Getting Around Jaipur

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Jaipur is now very well connected with almost all Indian cities and some foreign countries as it is now Jaipur International Airport. The Airport is brand new with all international facilities fit for international landings. Soon, it will have many flights for foreign destinations. At the moment it is 100 times better than our Kolkata international airport, with much facilities.

It took us about 2.25 hrs from Kolkata to Jaipur by IndiGoair. The advantage of traveling by air is that you reach early and you can also take beautiful Arial pictures , like I took , of Jaipur. Other wise , we never know how beautiful is the city.

Sindhi camp is the place to take buses to go to other cities and towns that are away from Jaipur. Buses ply regularly to cities such as Udaipur, Sikar, Bikaner etc.
There are air conditioned and non ac buses, Volvo buses and sleeper buses available.

There are many private buses plying from Jaipur to the nearby towns such as Sanganer, Amber/Amer etc.. These are cheap.
The bus from badi chowpat/ hawa mahal area to Amer fort takes about an hour and fifteen minutes and costs Rs.7/person one way, it stops right outside the Amber fort. It also makes stops outside Jal mahal. This is a cheap way to see Amer fort. Autos cost around 300 while taxis would cost you around 1500 plus per day.

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All the flights out from Jaipur to Mumbai/Goa were fully booked this day, so I couldn't use my standby tickets on Jet Airways. Instead I had to buy fully priced tickets with Spice Jet. 212 passengers were packed in a Boeing 737-900. But traveling on a low-price-airline you have to accept some narrowness. Ad-hoc price from Jaipur to Goa via Ahmedabad one way was 9500 rupies.

Jaipur airport is a new and clean airport.

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The main road between Agra-Fathepur-Jaipur is a toll road with 2 lanes in each direction. There are two toll booth where you have to pay between the cities. One pass was 50 rupies if I remember correct.

GPS coordinates:
27° 20' 14.9300" N 77° 44' 14.1900" E

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Bicycle rickshaws, or Pedicabs as somebody call it, are very common in Jaipur. There are more pedicabs in the streets here than any other cities I have seen in India. It makes less airpollution, but the traffic is slower. I noticed that the bicycles were adjusted on the highest gear, making it harder to start and almost impossible to drive up hills. (Downtown Jaipur is flat). Does the bicycle have only one gear?

ROAD
A National Highway links Delhi to Mumbai-passing through Jaipur, and the Bikaner - Agra highway passes also through the Jaipur district

TRAIN
Jaipur is connected to most important cities in India.
It has direct trains to cities like Agra, Delhi, Mumbai, Howrah (Kolkata), Hyderabad, Chennai, Mysore, Bangalore, Lucknow, Kanpur, and Patna . In Rajasthan- direct trains to Ajmer, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Udaipur.

It is also possible to fly to Jaipur.

Dear Star
There are two ways if you travelling on budget than there are buses from govt. Depot of Roadways every 15 Minutes and if you are a group and want more comfort than a cab will be perfect.

The highways run from Jaipur to Ajmer is 125Km and average time to reach here is 2.5 Hrs to 3 Hrs.