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Views over Jodhpur — the blue city. Hey Felix, glad you liked the post — sounds like your going to have a great trip. The answer, reasonably, is no. One plus one mobile price in india and features Bangalore also has an airport with frequent and reasonably priced connections to other parts of India. A city created, like great geological formations, of time-sculptured and overlapping strata, Delhi is seven cities at least and almost as many civilizations collapsed, accreted and jumbled into one. Hey Felix, glad you liked the post — sounds like your going to have a great trip.
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20.03.2018 - May 18, at 4: Compared with the horn-honking frenzy of industrial tech centers elsewhere in the country, Delhi remains notably civilized. February 3, at 4: For first time visitors I usually recommend to start in the less chaotic South of India. Do you think it could be a good idea to do the golden triangle and then fly down to Kochi from Delhi or somewhere up there and then follow the itinerary you have which I love btw back up. Jaisalmer is a little out of the way but this historic golden fort rising out of the desert is quite a sight.
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20.03.2018 - To make the most of the weather I would start in South India in Feb, March will be good for Rajasthan and in April and May head up to the mountains — places like Dharamshala, Manali etc thats the ideal time to go there. My Agra Travel Guide. Udaipur is a great place to unwind, though. You are already subscribed to this email. March 16, at 6:
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India is huge and getting around takes time. My top tip for anyone backpacking India for the first time is to take it slow! India is not a place to rush around; trying to see too much will end up in a stressful instead of enjoyable trip.
Flights, trains, buses and rickshaws reach every corner of the country but, in my opinion, traveling by train is the most comfortable way to see India. See here for my ultimate guide to train travel in India including how to book train tickets from abroad.
Cheap guesthouses are all over India and easy to find. Over the last couple of years fun, sociable new backpacker hostels have opened up in the main cities and tourist destinations.
I travel with the Lonely Planet India Guidebook — its really useful for practical info, maps, things to do, how to get around etc. Traveling this huge and diverse country takes time and if you want to see as much as you can and follow this India itinerary then I would recommend to come for at least 3 months.
If you only have 1 month or less to backpack India then I would concentrate on one area. Think about what you are interested in — whether it is history, forts and palaces or nature and wildlife, temples or beaches, food.
Starting from the more chilled out South and heading North to get a good variety of destinations and including all the famous sights while avoiding extra distance or going back on yourself it always takes longer than you think to get anywhere in India!
For first time visitors I usually recommend to start in the less chaotic South of India. Most international flights land in Delhi or Mumbai but you can easily get a domestic flight down to Kochi or Trivandrum in Kerala or to Goa airport.
While Rajasthan and the Golden Triangle are home to some amazing and iconic sights including opulent forts and of course the Taj Mahal, places like the laid back beaches and backwaters of Kerala and Goa are perfect places to get a good introduction to India to allow you to get acclimatized before tackling the big sights and chaotic cities in the North.
Kerala has a good network of new backpacker hostels. How to get there: How to get around: Cruising the Backwaters of Kerala. How to Cruise the Kerala Backwaters on a Budget.
Bangalore is an easy 3 hour train or bus ride from Mysore. Bangalore also has an airport with frequent and reasonably priced connections to other parts of India.
Expect to linger longer than expected! The easiest and quickest way to get to Hampi from Bangalore or Goa is by overnight bus. Why I fell in love with magical Hampi. Goa is the most relaxed state in India with the best nightlife, a vibrant and cosmopolitan food scene and is a great place to meet other travellers.
If you want a quieter alternative to Goa, check out the beaches of the temple town of Gokarna, a few hours South of Goa in neighbouring Karnataka. See the Top 10 Backpacker Hostels in Goa for more ideas on where to stay.
From Hampi you can take an overnight bus to Goa or take an 8 hour train in the daytime. There are also flights to Goa from all over India. The Perfect Itinerary for 1 week in Goa.
