Udaipur Travel Guide
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Udaipur is the second of two stops on Jaipur & Udaipur 4 nights · with Jaipur · from ₹21,999 per person See it →Udaipur is the city people picture when they think of Rajasthan: white palaces on a lake, hills behind, an old town of temples and painted havelis climbing the shore. It is the gentlest of the state's big cities, a place to slow down after the forts of Jaipur and Jodhpur, and it sits at the southern end of every Rajasthan loop.
Quick facts
Founded: 1559, by Maharana Udai Singh II, as the new capital of Mewar Known as: the City of Lakes Region: Mewar, the kingdom that never submitted to the Mughals Best time: October to March; the lakes are fullest just after the monsoon Airport: Maharana Pratap Airport (UDR), about twenty-two kilometres east Rail: Udaipur City station, on lines to Jaipur, Delhi and Ahmedabad
Getting there
By air. Daily flights from Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, forty minutes from the city.
By train. Overnight from Delhi; daytime services from Jaipur through Ajmer and Chittorgarh.
By road. Jodhpur five to six hours through the hills, with Ranakpur on the way. Jaipur six to seven. Ahmedabad four. On our journeys the same private car and driver takes you the whole way.
Getting around
The old city is for walking; its lanes are steep and narrow. Auto-rickshaws cover the rest of town. A car for the day reaches Sajjangarh, Eklingji, Shilpgram and the hills, and a boat from the City Palace jetty is the only way to see the city as it was built to be seen.
How many days
Two nights for the city: the palace and a boat on the first day, the old town's temples and the Monsoon Palace at sunset on the second. A third night for Kumbhalgarh and Ranakpur, or in one of the hill retreats above the city.
What to do
Things to do in Udaipur: the City Palace, the lake by boat, Jagdish Temple, the evening dance at Bagore ki Haveli, Sajjangarh at sunset, and Kumbhalgarh, Ranakpur and the villages beyond, with how long each takes.
Where to stay
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Eighteen stays: on the water, in the old city, or in the hills looking down. Boutique hotels in Udaipur, with what each is like.
Journeys through Udaipur
Jaipur & Udaipur, the ten-night Rajasthan Grand Journey and the long Golden Triangle, Pushkar, Udaipur & Goa. Or find a journey, weekend or city guide in three taps.