Deeg Bharatpur

... ; hour from Bharatpur by bus. So we decided to spend the afternoon exploring. Getting there easy, Bharatpur bus station, crowded bus bounced along, arrived Deeg. Arriving Deeg it appeared its somewhat off the tourist trail, given the interest our arrival ...

... bird! - if at times a little demanding (especially when it came to his tip...). From Bharatpur we took a day trip on the bus to nearby Deeg Palace which was a fantastic place.  The enormous palce sits towering incongruously above the tiny ...

... off to Bharatpur and the brothers. To explain to everyone other than Claire and Bill: the brothers run a guesthouse in Bharatpur where they stayed on their trip over here. Eventually got there, dumped bag, had the first of many curries ...

... of the roofs which had over 200 different stoppered holes enabling all the palaces fountains to be manually controlled. Due to the drought Bharatpur was very quite but the next stop Jaipur, is firmly on the tourist ...

... 1733 AD, it was once an impregnable well fortified city, carved out of the region formerly known as Mewat. The trio of Bharatpur, Deeg and Dholpur has played an important part in the history of Rajasthan. The place was named as Bharatpur after the name ...