Royal Rajasthan Heritage Circuit

Rajasthan in a week: from Jaipur's pink sandstone to Jaisalmer's golden fort rising from the Thar Desert. This circuit covers the essential triangle — Jaipur (Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal, the textile bazaars of Johari), Jodhpur (Mehrangarh Fort looming 120m above the blue city, the clock tower spice market), and Jaisalmer (the living fort where 3,000 people still reside inside 850-year-old walls, the sand dunes of Sam where camels take you into the desert for a sunset that turns the sky the colour of turmeric). Between the cities: the highway dhabas where dal baati churma is served on steel thalis and the chai is brewed with enough cardamom to wake the dead. Rajasthan is not subtle. That's the point.