Chittaurgarh's railway station is in the western corner of the city. From here it's about 2km north to the Roadways (aka "Kothwali ") bus stand on the west bank of the Ghambiri, and a further 2km east to the base of the fort.

RTDC's forlorn tourist office , where you can obtain free maps of the town (but little else), stands just north of the railway station on Station Road (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; phone01472/41089). The Head Post Office (Mon-Sat 10am-6pm) is on Shri Gurukul Road near the Pratap Palace Hotel.

Tours of the fort are most easily made by rickshaw (Rs75-100), complete with jangly pop music and silky curtains, or tonga (Rs50). However, tours tend to take in only the most famous monuments rather than the entire fort, which is 5km long and 1km wide.

The best way to see the whole thing - which takes a good three hours - is to rent a bike from the shop on the road leading west from the crossroads outside the station. The initial climb is steep, but most of the roads on the plateau itself are flat.

 

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