Visited the fort which sits on a 130m/400ft rock outcropping above the blue-painted city.
The entrance fee (Rs250/$6.25) includes a great electronic audio guide which has just the right amount of info!
Very interesting, and well worth the visit!
Not much else to see here; the marketplace is so-so.
There is a living maharaja’s palace visible on a hill opposite the fort (i.e. south of the city), and the grounds/outer building are supposed to be nice, but I didn’t feel like trucking over there.
Interesting note: travellers coming from North India say Jodhpur is the cleanest city so far; we travellers coming from South India think Jodhpur is the dirtiest city so far! Yes, I like South India more!
Photos: Fort viewed from city; part of fort up close; blue city viewed from fort; clock tower in marketplace
I met up here with Nicole from Quebec (she had met up here recently with her daughter, who is travelling separately in India, for a wedding; her daughter got sick enough to go to the hospital but recovered); she’ll be going to Bikaner for the camel safari and nearby famous rat temple with me.