Chokhelao Garden and Terrace Restaurant, Mehrangarh Fort, Sodagaran Mohalla, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342006, India
Visit the Chokhelao garden which sits at the foot of the Mehrangarh Fort. This over two hundred year old garden has recently been restored, complete with the scents, sounds and textures of a garden of eighteenth century Marwar.
The garden today, as in the past, is truly a celebration of nature as it captures the changing colours of the seasons in the upper terrace of flower beds. It is equally magical for night viewing when the Mehtab Bagh or moonlight garden laid out in the lower terrace comes alive with the white flowers of chandni (Tabernaemontana coronaria) and the sweet smelling kamini (Maurya exotia). While paintings capture the activities in the garden in the form of music and dance performances in pavilions and terraces within the garden, romantic interludes in the shade of trees of the orchard area, holding durbans on platform under colourful awnings, the garden today houses a restaurant in the upper
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mehrangarh Fort, Fort Rd., Jodhpur 342006 India
Mehrangarh Fort stands a hundred feet in splendour on a perpendicular cliff, four hundred feet above the sky line of Jodhpur. Burnished red sand stone, imposing, invincible and yet with a strange haunting beauty that beckons . Much has been written about the Citadel of the Sun, for truly, it is one of the most impressive in all Rajasthan. So colossal are its proportions that Rudyard Kipling called it “ the work of giants”. Today, it is acknowledged as one of the best preserved fort in India.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Pachetia Hill, Sodagaran Mohalla, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342001, India
This place is situated on the highest hill of Jodhpur which is reached through narrow paths. There is painting on every wall here. These blue coloured walls keep the existence of Jodhpur
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
Stop At: Toorji Ka Jhalra (Toorji’s Step Well), Sutharo ka Bas Road Gulab Sagar Makrana Mohalla, Jodhpur 342001 India
Toorji’s Step Well – was built in the 1740s by Maharaja Abhaya Singh’s Queen. Submerged for nearly a century, its recent drainage, clean-up and restoration has uncovered over two hundred feet of hand carved treasure in Jodhpur’s famous Rose-Red Sand-Stone; intricate carvings of dancing elephants, medieval lion and cow water-spouts, and niches housing deities long gone. Your stay in Jodhpur would be incomplete without a visit to this wondrous monumen
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kunj Bihari Temple, Jodhpur India
Temple
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ghanta Ghar, Nai Sarak, Ghantaghar Market, Jodhpur 342001 India
The clock tower is a popular landmark in the old city. The vibrant Sardar Market is close to the tower, and narrow alleys lead from here to a bazaar selling vegetables, spices, Indian sweets, textiles, silver and handicrafts. It is a great place to ramble around at leisure.