Amber Fort is where the Maharajahs lived before the built Jaipur Palace. It is a 16C and 17C construction. Cars can get up to the fort but coaches cannot and the main attraction for many tourists seems to be taking and elephant ride up. Needless to say with my allergies we went up in the car.
The fort has some very sopphisticated bath ,hamman and jacuzzi (steam bubbled into the water) systems for the Queens. The summer rooms at the top also had advanced cooling systems with pipes able to constantly drip water to form a cooling curtain. Think of european palces of the time and they are way behind. The palace also has the largest mirror room after Versaille although the mirroring is very ornamental and mosaic-like. The crystal came from Belgium in the 17C.
The are some very beautiful gardens one Persian and one Indian which looks not unlike a Tudor knot garden.
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