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There are not many hotels near the caves so Aurangabad, the closest town to the caves makes a convenient base. A good, cheap hotel is Hotel Preetam. Aurangabad is about 6 hours on the train from Mumbai, 5 hours in a taxi or about 11 hours on a public bus.
Dream Heaven Guesthouse is also great with arty rooms and gorgeous views over the lake. You might even be able to find a good deal on a flight between Mumbai and Udaipur.
Buses from Udaipur to Jodphur only take about 7 hours or a taxi takes only 4 hours. Jaisalmer is a little out of the way but this historic golden fort rising out of the desert is quite a sight.
Spend a few days exploring the fort and a day or 2 taking a camel safari across the Thar desert. From Jaislamer take an overnight train to Ajmer Junction, from there its a 15 min bus or taxi ride to Pushkar.
Jaipur is only a 2 hour train journey from Ajmer Junction the closest train station to Pushkar. You can visit the Taj on a rushed day trip from Delhi but Agra is also home to Agra Fort and the nearby ruined city of Fatephur Sikri which are worth staying a few more days to explore.
Sai Palace Guesthouse is close to the Taj and has views of it from the rooftop restaurant. My Agra Travel Guide. Many travellers go through Delhi as quickly as possible as it can an overwhelming city which is a shame because there is so much to see here.
Delhi has a lot of history as well as being a city hurtling into the 21st century. There are also many cool, new hostels have opened in the suburbs giving you a chance to escape the most chaotic parts of Delhi — the best is Madpackers Hostel.
There is a new fast train that gets you from Agra to Delhi in 3 hours. Once in Delhi make use of the new, modern and efficient metro — it can get to most attractions without having to haggle with a rickshaw driver.
How to avoid the scams and survive your first time in Delhi. From Delhi go west to visit the amazing Golden Temple in Amristar and watch the spectacle of the Pakistan border ceremony.
In July and August the weather is warm enough to head up to lovely Leh and Ladakh. Watching all the rituals of life and death played out by the river at sunrise is an unforgettable and essential Indian experience.
There is a reason why I put Delhi and Varanasi at the end of the trip — visiting these loud, dirty, crazy places could be too overwhelming to enjoy at the start of your trip, plus there are a lot of touts and scammers but, once acclimatized to backpacking India, they are fascinating places to visit.
Tamil Nadu is all about temples and the best is the Mennakashi temple in Madurai which you could swing by on the way over to Kerala. Check out more on the places to visit in Tamil Nadu. And then expect to return to see what you missed out on!
If you only have 2 weeks to backpack India I would suggest concentrating on just one area. Taking a tour would also be a good idea to maximize your time available so you can see as much as possible and avoid wasting precious time getting lost, scammed or planning your next move.
If you only have 2 weeks to backpack India I would suggest either exploring Kerala and South India for an easier and more laid back option. Check out the other tours of India I recommend here.
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I really glad this helped you!! I hope you have a great time in India. Wow, nearly exactly what I did! Only have a month here. We CouchSurfed a lot on the trip and met some incredible people.
It depends on each person, but three nights in Goa was more than enough for me. I can go somewhere else for nice beaches but India has so much more to offer that is unique to this country.
Definitely, definitely coming back to tackle the north next time. The south really is a perfect introduction to India. Totally safe and easy to travel. Definitely one of my favourite countries. And Hampi is magical.
So glad you liked the post! Yes, India is an incredible place to travel and I think everyone should visit at least once — it can be life changing! I wrote more about the best compact cameras for travel photography here — http: Thanks for this great article.
This is pretty much the route myself and my daughter who is 17 are taking for our 6 month trip in India. Except we are heading up to Rishikesh and Manali after Agra.
The question is, do you think it may be a good idea to budget for a flight from Goa straight to udaipur? I feel it would save a lot of time and it really is quite a gruelling journey by land done it many times Flights are pretty reasonable too.
