Photo Essay: Is India's Amber Palace Your Dream Home?
It's weird looking at photos from a few months ago, before I became pregnant... I look so bite-sized tiny! But the fact remains that I have waterfalls more photos taken during our wonderful India teacher tour from earlier this year, and you shall have these pictures, even if it takes another year for me publish them all.
What we have here are the final photos from our tour of the Amer Fort, also known as the Amber Palace, right outside colorful Jaipur, India in the state of Rajasthan. When we last left off, my husband Colin, my little brother David, and the rest of the teachers on our tour had just climbed the mountain to the Amer Fort on the backs of elephants!
So the sights you see here are from the hours we spent in the vast Amber Palace (right after we found the best place in the world to do a funny Photobomb), gaping at the historic architecture dating to the year 1592 CE. Next to us were tourists from around the world. My favorite tourists, of course, are all those from India, as they are the best dressed! Saris are my favorite fashion on Earth.
So peruse these photos and ascertain: Is the Amber Palace your dream home, or do you prefer something a bit more petite? :)
The author, Lillie Marshall, is a 6-foot-tall National Board Certified Teacher of English, fitness fan, and mother of two who has been a public school educator since 2003. She launched Around the World “L” Travel and Life Blog in 2009, and over 4.2 million readers have now visited this site. Lillie also runs TeachingTraveling.com and DrawingsOf.com. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media!
Great photos. This place truly is beautiful during the sunrise and set. I love waking up early as you get to experience so much more out of the day. The early morning light and sunrises are awesome.
Nice blog post! Very cool pictures.
I'm behind on some of your posts so I only just saw this. Not sure if you watch Game of Thrones, but this totally reminds me of it (and I'm finally caught up on season 3 and watched the Red Wedding episode everybody was freaking out over months ago)! Especially of the Daenerys Targaryen story arc since she is in the more "exotic" part of that world. Throw in a couple of dragons and you're all set!
These pictures are gorgeous, loving the mountains dramatically rising in the fog in the background.
Ah! We are huge Game of Thrones fans and just watched that (intense!) episode. You're right that this castle would fit right in!
Oh Man! That's beautiful. We had it the travel wall by the time we hit Jaipur and ended up spending five days there doing nothing. We got a nice hotel and locked ourselves indoors save for going to McDonalds and the coffee shop around the corner for lattes and newspaper. It's terrible I know, but we had been in India at that time for over two months and were exhausted. Dave was extremely sick in Bikenir where we were stuck for another five days earlier after a camel safari because he was too sick to travel, so by the time we got to Jaipur, we were done.
I wish we would have mustered up some energy to go see the Amber Palace, but we didn't. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to go back.
Aw, sorry to hear that, but if there's one thing I've learned during my travel time, it's that you can't do everything, and sometimes rest is mandatory! There are far too many sights to see in India (not to mention the WORLD) to ever do them justice, so it's all good! :)
Beautiful pictures! We are thinking about going to India in December and your travel posts are making it seem even more enticing! Did you have to get any shots before you went?
Thanks! This post details the many preparations for India are in this post: https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2012/12/09/to-do-before-india-travel/ . Happy travels!
Gorgeous! I have not been to Jaipur in about 20years so it's been quite a while! Beautiful photographs, not my dream home but, definitely up there in terms of nice places to live :)
India looks so spectacular. It's a good thing you're doing it now before your baby arrives. This is one country where I think sensory overload will happen to kids and adults, and a good place to go to with older kids, or before.
You hit the nail on the head! We specifically timed our India trip to happen right before Baby World.
gorgeous! But not my dream home
The Amber Palace is absolutely breathtaking! Initially I found myself in awe of the stunning architecture of the palace which looked spectacularly dramatic against the distant mountains. Thereafter, I was lost in the extraordinary decor and detailing, which seems to coat the whole of the structure and is stunningly beautiful. I can't begin to imagine the work that must have gone into the construction of such an extraordinary structure!
The Amber Palace is beautiful! I hope I can go there some day.
I love visiting palaces and castles (actually I haven't visited too many, but I assume I would love it). I've never heard of the Amber Palace before but it looks incredible, and I would live somewhere like there, as long as I didn't have to do all the cleaning.
I loved the picture where you can see the people through the "screen" as you called it. It looked like a pro photographer took it! love it!
Thanks! After having written 700 articles and having taken over 10,000 photos, I'm improving! :)
This is so cool Ms. Marshal! I loved the impressive view down from the palace where there were gardens on the water! I wish I could have gone! You are so lucky. :)
Thanks Isabel, but don't chalk it up to "luck." Most people ARE able to travel if they plan and save. You will be, too!
I love over-the-top palaces! I'd love to visit this place.
it's so incredibly beautiful, these colors and designs. i love the closeup of the window!
I been to loads of gorgeous palaces in my travels, and have one right in my backyard in Seville...but, WOW. Beautiful pictures, L!
Wow, these photos are gooooorgeous. Love, love, love this post.
Thanks, ma'am! It's hard to take a bad photo in India.
Hi Lillie, Its good to see Amer fort's beautiful pictures. I have been there many times and I like being there every time I visit. Certainty one would like to have a beautiful dream house like Amer fort, its beauty is marvelous.