Udaipur Tours

Fact Files : Udaipur Location : 115 km from Chittorgarh Renowned As : Lake City of Rajasthan Must Visit : City Palace, Gangaur Ghat, Eklingji Temple, Vintage Car Museum What To Do : Boat Cruise, Horse riding To See : City Palace Museum, Government Museum, Crystal Gallery, Jagdish Temple, Bagore ki Haveli, Monsoon Palace, Ahar, Pichola Lake, Eklingji Temples. Must Visit : Boat cruise at Pichola Lake and Vintage Car ride in Udaipur famous for its Classic Car Collection. Getting Around : Eklingji Temple 22 km, Shrinathji Temple Nathdwara 48 km, Haldighati - 40 km, Kumbhalgarh Fort 84 km, Jaisamand Lake 48 km, Devigarh Fort 28 km, Karni Fort 50 km, Ranakpur Jain temples 90 km. To Shop : Bapu Bazaar - Rajasthani textiles, Jewelleries. Khadi Gram Udyog - Handlooms weaves. Clock Tower - silver jewelry, bangles, block printed items, popular Lhriya saris. Hathipol - Rajasthani Jootis, wooden and camel souvenirs, sweet shops and handicrafts. Getting There :Air : Maharana Pratap or Dabok Airport - 22 km east of Udaipur. Jet Airways (Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai), Indian Airlines (Jodhpur, Mumbai), Kingfisher Airlines (Delhi). Rail : Station 4 km. Direct trains from Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Chittaurgarh, Jodhpur and Ahmedabad. Road : 652 km SW of Delhi, 5 hrs from Jodhpur, 396 km SW of Jaipur. NH-8 connects Udaipur via Ajmer, Beawar, Rajsamand and Nathdwara. Inside Tip : Live like a Maharajas in Heritage Palaces like Lake Palace Hotel, Fateh Prakash Palace, Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel. Feel the Elegance, Royal Charm with many Butlers to Pamper you. Important Distances : 276 km SE of Jodhpur, 396 km SW of Jaipur, 652 km SW of Delhi, 739 km - Mumbai. Staying Options : Heritage Lake Palace Hotel, Shiv Niwas Palace, Fateh Prakash Palace, Jagat Niwas Palace, Amet Haveli, Deogarh Palace Hotel, Devigarh Fort Palace Hotel.

About Udaipur

The lake city of Udaipur is a cool oasis in the dry heart of Rajasthan. With the emerald waters of picturesque Lake Pichola brimming the nucleus of this romantic city, augmenting the sort of charm that enhances - and is enhanced by - conviviality. Udaipur, also known as the 'Venice of the East' is a perfect honeymoon destination, full of surprises, known for its fairytale Lake palace that nestle along the banks of the lake Pichola amidst sandy terrain and green forested hills, creating an alluring crossboard of colours. Travel to Udaipur which is also the centre for performing arts, craft and world famed miniature paintings. Visit the famous Shilp Gram festival, a center of attraction during the season.

The Lake City is not only a place where you enjoy lazing around or aimless wandering on the streets of the old quarter. All around the old section, there are cramped cobbled streets, lined with shops and craftsmen's hideouts that pamper hours of window-shopping. Take up Udaipur tourism to enjoy this and more!

Tourist Attractions in Udaipur

City Palace
City Palace complex is actually a conglomeration of buildings added by various Maharanis, the palace manages to retain a surprising uniformity of design. Building was started by Maharana Udai Singh II. The palace is surmounted by balconies, towers & cupolas and there are wonderful views over the lake and the city from the upper terrace.

Lake Palace (Jag Niwas)
The largest palace complex of Rajasthan. It is a completely white structure standing majestically on a hill surrounded by crenellated walls.Started by Udai Singh, this enormous edifice of 30.4 meters height and 244 meters length was subsequently built upon by later rulers.

Jagdish Temple
Maharana Jagat Singh built this temple between 1628-1653 at a whopping cost of Rs 1.5 million. Udaipur temple tour will take your to Jagdish temple, the famous temple of Udaipur, dedicated to Lord Jagannath, is at a great height and can be approached by a long flight of stairs.

The entrance to the temple is flanked by two massive stone elephants. The temple has a pyramidal spire (shikar), a vestible (mandap) and a porch. The spire is about 79ft high and is decorated with friezes of dancers, musicians, elephants and horsemen.

The temple is a three storeyed structure and has 50 pillars each in the first and second storeys and is one of the largest and popular Vishnu temples in Northern India.

Sahelion ki Bari
Saheliyon ki Bari lies just beneath the Fateh Sagar Lake. Maharana Sangram Singh II designed this garden in the early 18th century purely as a pleasure garden and a summer palace for the 48 young maids that formed a part of the prince’s dowry.

Inside the garden is a reservoir surrounded by four black marbled cenotaphs in its four corners and one white marbled one in the centre. The terraces of these cenotaphs have water fountains shaped like birds from whose beaks water gushes out in thin sprays like the singing rain – producing a wonderful sight.

The Maharanas entertained themselves around the four ornamental pools and the five fountains. These fountains were imported from England in 1889. Maharana Bhopal Singh specially was very fond of this place and built a rain fountain, so that it looked like rain dancing on the dancing maids.

Fateh Sagar
Fateh Sager Lake is one of the most romantic vicinity for young lovers, it is situated in the north of Lake Nicholas. It is the most peaceful and relaxing place to spend leisures for much of the travellers and Udaipur localities.