Jaipur Day Trip from Delhi: Hawa Mahal, City Palace & Train Option

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Six Monuments in One Day: Delhi to Jaipur by Car or Train

You get picked up from your Delhi hotel or airport, travel to Jaipur by private car or express train with a local guide, and visit six major monuments — Jaigarh Fort, Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Jal Mahal, and Jantar Mantar — with skip-the-line entry and lunch included. The return transfer gets you back to Delhi the same evening, so you don't lose a full day of your trip to travel time.

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Step-by-step itinerary

Full day Jaipur sightseeing tour

Pick up from Delhi location
Drive or train to Jaipur
Meet local guide in Jaipur
Visit Jaigarh Fort and see cannon
Explore Hawa Mahal Palace of Winds
Lunch at local Jaipur restaurant
Tour City Palace museum and gardens
Stop at Jal Mahal Water Palace
Visit Jantar Mantar observatory
Drive or train back to Delhi

The Experience

The sun's already climbing when your driver arrives at your Delhi hotel or airport. You step into an air-conditioned sedan or SUV depending on your group size, and the 4-hour drive to Jaipur begins — or if you chose the train option, you're picked up at 5:00 AM for the express service that gets you there by 10:00 AM. Either way, the route is yours to settle into. Your guide meets you in Jaipur and doesn't waste time. Jaigarh Fort comes first, a hilltop fortress built in 1726 to guard Amber Fort, and inside it sits the Jaivana Cannon — the world's largest cannon on wheels. It's the kind of detail that sticks with you.

After that, the pace doesn't slow. Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds, rises in front of you in red and pink sandstone — built in 1799 so royal women could watch the street below without being seen. Your guide explains the architecture while you're standing there, and then you move on. Lunch happens at a local restaurant your guide knows, with options for every preference, and then it's the City Palace, where you walk through courtyards and gardens that still belong partly to the Maharaja of Jaipur. The museum section holds royal collections and artifacts that give you a sense of what the palace actually was, not just what it looks like from outside. By afternoon you're at Jal Mahal, the Water Palace floating in Man Sagar Lake, built in the 17th century in Rajput style — it's a good spot to breathe and take photos before the final stop.

Jantar Mantar closes out the day. It's an 18th-century astronomical observatory with the largest and best-preserved set of ancient instruments for measuring time and tracking stars. You're done sightseeing by late afternoon, and then the return journey starts. If you drove, it's a 4-hour ride back to Delhi. If you took the train, your driver drops you at Jaipur Station by 6:00 PM, and another driver meets you at Delhi Station around 11:00 PM to take you home. The whole thing is customizable — if you want to skip a stop or add something, you can arrange it after booking.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or airport pickup and drop-off anywhere in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, or Ghaziabad.
private transportation in an air-conditioned car sized to your group.
all monument entrance tickets with skip-the-line access.
lunch at a local restaurant.
a private local guide for all sightseeing.
bottled mineral water.
and all taxes, tolls, and fuel charges. If you choose the train option, round-trip express train tickets (2nd or 1st AC) and transfers between your hotel and the train stations in both cities are included.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Amin Tours

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want to see Jaipur's main landmarks in a single day without arranging transport, tickets, or timing yourself — the fixed itinerary and included guide handle all three, and the choice between car and train lets you decide how much time you want to spend traveling versus sightseeing.