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Hill forts and fortress towns
The great defensive architecture of the plains and the Aravallis — the largest fort in India, a fort ringed by rivers, a colossal Chandela hill fort with a shrine in the cliff, and walled towns you can still walk end to end.
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Delhi to Chittorgarh via Bijolia & Menal
Chittorgarh is the largest fort in India by area — a whole hilltop town of palaces, temples, tanks and the two towers, the Vijay Stambh and the Kirti…
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See the route → OutstationDelhi to Kumbhalgarh & Ranakpur
Kumbhalgarh is a 15th-century hill fort in the Aravallis, the birthplace of Maharana Pratap, wrapped in a continuous wall about 36 km long — often called…
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See the route → OutstationDelhi to Kalinjar Fort
Kalinjar, in the Banda district on the northern rim of the Vindhyas, is one of the great hill forts of central India — held by the Chandelas, besieged by…
Best Oct–Mar
See the route → OutstationDelhi to Bhainsrorgarh, Menal & Bijolia
Bhainsrorgarh, in Chittorgarh district, is a slender fort strung along a rock spur almost encircled by the Chambal and the Bamani river — part of it is now…
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See the route → OutstationDelhi to Chanderi
Chanderi, on the Malwa–Bundelkhand border in Madhya Pradesh, is a walled town under the hilltop Kirti Durg fort — a place of carved gates (the Khooni…
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See the route → OutstationDelhi to Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is a sandstone city in the western Thar, built around a 12th-century hill fort that is still lived in — one of the very few ‘living…
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See the route → OutstationDelhi to Bikaner
Bikaner, deep in the Thar, is a desert-fort city that most riders skip on the way to Jaisalmer.
Best Oct–Mar
See the route → OutstationDelhi to Mount Abu
Mount Abu is a granite plateau at about 1,220 m near the Rajasthan–Gujarat border — the state's only hill station and, at Guru Shikhar, the highest…
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See the route → WeekendDelhi to Abhaneri, Bhangarh & Kesroli
This is an easy weekend loop through Alwar district that packs in three offbeat stops: Chand Baori at Abhaneri, a 13-storey stepwell of about 3,500 steps and one…
Best Oct–Mar
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