Rajasthan

Rajasthan is India’s largest state and its most theatrical: a desert kingdom of forts on every ridge, palaces on every lake and bazaars that still sell by the colour of the city they stand in.

For five hundred years the Rajput clans ruled here from hilltop strongholds, and their descendants still live in many of them. That is why a journey through Rajasthan is a journey through homes as much as monuments: the family that owns your haveli in Jaipur will likely join you for tea, and the maharaja of Jodhpur still lives in one wing of the palace you can visit.

How We Travel It

Distances are long, so we plan them carefully: never more than one long drive in a row, a train where the train is lovelier than the road, and two nights at least in every city. The route on the right is the one our designers most often start from, priced live for two travellers.

“Come in the cool months, stay in family havelis, and always leave a morning free in Udaipur. The lake does the rest.”

Ayesha Siddiqui · Lead Guide, Rajasthan