QUICK TOUR OF ALWAR (FROM DELHI)

At a distance of 3.5 km from Alwar Jn Railway Station, City Palace is situated in the foothills of Aravalli, right below Bala Quila in Alwar.

The City Palace was built by Raja Bakhtayar Singh in the year 1793. The building is a perfect blend of Mughal and Rajput architecture. The architecture of the city palace consists of marble pavilions with lotus shaped designs in the large central courtyard. An elevated door shaped pavilion is built within the Vinay Vilas Mahal, which depicts the pride and honor of Rajput kingdoms.

This palace is a two storey building which is now taken up by Government for different offices on the ground floor and the Alwar Government Museum on the floor above. On display in the museum are some ancient Mughal and Rajput painting dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum has a rich collection of some rare and antique Persian, Arabic, Urdu and Sanskrit manuscripts. Amongst these manuscripts, the most prominent ones include Bostan, Waqiat-e-Babri .....

At a distance of 10.5 km from Alwar Jn Railway Station, Bala Quila also known as Alwar Fort is an ancient fort situated in Alwar town of Rajasthan. Situated on a hill in the Aravalli Range, it is one of the famous places of heritage in Rajasthan, and among the must include places in Alwar holiday packages.

Bala Quila meaning the young fort, and is the oldest structure in the entire town of Alwar. It was built by Hasan Khan Mewati in 1550 AD. In the following centuries, it went into the hands of Mughals, Marathas, Jats, and Kachwaha Rajputs. Babur, the Mughal emperor had spent a night here and also taken away a sizeable amount of treasure to gift his son Humayun. Later Jahangir stayed there for some time when he was banished by his father, Akbar for planning to kill one of his courtesans Abul Fazal. The place where he stayed came to be called Salim Mahal. In 1775 AD, Kachwaha Rajput .....

At a distance of 16 km from Alwar Junction Railway Station, Siliserh Lake and Palace is situated on Alwar - Sariska road. Siliserh Lake Palace was built by Maharaja Vinay Singh of Alwar in 1845 for her beloved wife Sila. The lake and reservoir created by Maharaja was the main source of water for the city of Alwar.

The beautiful Siliserh Lake near the Palace stretches over an area of 10.5 square kilometers and forms the backdrop of Siliserh Palace, which has presently been converted into a heritage hotel. The Siliserh Lake has a number of domed cenotaphs and it is circumscribed by the magnificent slopes of the Aravalli range. Two earthen dams have been constructed in order to collect the waters of a small tributary of River Ruparel in the Lake.

The location of Siliserh Lake is picturesque and it is home to a large number of migratory birds. The serene lake is visited by large number of tourists for boating, sailing and fishing. There are different kinds of boats available here. .....

At a distance of 36 km from Alwar, 111 km from Jaipur & 195 km from New Delhi, Sariska Tiger Reserve is a popular national park and wildlife refuge located at Sariska in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. It is one of the best national parks near Delhi, among the popular Alwar places to visit.

Sariska Tiger Reserve is one of the prominent national parks in India. Formerly a hunting ground of the Maharaja of Alwar, the park was declared as a wildlife reserve in 1955 and then a Tiger Reserve in 1978 under Project Tiger. Sariska is among the 28 Tiger reserves in the country and it is spread across an area of 850 sq. km with a core area of approximately 500 sq. km. Sariska has a varied topography that includes grasslands, dry deciduous forests, cliffs, and rocky landscapes. The Aravalli .....