The Colourful Quandrangle of Rajasthan

Rajasthan is a famous tourist destination & people from various countries come here to enjoy rich Rajasthani culture, Royal palaces, sand dunes, forts, folk & food...
So you will find huge amount of pages written about Rajasthan on web.. Thats why I wont be writing much about beauty of places in Rajasthan but will just try to putforth how one can plan the trip..

Amer Palace Rajasthan

The first point of our quadrangle is Capital of Rajasthan thats Jaipur.. Its in the eastern part of Rajasthan & at a driving distance from Delhi.. If you are travelling from Mumbai there is good connectivity by trains & plane..

Jaipur being an ancient city there are many places of tourist interest amer palace & amer fort, meherangad fort, hawa mahal, jal mahal, pink city, jantar mantar, museum to name few..
You can also go on shopping spree... in rajasthan emporium.. one can look for beautiful carved articles, colourful bangels, saree, 100 gram rajai etc..

In Jaipur, Dalbati is must have.. One can plan visit to Agra from Jaipur before proceeding to next point of quadrangle i.e. Bikaner.. I advice 2 days of stay in jaipur & 3rd day if you want to visit Agra

Junagarh Fort

Second point Bikaner is around 350 Kms from jaipur, & in the northen part of Rajasthan..
One can cover Ajmer & Pushkar on the way.. In Ajmer you can visit famous dargah of Ajmer, & Pushkar hosts only temple of lord Brahma & is famous for Gulkand & Pushkar festival..
It takes around 6-7 hours to reach Bikaner from Jaipur.. Roads are in very nice condition but.. try to reach Bikaner before sunset.. This route is little deserted..

Our second point Bikaner is very famous for Bikaneri Bhujia & rasgulla.. Start your day in Bikaner with Chhotu-Motu ka rasgulla.. & then head straight to Bikaner palace & Bikaner fort.. after visiting these places.. One should visit Bharni mata temple which is around 15 kms from Bikaner.. Dont miss this one.. Besides Bharni mata temple, you can also visit camel farm.. One day is sufficient to visit interesting places in Bikaner but if you have extra day.. no harm in spending..

After visiting  Bikaner travel to the western end of Rajasthan.. thats jaisalmer.. This is perhaps the most amazing point of our quadrangle.. Golden sand.. spectacular golden jaisalmer fort. & an evening on sand dunes & then night in a tent near sand dunes collectively make jaisalmer a must visit place.. You can try ker sangri, gatta laddu here.. I wont go in much depth as I have written separate post on Jaisalmer.. One can halt at Pokhran on the way from Bikaner to jaisalmer.. I recommend at least 3 days in Jaisalmer

Jodhpur city

Now lets move on to Point no 4.. thats Jodhpur.. Jaipur is Pink city, jaisalmer is golden city & colour of Jodhpur is blue.. Again a very beautiful fort of jodhpur is must visit.. taking round in jodhpur market is also great fun.. One can eat many rajasthani delicacies in Jodhpur.. One shouldn't miss Pyaj kachori, mawa kachori, ghevar, Gajak to name few.. Distance between Jodhpur & Jaisalmer is around 300 Kms..

Now one can opt for completing the quandrangle by returning to Jaipur by travelling around 350 Kms more.. or one can travel southwards to Udaipur.. Another spectacular city in rajasthan.. or if you have ample days you can travel jodhpur - mount Abu - Udaipur..

Mount Abu is very beautiful hill station on the border of rajasthan & gujrat.. Whereas Udaipur offers places like chittodgarh, palace of maharana pratap, haldi Ghati, & many beautiful lakes..

So.. plan your trip.. winter is coming closer.. thats the best season to visit rajasthan.. Again my recommendation is to plan at least 10 -11 days to complete the quadrangle & atleast 14 days to add Udaipur also.. If possible, hiore your separate car instead of travelling by public transport....
and VVV Important point... dont forget your camera.. there are many things worth capturing..