Jodhpur announces itself from miles away: Mehrangarh Fort, one of India's most impressive hilltop fortresses, standing four hundred feet above a city painted a hundred shades of blue. The Rathore dynasty built to intimidate, and five centuries later it still works.
Below the ramparts, the old city hums — spice markets around the clock tower, hidden stepwells✦stepwellsA well dug as inverted architecture — flights of steps descending storeys to the water table, doubling as cool gathering places. Rajasthan and…Read in the glossary ↗, artisan workshops in lanes barely wider than their doorways. Jodhpur is Rajasthan with its sleeves rolled up.
Signature Experiences
- ◆Mehrangarh Fort and its museum collections
- ◆Blue City heritage walk
- ◆Jaswant Thada marble memorial
- ◆Traditional market exploration
Optional, By Arrangement
- ◆Zipline across Mehrangarh's ramparts
- ◆Bishnoi village visit
- ◆Marwari cooking class
- ◆Evening folk music performance
Where We Place Our Guests
- Umaid Bhawan Palace
- RAAS Jodhpur
The Table
- Traditional Marwari lunch
- Heritage rooftop dinner
- Royal Rajasthani thali
Curator's Advisory
Combine Mehrangarh's grandeur, the bazaars' vibrancy and the Blue City's winding streets — and take the fort early, before the light hardens.
Journeys Through Jodhpur
