AUDIO GUIDE FOR JAIPUR CITY WALK by HopOn India Product Code 152570P7

AUDIO GUIDE FOR JAIPUR CITY WALK by HopOn India Product Code 152570P7

This is a very unique experience of the old city of Jaipur and its marketplace, through the HopOn India App Audio guide. It is a do-it-yourself guide

The most special features of this experience are : 1. The App opens up new places and new stories for you in the same old cities 2. Each walk is crafted like a masterpiece to offer an immersive experience to the traveller with the correct mix of history, culture, myth, food , through professional narration, with background scores of music, qawalli or sound affects, here and there 3. There is no need for you to depend on a guide - the traveller can take the walk anytime as per will, at his/ her own pace 4. The content is developed by domain experts 5.You pay once for three months and need not pay the guide repeatedly.

We are going to walk you down the streets of Jaipur, in the bustling part of Old Jaipur. And our walk will focus on food, traditional crafts, architecture etc.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Tripolia Bazar Street, Jaipur India

Tripolia Bazaar is one of Jaipur’s famous landmarks. Some

scenes in John Madden’s 2011 comedy film ‘The Best Exotic

Marigold Hotel’ were shot here. The Bazaar is famous for its

brass, steel, lead, tin and copper utensils.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Pachouli, Tripolia Bazar D- 57 First floor, MGD Market, Jaipur 302002 India

The shop sells Indo-

Western garments. They also sell fabric that is printed with

hand-blocks. Hand-block is an old art form and a Jaipur

speciality. It uses blocks of various designs to emboss beautiful

prints on cloth.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Jantar Mantar - Jaipur, Tripoliya Bazaar near entrance to City Palace, Jaipur 302020 India

The Jantar Mantar is a collection of 19 architectural

astronomical instruments built by Jai Singh II. It features the

world's largest stone sundial and is a UNESCO World Heritage

site.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: City Palace of Jaipur, Tripolia Bazar Near Jantar Mantar, Jaipur 3023002 India

left. It is a

delightful confluence of Hindu, European and Islamic

influences. This is the famous City Palace of Jaipur and once

the seat of royal power. It is the residence of the former royals

of Jaipur.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Hawa Mahal - Palace of Wind, Hawa Mahal Tripolia Bazaar Road Badi Choupad, J.D.A. Market, Pink City, Jaipur 302002 India

Jaipur’s most iconic structures. . It is an amazing sight of a sprawling red structure.. This was built in 1799 by the poet king Sawai Pratap Singh. The monument showcases an excellent blend of Hindu Rajput architecture with that of Islamic Mughal. The fluted pillars and floral design represent Hindu architectural traditions.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Rana Saree Emporium, 202,203,204/14, Johari Bazar, Jaipur 302003 India

This 150-year-old store is now being run by the sixth generation of the same family. The store has a breath-taking range of sarees, fabrics and Rajputi poshak - a traditional dress worn by the women of the Rajput community. The fabric is mostly bandhej, which is a form of the famous tie-and-dye technique.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Laxmi Mishthan Bhandar, Lankapuri Bus No, 16, Station Rd, Bajrang Colony, Shri Ram Colony, Sindhi Camp, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302016, India

A trip to Jaipur is incomplete without a visit to LMB. And not without reason. The food has to be tried out to be believed! If you are hungry, have the special thali here. Thali is literally a large plate but colloquially in Indian cuisine refers to a meal of multiple dishes.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Johri Bazaar, Johari Bazaar Road, Jaipur 302001 India

Johari Bazaar, as I mentioned earlier, is a locality for jewellers. The shops here deal with jewellery made out of gold, silver, diamond and other precious and semi-precious stones. Some of the jewellers are known for their specific workmanship. One such traditional method of gemstone carving is Kundan, dating back to the Mughal period.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Bapu Bazar, Bapu Bazaar Road, Jaipur 302001 India

Named after Mahatma Gandhi, lovingly called Bapu which means Father, this road is a shopper’s delight. You will get everything that Jaipur is famous for in this small lane - from bandhej and hand block fabrics to apparels, the famous quilts of Jaipur, artefacts, jewellery and accessories, bangles made of lac, idols made of marble and a lot more.

Duration: 5 minutes