I know its cheating a little bit but there are many wonderful overland journeys to do once your up north. Hey thanks so much! Yes, including Rishikesh and Himachal is a great idea and yes, I actually fly quite a lot in India these days as it can take a long time to get around and flights can be quite reasonable.
Hope you enjoy your trip and glad my post helped! Deserts and Safari is something I really want to do and I love the wild life the camel tour is a must for me. And the Taj Mahal is a must see when you go to Indian.
I would probably be flying from Vietnam. I will be in Cambodia tomorrow for like a week then spend some time in Vietnam before heading to India. Hey Felix, glad you liked the post — sounds like your going to have a great trip.
Great article, definitely will be my main guide to my planed trip to India. Hey Carl, Thanks, glad you liked the post. The best time to travel in most of India is the winter — Oct — March when its cooler so better for sightseeing.
Ok great thanks and yes I think I will fly from Kuala Lumpur. I wrote a long post about applying for an Indian visa here http: Hi Anna, brilliant article found it very helpful in planning my own itinerary.
I was just wondering on any advice about travelling by train as i heard tickets on sleeper trains sell out very quickly? Glad you liked it and glad it was useful for you. Yes, I think traveling by train is the best way to see India but the trains do get booked up so its a good idea to book tickets in advance although this can be a bit complicated — I have a big 3 part series of posts on booking trains in India.
In your Indian Itinerary, which is brilliant by the way, you left out the North East completely. The richness of the Northeast of India cannot be found anywhere else in India.
You will be mesmerised. Hope you can make it to that part of India someday. I went to monasteries in Tawang, saw rhinos at Kaziranga, celebrated tribal festivals and met headhunters! You can read more about my time in the North East here — http: Hey, Did you travel India alone?
I was wondering if you have any tips for a girl traveling alone. There are lots of spiritual places in India — all very different…. And while I would prefer not to spend a night in this shamefully polluted city, this is the only proper way to visit the Taj Mahal.
What I mean is that the Taj Mahal seen in the glaring sun of an Indian midday, as happens when you reach it after arriving from Delhi, can seem as ghostly blank as an overexposed photo.
Unlike the Taj Mahal, which impresses but rarely moves me, this city abandoned in the 16th century is a deeply atmospheric place, rising as it does from farm fields in the middle of seemingly nowhere.
Like all lost cities, it is a screen onto which one is free to project any narrative of your choosing. It is a poetic place, as even the wild parrots scribbling their vivid green arabesques above the old minarets seem to know.
From there I continue on to Jaipur, the fabled Pink City, which is, by Indian standards, not that old 17th century and by any reasonable estimate, not so roseate, either.
Still, Jaipur must be seen for at least three reasons: Even an hourlong tour of City Palace, a multistory ancestral home of the high-living Anglophile Maharajahs of Jaipur, provides a tantalizing peek into the voluptuary lives of the acquisitive royals, who collected miniatures by the yard, silver by the ton, carpets seemingly by the mile.
At Amber Fort, the ruling Kachhawa clan lived and ruled from a hilltop redoubt of red sandstone and white marble, where the fused influences of Hindu and Muslim architecture are only part of the pleasure of place.
The fort is best reached on elephant back a bit of tourist hokum that is well worth it and is notable both for interiors that feature the latest technological innovations of earlier ages — cascading water running down marble ramps provided an early form of air-conditioning — and views of the barren Aravalli range.
It makes sense to save Gem Palace for last because it is the sort of place that yields up its secrets slowly. Chambers filled with cases of jewels and silver lead into each other, and serious shoppers will often find a member of the Kasliwal family — which has run the place for generations — beckoning them into a back room for glimpses of treasures not kept on public view.
The greater challenge is getting out without losing your shirt. That then is the one-week plan. You might return to New Delhi and fly home, or else stay on and — doubling the available time — use this same basic format for an itinerary easily expanded to encompass places a bit farther afield.
