Later, we climbed up the seven-storey high Isarlat and had a broad overview of the remarkably well planned Jai Singh’s city of Jaipur.

I was a little fatigued, so we went over to The Polo Bar at the opulent Rambagh Palace for a couple of cocktails. This bar is one of the finest that we have come across – it had a marble fountain in the middle and lots of polo memorabilia on the walls including the famous Tatler cartoon.

The royal sport of Polo is synonymous with Jaipur. A number of international Polo tournaments are hosted here and are enjoyed equally by the classes and masses. There have been enchanting moments shared by Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana during Jaipur Polo.

The last Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Man Singh II breathed his last while playing polo in England during the Ascot week tournaments in June 1970.

Speaking of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II... his wife, the present Rajmata (Queen-Mother) of Jaipur, Maharani Gayatri Devi was once considered one of the most beautiful women in the world by Vogue.