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Things to do in Udaipur

The “Venice of the East”, “City of Lakes” and the “White city”, having a number of nicknames Udaipur is soaked in the charm of many picturesque lakes, many scenic locations, temples, historical museums, royal palaces, festivals and many other structures.
Besides all the beautiful, environment and weather status, this desert city also has greener climate and high mountains, classy functions, safaris and shopping options which invite visitors to this romantic town. As the natural beauty merges with the historical attractions, Udaipur became the most attractive tourist spots in India and offers a number of tourism activities to do during your visit including;

Hot Air ballooning over this princely state
Hot Air ballooning is over Udaipur is a satellite view of the intricately constructed havelis, beautiful sand dunes, ancient temples, mighty fortresses, surrounding hills and everything that makes this city stands out from the rest.Hot-Air-ballooning-udaipur
Even if you have visited Udaipur multiple times and know it from the back of your hand, a balloon flight once is a must to gain a new insight to something you know so well. Shaming even the birds successfully while enjoying a panoramic vista in all its elegance, it is a great means to explore the city.

Sightseeing tour of the city
This city is popular for its old glorious culture, history and alluring scenic beauty. Famous for its lakes, Udaipur bestows on tourists some of the best sightseeing options. Lake Pichola and Lake Fateh Sagar are spectacular lakes situated in Udaipur.

Puppet Museum
Puppet Museum

City Palace, Lake Palace, Saheliyo Ki bari, Laxmi Vilas Palace and Puppet museum are must watch places in this town of Rajasthan.

Boating at Lake Pichola
This city has five major lakes which have their own distinctive charm and glory. Boating at Lake Pichola udaipurLake Pichola is one of the beautiful lakes of the city. A number of historical and beautiful places situated near this lake. The shimmering water of the lake also provides an opportunity for water sports and boating.

Visiting the amazing Rat Temple
Rat Temple or Karni Mata Temple is the temple of Mata Karni who is supposed as the incarnation of the goddess Durga by her follower’s .This one and only temple of Rats is the located on the top of the hill. This temple is worldly famous for its white rats, which are treated as sacred and given protection in the temple.

Riding on the back of horse
Horse riding is the most famous and age old way of travelling. Tourists can have village experience, landscape views and many small and bigger lakes with Marwari horseback adventure riding at Udaipur.
By a winning combination ride of this colorful and romantic city and rocky hills of the Aravalli Mountains one can have the pleasure of horseback riding.

Shopping
Presently, there are many shopping malls are situated at Udaipur having every modern branded items but the real charm of the Udaipur shopping places lies in the small shops or hawkers in the street and roadside vendors having all the traditional Rajasthani items. street shopping market udaipurHere Tourists can purchase Right from the Rajasthani dresses to stone-made mementos- a huge range of attractive things. Tourists can purchase every kind of handicrafts and folk articles from Hathi Pol market of Udaipur. Bada bazaar is famous for camel leather items, every kind of jewellery and Rajasthani fabrics. Another market Rajasthali is a complete shopping place from where tourists can purchase everything fabrics to puppets and jewellery to footwear.

Enjoy the traditional Puppet Shows at Udaipur
Puppet Shows are the best part of Udaipur and are really captivating. puppet-show-in-udaipurThese shows have certain themes, based on ancient stories showing the culture and traditional art of Rajasthan. The colourful dresses, stories, innocent faces, dancing, music and the amazing jewelry are the best part of these shows.

Camel Safari at Udaipur
The trip of Udaipur is incomplete without enjoying a ride on the camel in Udaipur desert which is famous by the name of “ship of the desert”.

Camel Safari
Camel Safari

While riding camel safari, you can also visit and enjoy the local rustic villages with decorated huts, spending nights below the twinkling stars, visiting magnificent palaces, deserted forts and ancient temples.

Dipped yourself in the Entertainment at Udaipur
Udaipur is a city of royal charm and the method of entertainment at this city is also royal. Here the entertainment doesn’t match with tune of Discos and parties like the other metropolitan cities. You can entertain yourself by listening folk music including melodious music of Morchang, Naad, Tanpura, Sarangi and many other instruments . the another way to entertain yourself is traditional dances like Bhavai, Ghoomar, Kachhi Ghodi, Kalbeliya and Terahtaali.

Attend the famous Fair and festival of Udaipur
The most important fairs and festivals that are closely associated with Udaipur are Gangaur or Mewar Festival, Teej Festival and the Shilpgram Fair. Females enhance their beauty with Colorful dresses, traditional jewelry, bangles, anklets, turban, necklace, nose and toe ring.

Taste the delicious Cuisine
Udaipue Cuisine menu includes both vegetarian and non-vegetarian specialties which people love to taste. But vegetarians usually dominate the menu as the city houses Jainism and Vaishnavism. Dal Bati Churma and Gatte-ki-Sabji are the specialties of Udaipur. Pure ghee, milk, butter and butter milk with many other spices are used to make the Cuisine more delicious.