The following itineraries can be managed in chunks of two to three days and accordingly the first stop after Jaipur is Jodhpur, my favorite among the cities of Rajasthan.
View all New York Times newsletters. Two Weeks is Better. Jodhpur, like the other cities noted below, can probably be adequately enjoyed in two days and is an easy hop by plane from Jaipur via Delhi or Mumbai and an easy place, as well, in which to find hotels at every price.
I have tested them all, from the funky stucco pavilions of Ajit Bhawan to the businesslike Hari Mahal. Last of the mega-palaces built over a century-long building spree by Indian maharajahs, Umaid Bhawan is sometimes likened to a Victorian railway station and invariably said to have been built as a charitable work-relief program for a region beset by a prolonged and killing drought.
Believe what you like, the place can be reliably said to belong to its resident owner, the Oxford - educated Gaj Singh II, 64, the Maharajah of Jodhpur, who inherited the immense pile at age 4.
Still, the palace retains its time-stopped aura and, perhaps alone among the great Rajasthan palaces, easily conjures an era when palace ladies led segregated, gossipy lives in the secluded zenana, when the gallants of the legendary Jodhpur polo teams played fierce chukkers and returned to drink stiff whiskies in a bar where, to this day, a stuffed black bear stands upright with a drinks tray balanced in its paws.
A visit to Jodhpur logically starts with a trip to the hilltop citadel of Mehrangarh Fort, where, up a series of ramps and past the studded elephant gates is a historical fortress museum almost without parallel in India.
Gaj Singh II was an early adopter of Western-style curatorial practices, a welcome anomaly in a country so stuffed with antiquities that treasures are often carelessly left by their owners to be devoured by white ants or to rot in the dust.
The Mehrangarh collection includes silver elephant howdahs, Jodhpur school miniatures, arms and armor, and textiles. The fort itself, though massive, stupendous and ominous when seen from afar, is surprisingly intimate and homey within: From Jodhpur I go on to Udaipur, again booking a driver and car for a road trip that Google Maps pegs at precisely five hours and 20 minutes.
At a guess, the geniuses at Google Maps have never actually seen an Indian road. I myself find a useful rule of thumb when in India to double the estimated road time and average things out.
Winding slowly uphill through sere desert and a region inhabited by a pacifist tribe called the Bhils, the drive from Jodhpur eventually crests the Aravallis before descending into a startlingly verdant landscape of cultivated fields.
Only by traveling overland are you able to visit the Jain Adinatha Temple at Ranakpur, an ineffable monument of marble whose hall contains either hundreds or thousands of intricately carved columns, depending upon whom you ask.
It is an austere place, one whose ecstatic carvings create an atmosphere of quietly humming spiritual intensity, something like a fission lab for souls. A fine and, essentially, the only stopping-off point at Ranakpur is Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat, a former country house still in the family of the Maharajah of Jodhpur.
Set amid gardens and fruit groves, the hotel is right off a main artery where, come evening, one can watch the traffic of barefoot pilgrims heading toward the temple as red-turbaned Rabari tribesmen head the opposite way with their herds of sheep or goats.
The end point of this particular road trip is Udaipur, a lovely though to my mind essentially dull spot whose chief points of interest are the finely conserved City Palace of Maharana Udai Singh II, the renowned Taj Lake Palace hotel and the ritzy Oberoi Udaivilas overlooking Lake Pichola from shoreside just outside of town.
Udaipur is a great place to unwind, though. For those lucky enough to put up at Lake Palace, there is a ready excuse for enforced idleness, since the only way to reach the hotel or leave it is by boat.
Their main task is to keep the fortress walls from outright collapse. In doing so, however, they hope to preserve the ineffable stillness of this golden walled island surrounded by the sand sea that is the Thar Desert, historically known as the Land of Death.
