Holiday at the gorgeous fort city of Gwalior. Pick up the chanderi sari you always wished for. Enjoy the Tansen Music Festival at this modern tourist destination of India.

Welcome to the cradle of great Indian dynasties - Gwalior. The city derives its name from the hermit sage 'Gwalipa' who according to a legend cured the chieftain Suraj Sen of a deadly disease in 8 A.D. Your holiday will reveal a unique fusion of timeless, priceless structures of yester years coupled with architecturally modern education centers training students for a better and brighter tomorrow. Visit the almost invincible 15th century Gwalior fort with the glorious past. You may even fix a date with history at sundown. Get a glimpse into the golden past of the Gwalior fort with the sound and light show at the Man Mandir Palace. You may visit the tombs of the great musician Tansen and Ghous Mohammed or the memorials of freedom fighters Tatya Tope and Rani of Jhansi.

Gwalior has it all and more. The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management, Scindia School and Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education are examples of the modern day scholarly tourist attractions of the city. Do pick up the chanderi sari you always wished for. Enjoy the Tansen Music Festival with magical musicians from across India. Get those golden memories to be yours forever after your Jatak Travels at the glorious Gwalior.

Places to see

The glorious Gwalior is dotted with places or tourist interest in and around it. There are the numerable historical monuments and educational institutes those Gwalior boats of.

From Gwalior you may move ahead to other places of interest. Shivpuri is one such place around Gwalior. On the Agra-Bombay road Shivpuri offers the Madhav National Park. In the forests of Shivpuri Madhav Park you may see flora and fauna from tigers to paradise flycatchers. The chhatris or the memorials of the former rulers are the other tourist attractions in Shivpuri that you must see. The old world charm of Shivpuri cannot only be seen but also be felt in the majestic palaces and the hunting lodges of the Scindias.

Then there is the medieval town of Chanderi that lies around Gwalior.

The claim to fame of Chanderi is the special style of sari weaving. You can see the beautiful structures executed in the Bundelkhandi style and feast your eyes in Chanderi.

Orchha is another place worth seeing around Gwalior. The palaces and the temples top the list of places of tourist attraction in Orccha. The Orchha fort complex has the Jahangir Mahal, Raj Mahal and Rai Perveen Mahal. The Raja Ram Temple, Chaturbhuj temple and Laxminarayan temple are other places you must see in Orccha.

Make your holidays at Gwalior more enjoyable by seeing these nearby places. These places not only enhance tourism potential in Gwalior but also are worth seeing holiday spots themselves.