Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh · 10 days
Holi, in Rajasthan
Ten days built around one afternoon — the colours, thrown with a family rather than at a party.
The journey
There is one date this runs on and it moves with the moon, usually in March. The rest of the journey is arranged around it: Shekhawati and its painted houses first, then Pushkar, Jaipur, and Holi itself spent at an Indian family's house rather than at a hotel event. Afterwards it is Kalakho, the stepwell at Abhaneri, and Agra. Book it early; the towns fill.
Route
- Delhi
- Alsisar
- Pushkar
- Jaipur
- Kalakho
- Abhaneri
- Agra
What stays with you
- 01Alsisar in Shekhawati, and the frescoed havelis around it
- 02The village school, and the welcome the first evening
- 03Pushkar and its lake, which is a pilgrimage town rather than a sight
- 04Holi with a family — the colours, the food after, and none of the staging
- 05Chand Baori at Abhaneri, thirteen storeys of steps going down
- 06The Taj Mahal and the Red Fort at Agra at the end
Day by day
A shape rather than a timetable. Days move, and most people move one or two of them.
1 – 2
Into Delhi, and out to Alsisar in Shekhawati the same day.
3
The village, the school, and the painted houses.
4
South to Pushkar, and the temples around the lake.
5
On to Jaipur. Amber, the Hawa Mahal, the City Palace, Jantar Mantar.
6
Holi, with an Indian family, for as long as it lasts.
7
Out to Kalakho — the village, the temple, and a cooking lesson.
8
Chand Baori at Abhaneri, then Agra. The Taj and the Red Fort.
9
Back to Delhi, and the old city in the afternoon.
10
Out of Delhi.
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Rajasthan & the north