One can easily spend two days or more wandering the narrow lanes, where buildings crowd in on one another and where pedestrians used to have to yield to cows. Time has a funny way of seeming to stretch infinitely before one in Jaisalmer, during days spent visiting the jewel-box Jain temples dedicated to Rishabhdevji, Sambhavanathji and Ashtapadi, idling on rooftop cafes drinking lassi or scanning the desert from the fortress walls.
And when you have had enough of that, you can move on to other and even more obscure desert cities, my favorite among them being the rough-and-tumble city of Nagaur, home to a fine citadel.
A mile overland journey from Jaisalmer, Nagaur is a challenge to take up only after getting your travel legs in India. The drive is rough and dusty, and when years ago a woman friend and I first fetched up there, dust caked our clothes and filled every uncovered orifice, and our fillings had nearly shaken loose from our teeth.
We swore bitterly as we banged on the padlocked fort doors, like Dorothy in Oz, until the gates creaked open and a turbaned figure beckoned us inside. And there in a courtyard not far from a 17th-century stable block, we found a cluster of luxurious tents, their walls made from hand-block printed cottons, their camp beds covered in thick quilts, the private baths fitted out with showers that rained hot water.
If it is true that in India a traveler is often tested by the tumult, the hustle, the dirt, the pollution, the first-world prices and sometimes second-rate service, the inevitable upturned palms and the overall din, it is also the case that as the advertising campaigns promise, India is in fact incredible.
How else to explain the experience we had of emerging from our private showers at Royal Camp, Nagaur Fort open only from October to March to find that we were the only guests at the fort, the sole patrons being served cocktails by a freshly kindled wood fire in a broad Mughal courtyard under the cold black dome of desert sky?
A delicious Rajasthani thali meal was presented on a table set up in an ancient pavilion. Perhaps too much terrible Indian wine was consumed. In our individual tents the bedcovers had been turned down and desert chill staved off by hot-water bottles discreetly tucked into the beds.
Delirious sleep overtook us. When we awoke, we found that our plans to stay just a night had suddenly changed. In India the plans you made at home are seldom the final word on the matter. Do yourself a favor and keep that in mind.
Oberoi, New Delhi Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg; ; oberoihotels. A walk down the Rajpath will take you from Rashtrapati Bhavan presidentofindia. Jamali Kamali Masjid in the archaeological village in Mehrauli.
Sunrise or sunset are the best times to take in the famous white marble mausoleum. Road, near Mahavir Marg; ; gempalacejaipur. Umaid Bhawan Palace off State Highway 61; ; tajhotels.
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08.03.2018 - There are not many hotels near the caves so Aurangabad, the closest town to the caves makes a convenient base. Now I want to show you how to make travel your lifestyle too. Udaipur is a great place to unwind, though. Ccleaner free download for windows 8 1 64 bit soft... September 27, at How else to explain the experience we had of emerging from our private showers at Royal Camp, Nagaur Fort open only from October to March to find that we were the only guests at the fort, the sole patrons being served cocktails by a freshly kindled wood fire in a broad Mughal courtyard under the cold black dome of desert sky? Great article, definitely will be my main guide to my planed trip to India.
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13.03.2018 - What do you think? September 25, at Ccleaner for windows server 2012 r2 - 3isam chawal... Notify me of new posts by email. This is pretty much the route myself and my daughter who is 17 are taking for our 6 month trip in India. Yes, India is an incredible place to travel and I think everyone should visit at least once — it can be life changing!
Wow, nearly exactly what I did! Only have a month here. We CouchSurfed a lot on the trip and met some incredible people. It depends on each person, but three nights in Goa was more than enough for me.
I can go somewhere else for nice beaches but India has so much more to offer that is unique to this country. Definitely, definitely coming back to tackle the north next time. The south really is a perfect introduction to India.
Totally safe and easy to travel. Definitely one of my favourite countries. And Hampi is magical. So glad you liked the post! Yes, India is an incredible place to travel and I think everyone should visit at least once — it can be life changing!
