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India Travel Guide

When deciding which vacations India has that are the best, you will want to look at the area’s that offer you the choice to participate in activities that you are most interested in while trying something new. You will want to consider what the places of interest offer you to see as well. If you are interested in traveling all over India from one edge of the border to the other then there are a number of places you will see. However here is a list of some of the best places to sight see at.

In Rajasthan, there is the pink city known as Jaipur, this is one of the first places that people will visit when coming into Rajasthan. The General which is located in the pink city is just one of the places that is famous for people to visit as well as the city of lakes also known as Udaipur.

The city of lakes, Udaipur, is in the south of the state. Here you will want to walk around and relax a bit. You will have a number of spots available to sit at and take the whole picture in. Remember to bring the camera to allow the best pictures to be taken and return home with all the pictures to show off to the members of your family.

Known as the desert city, Bikaner is a beautiful city allowing guests to capture the beauty of the city on film to remember for later and make the visitors want to return. There are a number of reasons people want to return here. With a number of different functions and activities who wouldn’t want to return when such activities include Camel races.

Bikaner, also known as Camel Country these races are held here yearly. For an area that has been under attack numerous times, the fort is remarkably still intact and well preserved. You can tour the fort as well as all the temples and palaces that are within the walls of the fort.

When visiting Bikaner, take some time to walk around the Camel research farm. You will be able to walk around and see any number of camels, giving the children a good time learning about camels as well as allowing them the chance to get up close and personal with the camels. This will give you a few hours of time to kill before wanting to return to your local hotel.

When planning your trip make use of some of the various planning resources to create your trip easily, such as guide books, brochures and online guides such as http://www.puretravel.com/Guide/Asia/South_Asia/india which has lots of destination advice, tips, photos and ideas on what to do and where to go. This is an all-in-one tour guide to help you plan your trip easily.

Take a Walk in Chahar Bagh Avenue, Isfahan

If you travel to Iran, I’m sure you will visit Isfahan at some point. The reason is that everyone speaks so highly of this beautiful city that it has turned to be the most touristy city of Iran. Many attribute such significance to this part of Iran due to its architectural highlights. My focus is on observing life as it goes on the streets.

Chahar-Bagh Avenue

Being the longest street of Isfahan, it is extended all the way from the North to the South of the city. Around the city center, there is plenty of space for pedestrians to walk on both sides of the street as well as the middle of the avenue where benches are set along the trees and paved paths.

Chahar-Bagh traces back to Safavid time when Isfahan was the capital of Iran. It was crossing a well-to-do zone in city center close to the royal gardens. Today, tens of thousands of people walk at this street to enjoy the cooling breeze under the shade of its trees in the sunny days of Summer time.

Monuments at Chahar-Bagh Avenue

On the Northern bank of the river, the avenue goes through some old areas of the ex-capital and you see some interesting monuments some of which are still in use. You will see a park that has been part of the royal garden. In the middle of this green area, there is a stunning palace called Hasht-Behesht, meaning eight heavens. It is one the last palaces built in Safavid period on a Chahr-Taghy style.

Next to the park, there’s a roofed passageway called Bazaar-e-Honar. The people who travel to Iran or the locals, who visit Isfahan, go to this passageway to stroll and do some window-shopping even if they don’t buy anything. There are lots of gold shops with glittering displays here.

Madreseh Chahar Bagh is after this bazaar and at the corner of Amadegah Street. Religious students are still using this school as a seminary. The blue dome and tile works on the facade are grand and beautiful.

Almost half way down the street, it reaches Si-o-Seh-Pol (33-arch bridge), the longest bridge over the river called Zayandeh rud. This bridge, with its unique shape has been built to be used as both a bridge and a water dam like other bridges of Safavid era. The traffic is blocked on the bridge and it is open only for the pedestrians. The landscape of Eastern and Western part of the city is really enjoyable on this bridge.

On the Southern bank of the river, city planning changes and you see less traditional buildings. The culture is different too. More modern shopping centers can be seen and the population is less dense. All along Chahar-Bagh, you can see the people of various walks of life.

There are other interesting streets to walk at in Isfahan during your travel to Iran.

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