Jodhpur is a city in the Thar Desert of the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan. Its 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort is a former palace that’s now a museum, displaying weapons, paintings and elaborate royal palanquins (sedan chairs). Set on on a rocky outcrop, the fort overlooks the walled city, where many buildings are painted the city’s iconic shade of blue.
Quick Facts
How to Explore:
1) Transport
For Roaming, we can book cab or rent bike. There are more bike rental services near railway station or clock tower. For Scooty , they charge around 500 rupees 2) Itinerary
Day 1 : Places to visit(Start by 8 am or 9 am)
- Umaiah pawan palace
- Jodhpur Fort(Meghrangarh fort) - 120 rupees for museum, 1 and half hour
- Blue city view from fort
- Step well.square
- Jashwanth thada - 30 rupees
- Raw jodha desert rock park
- Mandor Garden
- Bal samand lake
Day 2: start by 9 am
- Kayalana Lake
- Machia Biological Park
- (Or)
- desert camp at jodhpur
- Village life Bishnoi(Jeep safari, camel safari)
3) Stay
Some of the place where we can search for stay
- Clock tower
- near railway station
- Zostel or Mustache, if you are solo or wanted to stay in budget friendly hostel
- Desert camp(Oasis safari camp)
4) Food:
Some of the good places to have food
- near clock tower
- clock tower omlete stall
- On the rocks(high budget restaurant) -
- Kesar ice cream at umaiah pawan palace
- Janta sweet home
5) Some Itineraries to cover
6) Some useful contacts
Please note that all below contacts are not promotion. These all I have collected before and during my trip. Some of them I have personally used too. Please do your own research before booking from these
- Bike Rental service - Jodhpur Travels(near railway station)
Contact No: 09413256213
Google Maps:https://goo.gl/maps/ierFc7oiRRrq94BK8
Emergency Contacts
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7) Personal tips:
- Create a google sheet to track your budget and actual expenses . It can also be shared with all people with whom you are traveling.
- Create the travel checklist in google sheet not to forget the things required
- Plan to visit as early as possible to avoid crowds.
- Check local holidays of Agra (Because you may not find much restaurant or travels opened for ex: Holi or Diwali)
- Try to keep enough buffer between one travel to another travel just to avoiding missing bus,train or flight
- Note down all emergency number in shared google sheet
- Create whatsapp group and keep add all important docs, itinerary planning sheet, emergency contact
- Bargain as much as you can, especially when you buy anything
Emergency Contacts
- Police- 100 , 0141-2619725
- Ambulance -108/102
- Fire -101
- Helpline Link -https://indianhelpline.com/RAJASTHAN/
- Woman helpline -1090 , 1091
- Child Helpline -1098
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