I wrote more about the best compact cameras for travel photography here — http: Thanks for this great article. This is pretty much the route myself and my daughter who is 17 are taking for our 6 month trip in India.
Except we are heading up to Rishikesh and Manali after Agra. The question is, do you think it may be a good idea to budget for a flight from Goa straight to udaipur? I feel it would save a lot of time and it really is quite a gruelling journey by land done it many times Flights are pretty reasonable too.
I know its cheating a little bit but there are many wonderful overland journeys to do once your up north. Hey thanks so much! Yes, including Rishikesh and Himachal is a great idea and yes, I actually fly quite a lot in India these days as it can take a long time to get around and flights can be quite reasonable.
Hope you enjoy your trip and glad my post helped! Deserts and Safari is something I really want to do and I love the wild life the camel tour is a must for me.
And the Taj Mahal is a must see when you go to Indian. I would probably be flying from Vietnam. I will be in Cambodia tomorrow for like a week then spend some time in Vietnam before heading to India.
Hey Felix, glad you liked the post — sounds like your going to have a great trip. Great article, definitely will be my main guide to my planed trip to India. Hey Carl, Thanks, glad you liked the post.
The best time to travel in most of India is the winter — Oct — March when its cooler so better for sightseeing. Ok great thanks and yes I think I will fly from Kuala Lumpur.
I wrote a long post about applying for an Indian visa here http: Hi Anna, brilliant article found it very helpful in planning my own itinerary. I was just wondering on any advice about travelling by train as i heard tickets on sleeper trains sell out very quickly?
Glad you liked it and glad it was useful for you. Yes, I think traveling by train is the best way to see India but the trains do get booked up so its a good idea to book tickets in advance although this can be a bit complicated — I have a big 3 part series of posts on booking trains in India.
In your Indian Itinerary, which is brilliant by the way, you left out the North East completely. The richness of the Northeast of India cannot be found anywhere else in India.
You will be mesmerised. Hope you can make it to that part of India someday. I went to monasteries in Tawang, saw rhinos at Kaziranga, celebrated tribal festivals and met headhunters!
You can read more about my time in the North East here — http: Hey, Did you travel India alone? I was wondering if you have any tips for a girl traveling alone. There are lots of spiritual places in India — all very different….
Hi interesting and informative articles, I am thinking of travelling more or less the route you suggest but starting Delhi and heading south, apart from the culture shock of Delhi first, any other reasons for going south to north?
Many thanks for all the tips and advice. In fact, some people who start their trip in Kerala or Goa like it so much that they get stuck there for the whole trip! In the middle of planning a RTW trip and love this itinerary.
Plan to be in India for 60 day e-visa though so have to shuffle some things around. Is the below route too ambitious? Certainly, you have rendered very good information for the keen visitors who want to experience this wonderland.
I am currently in Munnar, looking to get to Mysore but stuck at a bit of a loss of how to get there. Would the best option be an AC bus; that would take about 8 and a half hours from Kochi. Maybe stay for one night in Kochi again to break up the journey from Munnar?
There are lots of cheap and fun hostels there too http: This information is very helpful! I am planning a 4 month trip with my brother, we have not traveled like this before so thank you for all the info.
One thing which may be hard to answer, I realise its a sliding scale but how much would you budget in broad terms for the 3 month trip above? I would budget for at least 40, Rupees. I wrote some more posts about the cost of traveling India that you might find useful — http: I have roughly 10 weeks in India but I am restricted to flying in and out of Delhi.
Do you think it could be a good idea to do the golden triangle and then fly down to Kochi from Delhi or somewhere up there and then follow the itinerary you have which I love btw back up. Based on your estimated days I might even be able to fit a little time up further north doing a Himalayan loop.
What do you think? Hi Anna I have been following your blog for a long time, and we have finally decided to come out to India. And do you have any idea if you have to have an outward flight to get in as we wanted to cross into Nepal in October by land.
