GWALIOR FORT

Bring water because when the sun is shining, the ascent to the fort can be a bit rough. There are two ways to get there: either from the northeast, which takes you to the Man Mandir, the Mansingh Palace, or from the south. It is the most frequented way. To reach the citadel, we advise you to rent a cab with which you will circulate inside because the distances to be covered are important and the auto-rickshaws are not welcome. Nevertheless, if you reserve a day to visit the fort, why not walk around it, the walk is very rural.

From the Urwahi gate, you will discover along the way many beautiful sculptures of Jain tirthankaras carved directly into the rock. At the top, on the hillside, you will find in a former British barracks the very prestigious Scindia School whose fees have nothing to envy to those of our big schools. The teachers are almost as numerous as the students come from all over the world.

You are now behind the walls, in the heart of the medieval city, on a plateau 3.2 km long and 820 m wide which contains six palaces, three Hindu temples, a Sikh temple (gurdwara) and several water reservoirs.

The Rs 400 entrance ticket allows access to the part of the fort that includes the Jahangir Mahal and Gujari Mahal palaces, and the Jogar Kund reservoir, but you're mainly here to see the Man Mandir palace with its turquoise wall, which requires a different entrance ticket.