India: The Jantar Mantar
The Jantar Mantar, is a monument which houses a collection of nineteen architectural astronomical instruments. Built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II, and completed in 1734, it features the world’s largest stone sundial
India: Fatehpur Sikri
The ancient city of Fatehpur Sikri was founded by Emperor Akbar as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571. Akbar’s son Jahangir was born at the village of Sikri in 1569 and that year Akbar constructed a religious compound to commemorate Sheikh Salim who had predicted the birth.
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India: Jaipur
Exploring Rajasthan’s “Pink City”, with its population of around 3½ million. We’d visit the Palace of the Winds, walk among temples and enjoy the sights and sounds of the street markets.
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India: Rajasthan – Jaipur the “Pink City”
Exploring Rajasthan’s “Pink City”, with its population of around 3½ million. We’d visit the Palace of the Winds, walk among temples and enjoy the sights and sounds of the street markets.
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India: Rajasthan – Jaipur, City Palace & Observatory
A visit to the extraordinary observatory and the City Palace in the heart of Jaipur
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India: Rajasthan – Jaipur, Amer Palace
A visit to the spectacular Amer (or Amber) Fort located about 11 km from the Rajasthan city of Jaipur. Well worth taking the time to visit (allow about 2 hours).
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India: Rajasthan – Ranthambore National Park – A tiger sanctuary plus much more
In search of tigers but only found some mating hyenas – much rarer! When we got back to the car our guide said that the…
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India: Ranthambore National Park – Khem Villas review
Accommodation: We enjoyed a 2 day, 3 night stay at Khem villas during our tiger safari at Ranthambore National Park.
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India: Rajasthan – Village visit and Fatehpur Sikri (UNESCO)
Leaving Agra en route to our tiger safari in Ranthambore we stopped at a village to see local life before travelling on to the ancient fort at Fatehpur Sikri .