In August monsoon may make it a little more difficult to travel so allow a bit more time but everything will be green and lush. Regarding the outbound flight, it depends what visa you have — if you have an e visa I think you are required to have an outbound ticket when you arrive but many people cross into Nepal overland so you can just explain thats what you are doing and it might be OK not to have one.
Thank you so much for this guide, it is very helpful for someone who is planning his first trip ever to India like me. I am still unsure about when exactly I will find time to travel to India.
Are the summer months not at all a good time to travel India in your opinion? Do you think it would still be a good time to go? Your article has planted a seed in my find that continues to grow!!!
So glad to hear that your feeling inspired to visit India and yeah, you def need more than 1 month theres so much to see and its such a diverse and fascinating country!
Feb and March are great times to travel in India. April and May are getting a bit hot and humid and by June the monsoon rains start. However, Feb can even be a bit chilly in North India.
To make the most of the weather I would start in South India in Feb, March will be good for Rajasthan and in April and May head up to the mountains — places like Dharamshala, Manali etc thats the ideal time to go there.
Hi Aaron I am also fascinated after watching that how passionate you are about your dream traveling….. Such a beautiful itinerary you posted above. I also created something curious about India checkout it plzz……thanku http: Hi Anna, thanks so much for this inspiration of a route.
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It makes sense to save Gem Palace for last because it is the sort of place that yields up its secrets slowly. Chambers filled with cases of jewels and silver lead into each other, and serious shoppers will often find a member of the Kasliwal family — which has run the place for generations — beckoning them into a back room for glimpses of treasures not kept on public view.
The greater challenge is getting out without losing your shirt. That then is the one-week plan. You might return to New Delhi and fly home, or else stay on and — doubling the available time — use this same basic format for an itinerary easily expanded to encompass places a bit farther afield.
The following itineraries can be managed in chunks of two to three days and accordingly the first stop after Jaipur is Jodhpur, my favorite among the cities of Rajasthan.
View all New York Times newsletters. Two Weeks is Better. Jodhpur, like the other cities noted below, can probably be adequately enjoyed in two days and is an easy hop by plane from Jaipur via Delhi or Mumbai and an easy place, as well, in which to find hotels at every price.
I have tested them all, from the funky stucco pavilions of Ajit Bhawan to the businesslike Hari Mahal. Last of the mega-palaces built over a century-long building spree by Indian maharajahs, Umaid Bhawan is sometimes likened to a Victorian railway station and invariably said to have been built as a charitable work-relief program for a region beset by a prolonged and killing drought.
Believe what you like, the place can be reliably said to belong to its resident owner, the Oxford - educated Gaj Singh II, 64, the Maharajah of Jodhpur, who inherited the immense pile at age 4. Still, the palace retains its time-stopped aura and, perhaps alone among the great Rajasthan palaces, easily conjures an era when palace ladies led segregated, gossipy lives in the secluded zenana, when the gallants of the legendary Jodhpur polo teams played fierce chukkers and returned to drink stiff whiskies in a bar where, to this day, a stuffed black bear stands upright with a drinks tray balanced in its paws.
A visit to Jodhpur logically starts with a trip to the hilltop citadel of Mehrangarh Fort, where, up a series of ramps and past the studded elephant gates is a historical fortress museum almost without parallel in India.
Gaj Singh II was an early adopter of Western-style curatorial practices, a welcome anomaly in a country so stuffed with antiquities that treasures are often carelessly left by their owners to be devoured by white ants or to rot in the dust.
The Mehrangarh collection includes silver elephant howdahs, Jodhpur school miniatures, arms and armor, and textiles. The fort itself, though massive, stupendous and ominous when seen from afar, is surprisingly intimate and homey within: From Jodhpur I go on to Udaipur, again booking a driver and car for a road trip that Google Maps pegs at precisely five hours and 20 minutes.
