Hotels in Jaipur

Staying in Jaipur

The walled city, painted pink, is the grid of bazaars in the north-east of the modern town, with the City Palace, the observatory and the Hawa Mahal inside it. The newer city spreads south and west: MI Road just outside the walls is the shopping and restaurant street, and C-Scheme and Bani Park beyond it are the residential areas where many of the heritage hotels and guesthouses sit. Amer fort lies in the hills to the north, on the road out of the city. The airport is at Sanganer, on the southern edge of the city, and the road in comes up through the newer suburbs to MI Road and the walls. Jaipur Junction, the main railway station, is west of the centre, and many visitors arrive there from Delhi or Agra rather than by air. Hotels on every side of the walls are booked on AI Concierge. Inside the walls you are in the thick of it, with the bazaars at the door and the noise that comes with them. C-Scheme, Bani Park and the streets off MI Road give you the heritage houses and quieter nights, still within reach of the old city. The resort hotels on the Amer road suit a longer stay, especially for weddings, at the cost of a drive to anything else.