In itself, visit Jaipur is most often part of an extensive excursion route with a golden triangle that covers Delhi, Agru and Jaipur. And in this case, the excursion in an amazing pink city will be compressed in time and will not allow travelers in full to enjoy the wonderful monuments and unusual corners of contrasting Jaipur. Although many travelers are quite suitable for even such a vehicle opportunity to get acquainted with the Indian city, wearing the lyrical name "Symphony in Pink".
As for the tourists who can afford a longer acquaintance with Jaipur, the excursions for them are held by local private guides or qualified guides of one of the local information and tourist centers.
Excursions from the tourist bureau RTDC
You can order a fascinating excursion tour of Jaipur in the office of the tourist bureau RTDC. Travelers find it in the building of the Jaipur Railway Station. Bureau works from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 18:30. The local guides arrange excursions in Jaipur and the surrounding area, occupying a whole day or half a day. The duration of the booking tour is affected at its cost. Fast tour of half the day will cost 170 rupees. It is held three times a day exclusively within the city. An early walk starts at eight in the morning and for an hour of day, tourists will be free. Subsequent excursions begin at 11:30 and 13:30 and also delayed for five hours.
Day tour covers all the main sights of Jaipur - the old town, partially surrounded by a toothed wall; Central Museum; Water and city palace; observatory; Palace of winds and Fort Amber.
Closer to three clues of the day, tourists will be asked to stay at lunch in one of the many restaurants of the city. Lunch break can delay for an hour, or even a half hour. True, before starting the excursion, you can discuss with the duration accompanying and the place of meals. Tourists with children I would advise you to ask the guide to a snack to stay in McDonalds or Domino Pizza. In these places and food familiar to children and the case is normal with the cleanliness. And it is simply no dinner to do without lunch, as the excursion begins at nine o'clock in the morning and continues until six o'clock in the evening. Such an excursion costs 250 rupees. Additionally, you will have to spend tickets to the museum and palaces, as well as for lunch (about 200 rupees). The starting point of the route is Jaipur Railway Station.
Survey walks in Jaipur with a guide to the city information tourist center
The office of the city tourist center is located on the main bus station of Jaipur. Employees of the Center provide foreign tourists with advertising brochures, provide a map of Jaipur and surroundings and spend several types of excursions. There are three more branches of the tourist center:
• round-the-clock working office at the railway station;
• Department of the Center at the airport serving tourists from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00;
• A small branch in the building of the Khasa Kothi hotel, open to visitors on weekdays from 9:00 to 18:00.
Of the top ten, the excursions offered by the tourist center are the most non-standard are Night Walk through the Pink City which costs 300 rupees and Craft Quarters Tour For 250 rupees. Night Promenade begins at 18:30 and passes through several attractions of Jaipur, which is closely illuminated in the dark.
The Night Walk Program includes dinner and a trip to the fort of Nahargharch.
As for the tour of Jaipur's crafts, he looks more like a cognitive walk with shopping elements. That's just make purchases in shopping beds, in which tourists lead a guide, I would not advise. Prices here are significantly overestimated and even after bargaining the goods will be purchased more expensive than he really is worth. Just local merchants work in collusion with guides and the price includes commissions. So, if you wish, you can buy any tourist trifle in the bazaar of the ball or the Nehru market, the visit of which is included in the tour guarantee. With successfully trading, it will turn off the price of two, or even five times.
But for this shopping, it is better to go on your own in the shopping centers of Jaipur or to the Seaireori Bazaar. Returning to the Excursion Program, it should be noted that the guide besides a walk through the bazaars will hold tourists to the southeast part of the Old Town, where numerous workshops are located. Here travelers will be able to admire the work of skillful masters polishing and pulling precious stones. Lost tour 5 hours.
Private guides and independently organized excursions
Private guides offer their services directly on the streets of Jaipur. Of particular interest and annoyance, they manifest themselves to the ceiling tourists. For their services, local residents are asked from $ 20.
If desired, the tour of Jaipur is completely easy to organize independently. Certically tuned and purchasing a map of the city and the surrounding area can be sent to the inspection of significant attractions. The symbol of the city is the wind palace, it will be the easiest way. During an organized excursion, tourists usually examine the palace just outside, and during a free walk you can visit the Masham Museum located in Hava. His collection of weapons, paintings and ancient coins deserves the attention of tourists. After that, you can go for an acquaintance with the city palace-museum and located near the open-air observatory. Excursion will be rich and interesting.
And if you still include a walk to the Fort Amber with a race to the water palace, the study program for Jaipur will be fulfilled 100%.