At a guess, the geniuses at Google Maps have never actually seen an Indian road. I myself find a useful rule of thumb when in India to double the estimated road time and average things out.
Winding slowly uphill through sere desert and a region inhabited by a pacifist tribe called the Bhils, the drive from Jodhpur eventually crests the Aravallis before descending into a startlingly verdant landscape of cultivated fields.
Only by traveling overland are you able to visit the Jain Adinatha Temple at Ranakpur, an ineffable monument of marble whose hall contains either hundreds or thousands of intricately carved columns, depending upon whom you ask.
It is an austere place, one whose ecstatic carvings create an atmosphere of quietly humming spiritual intensity, something like a fission lab for souls. A fine and, essentially, the only stopping-off point at Ranakpur is Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat, a former country house still in the family of the Maharajah of Jodhpur.
Set amid gardens and fruit groves, the hotel is right off a main artery where, come evening, one can watch the traffic of barefoot pilgrims heading toward the temple as red-turbaned Rabari tribesmen head the opposite way with their herds of sheep or goats.
The end point of this particular road trip is Udaipur, a lovely though to my mind essentially dull spot whose chief points of interest are the finely conserved City Palace of Maharana Udai Singh II, the renowned Taj Lake Palace hotel and the ritzy Oberoi Udaivilas overlooking Lake Pichola from shoreside just outside of town.
Udaipur is a great place to unwind, though. For those lucky enough to put up at Lake Palace, there is a ready excuse for enforced idleness, since the only way to reach the hotel or leave it is by boat.
Their main task is to keep the fortress walls from outright collapse. In doing so, however, they hope to preserve the ineffable stillness of this golden walled island surrounded by the sand sea that is the Thar Desert, historically known as the Land of Death.
One can easily spend two days or more wandering the narrow lanes, where buildings crowd in on one another and where pedestrians used to have to yield to cows.
Time has a funny way of seeming to stretch infinitely before one in Jaisalmer, during days spent visiting the jewel-box Jain temples dedicated to Rishabhdevji, Sambhavanathji and Ashtapadi, idling on rooftop cafes drinking lassi or scanning the desert from the fortress walls.
And when you have had enough of that, you can move on to other and even more obscure desert cities, my favorite among them being the rough-and-tumble city of Nagaur, home to a fine citadel.
A mile overland journey from Jaisalmer, Nagaur is a challenge to take up only after getting your travel legs in India. The drive is rough and dusty, and when years ago a woman friend and I first fetched up there, dust caked our clothes and filled every uncovered orifice, and our fillings had nearly shaken loose from our teeth.
We swore bitterly as we banged on the padlocked fort doors, like Dorothy in Oz, until the gates creaked open and a turbaned figure beckoned us inside. And there in a courtyard not far from a 17th-century stable block, we found a cluster of luxurious tents, their walls made from hand-block printed cottons, their camp beds covered in thick quilts, the private baths fitted out with showers that rained hot water.
If it is true that in India a traveler is often tested by the tumult, the hustle, the dirt, the pollution, the first-world prices and sometimes second-rate service, the inevitable upturned palms and the overall din, it is also the case that as the advertising campaigns promise, India is in fact incredible.
How else to explain the experience we had of emerging from our private showers at Royal Camp, Nagaur Fort open only from October to March to find that we were the only guests at the fort, the sole patrons being served cocktails by a freshly kindled wood fire in a broad Mughal courtyard under the cold black dome of desert sky?
A delicious Rajasthani thali meal was presented on a table set up in an ancient pavilion. Perhaps too much terrible Indian wine was consumed. In our individual tents the bedcovers had been turned down and desert chill staved off by hot-water bottles discreetly tucked into the beds.
Delirious sleep overtook us. When we awoke, we found that our plans to stay just a night had suddenly changed. In India the plans you made at home are seldom the final word on the matter. Do yourself a favor and keep that in mind.
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