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City Palace of Jaipur
The City Palace, Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan.I had a chance to visit city palace of Jaipur in India back at the end of December 2023, during our about 3 week trip to India. We came here by foot from the Jantar Mantar observatory of Jaipur.The palace complex lies in the heart of Jaipur city, to the northeast of the very centre. The site for the palace…
Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur is a collection of 19 astronomical instruments built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The monument was completed in 1734. It features the world's largest stone sundial, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is near City Palace and Hawa Mahal. The instruments allow the observation of astronomical positions with the naked eye. The observatory is an example of the Ptolemaic positional…
Hawa Mahal / Pink Palace in Jaipur
The Hawa Mahal is a palace in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Built from red and pink sandstone, it is on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and extends to the Zenana, or women's chambers.We visited this place at the end of December 2023, during our about 3 weeks trip to India, in the frames of our golden Triangle trip. Hawa Mahal was among our first stops in the city of Jaipur.Area around the palace is quite busy, just like everything…
Royal Orchid Central Jaipur Hotel
Royal Orchind Central hotel in Jaipur, India is a decent 4 star hotel. We stayed here for one night at the end of December 2023, during our about 3 week trip to India. We got here transferred from Agra after visiting Taj Mahal by a private Golden Triangle tour company, we didn't paid directly for booking here, instead tour operator did. But seems the price per one night is about $35-$40 which is very good price for this hotel. A short walk from…
Athens4 hotel (Monastriraki) in Greece
Athens4 is a small boutique hotel in the capital city of Greece, Monastriraki area (city center). This hotel features air-conditioned rooms with satellite flat-screen TV. The property is located 1.2 km from the Acropolis, 300 metres from Monastiraki Flea Market and 700 metres from Athens Ancient Agora. The property is non-smoking and is set 300 metres from Monastiraki Square. The units in the hotel are fitted with a kettle. With a private…
Pinch of Spice Restaurant in Agra
Pinch of Spice is restaurant located in Agra, India serving Indian and Chinese cuisine. We made our lunch break after visiting the Worlds famous Taj Mahal.Spent some good time and tried delicious cuisine. During this trip to India I was fond of fish curry and garlic naan. Yum. Accompanied by Kingfisher beer. We got here by our tour guide, after asking for some of the best restaurant recommendations. If you happen to be in this part of the world…
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on…
Inn Tawang Hotel In Delhi
Hotel Inn Twang is located 3.5 km from the New Delhi Railway Station. Free WiFi access is available in public areas. We stayed at this hotel for two nights at the end of December during our 3 week trip to India. The hotel was offered to us by a tour company, and we got transferred here directly from the airport in Delhi. Despite not being a bad hotel, I doubt I would book it again. The hotel defiantly was cheap, but not for us, as we booked from…
Pindi Restaurant New Delhi
Pindi Restaurant is located on 16 Pandara Road Market, New Delhi, India. We came here together with our tour guide in Delhi after visiting Jama Masjid of Delhi. Exactly at this place I fell in love with tasty Indian fish curry and garlic naan.I'm very thankful to our tour guide for taking us here, as this was our first dinning expierience in India and turned out magnificent.Here I also found my favorite Indian beer - KingFisherWe tried tasty…
Jama Masjid of Delhi
Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India.It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656, and inaugurated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari. Situated in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (today Old Delhi), it served as the imperial mosque of the Mughal emperors until the demise of the empire in 1857. The Jama Masjid was regarded as a symbolic…