provide adequate vantage position to palace women for watching the passing royal procession through the bazaar below, this architectural brilliance contains over 900 niches with delicate stone-carved screens. The entire structure is erected in the shape a majestic crown significant to the one on Lord Krishna’s head.

Jantar Mantar is another remarkable tourist site in Jaipur. It occupies an important position among the five great stone observatories of Sawai Jai Singh. The scientifically designed instruments inside the observatory reflect the high-point of Medieval Indian Astronomy. The Govind Devji Temple, devoted to Lord Krishna is the most famous and popular temple in the Pink City and attracts devotees from all over the country and abroad. The Swargashuli/Isar Lat victory tower is again an interesting site to see. It is the highest structure that dominates the skyline of Jaipur City. Some of the other important places worth visiting include the Ram Niwas Bagh, BM Birla Planetarium, Galtaji, Jain Temple, Sisodia Rani Garden, Nahargarh, Jaigarh, and the Old City.

Just 12 km from the city lies Sanganer with beautiful Jain temple and important craft industries besides the ruined palaces, city walls and neglected Mughal garden. Bagru is another attractive site situated 37 km to the southwest on Ajmer Road. The artificially created Ramgarh lake 32-km northeast of Jaipur City forms a good picnic spot for many visitors. Besides Abhaneri famous for 7th-8th century temple of Harshad Mata, Bairath, Samod, Sambhar, and Jaisinghpura Khor are some of the other important excursions worth visiting.

• Air :
  Jaipur Airport, Sanganer is at a distance of around 11km from the city center. Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and domestivc carriers operate regular flighta to and from Jaipur. There are direct flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Aurangabad, and some other cities from Jaipur.
• Rail :
  The train service to Jaipur is available from all the major parts of the country. An excellent connection from Delhi is Shatabadi Express that provides a fast, air-conditioned rail service. Other direct connections to Jaipur are from Bikaner, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Secunderabad, Agra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta.
• Road :
  Jaipur is well connected by road to various parts of India. Delhi-Jaipur national highway is one of the finest roads in India. Rajasthan roadways runs excellent regular service of AC and Deluxe Coaches from Delhi