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Panna Meena ka Kund

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

A 16th-century stepwell beside Amber whose criss-cross symmetrical stairs make an Escher drawing in amber stone.

Why visit: The prettiest small stepwell in Rajasthan, two minutes from Amber Fort.

Things to do

›Zigzag stair geometry
›Amber village walk
›Anokhi museum nearby

Photography

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

Free

Duration

30 min

Nearby attractions

Within

0.5 km

📍 Fort

4.7

Amber Fort

Jaipur, Rajasthan

A honey-hued bastion cascading down the Aravalli ridge above Maota Lake — ramparts, cupolas and courtyards leading to the dazzling Sheesh Mahal, whose thousands of mirrors turn a single candle into a galaxy. Jaipur's crowning Rajput-Mughal masterpiece and part of Rajasthan's UNESCO hill forts.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

0.9 km

📍 Fort

4.5

Jaigarh Fort

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The 'victory fort' guarding Amber's treasure — home of Jaivana, the world's largest wheeled cannon, and ramparts that never fell.

Oct–Mar2 hrsExplore

4 km

📍 Palace

4.4

Jal Mahal

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The 'water palace' floating four storeys deep in Man Sagar lake — a Rajput-Mughal jewel best seen from the promenade at dawn.

Oct–Mar (dawn/dusk)30 min – 1 hrExplore

6.9 km

📍 Fort

4.5

Nahargarh Fort

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The 'tiger fort' crouched on the Aravalli ridge above Jaipur — Madhavendra Bhawan's nine identical queen-suites and the city's best sunset wall.

Oct–Mar (sunset)2–3 hrsExplore

7.7 km

📍 Palace

4.6

City Palace Jaipur

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The living seat of the Jaipur royals — courtyards of the four seasons' gates, the peacock doorway, and the world's largest silver urns.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

7.8 km

📍 Heritage

4.5

Jantar Mantar Jaipur

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Sawai Jai Singh II's UNESCO observatory of 19 monumental instruments — including the world's largest sundial, accurate to two seconds.

Oct–Mar (midday for shadows)1–2 hrsExplore

7.8 km

📍 Palace

4.6

Hawa Mahal

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The 'Palace of Winds' — a five-storey pink honeycomb of 953 jharokha windows built in 1799 so royal ladies could watch the street unseen.

Oct–Mar (morning light)1–2 hrsExplore

8.2 km

📍 Temple

4.4

Galtaji Monkey Temple

Jaipur, Rajasthan

A temple-filled Aravalli ravine where sacred kunds cascade down seven levels — langurs and macaques rule the ghats of the 'Galwar Bagh'.

Oct–Mar; Makar Sankranti snan2 hrsExplore

9.3 km

📍 Museum

4.4

Albert Hall Museum

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Rajasthan's oldest museum (1887) in a floodlit Indo-Saracenic palace — an Egyptian mummy, miniature schools and thousands of pigeons by day.

Oct–Mar (night façade)1–2 hrsExplore

9.5 km

📍 Garden

4.2

Sisodia Rani ka Bagh

Jaipur, Rajasthan

A terraced Mughal-style garden of 1728 gifted to a Sisodia queen — Krishna-lila murals, fountains and pavilions stepping down the hills.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore

11.5 km

📍 Temple

4.4

Birla Mandir Jaipur

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The Lakshmi Narayan temple in gleaming white marble at Moti Dungri's foot — stained glass of the gods and a glowing evening presence.

Oct–Mar (evening aarti)1 hrExplore

14.1 km

📍 Temple

4.4

Akshardham Temple Jaipur

Jaipur, Rajasthan

The Swaminarayan mandir at Vaishali Nagar — carved sandstone, manicured lawns and a glowing evening murti darshan.

Year-round (evenings)1 hrExplore