ARM CHAIR TRAVELOGUE
 

Jaipur is top of the list for international and domestic tourists. In tourist traffic it is next only toAgra. Because the city has something to welcome all types of tourists - Heritage, Adventure, Wildlife, Pilgrimage, etc. It interests the rich, the business traveller, the budgetwalas and the backpackers. And the city is able to provide for all of them - in hordes, year after year.

Jaipur falls in a rich mineral belt of marble, precious and semi precious stones, which makes it a unique
marketplace for both raw and finished products. Jewellery of precious and semi-precious stones is a strong attraction for tourists. Jaipur is also home to gold and silver jewellery made in the ‘Kundan’ and‘Meenakari’ traditions, which are now world famous.
   
  What to see?
HISTORIC
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 Hawa Mahal (The Palace of Winds)
 

The pyramid shaped palace in pink sandstone is naturally air-conditioned through the numerous perforated
stone screens (Jali) dotting its facade. The purpose of the palace was to provide the royal ladies fromwhere they could watch royal processions in the bazaar below, hidden from the public eye.
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 City Palace and Museum
  Centrally located in Jaipur, the city palace complex is almost a seventh of the city’s total area. The principal
entrance is the Sirh Deorhi Aatish gate being the auxiliary one.
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 Jantar Mantar
  This is the largest observatory among those built by the astronomer King Sawai Jai Singh II in various parts
of the country. Also called as the ‘Yantralaya’, its various instruments (Yantras) were used to observe the
movements of heavenly bodies, measure the local time and predict eclipses.
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 Amer Fort
  Encircled by the pristine Maota Lake and enveloped by lush green hillocks stands the majestic Amer Fort.
11 km from Jaipur, overlooking the Delhi-Jaipur highway, the fort used to be abode of the Kachchwala rulers, 7 centuries before Jaipur was built.It is approached by a step path which may be traversed on elephant back. The main attraction inside the breathtaking Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors), a fascinating view of the Kesar Kyari in the Maota Lake can be had from the ramparts of the fort.