Tourist Attractions at Alwar
Though not a bigshot like Jaipur or Udaipur, Alwar does boast of many beautiful monuments like the City Palace, Bala Quila and Moosi Maharani ki Chhatri. The Tomb of Fateh Jung (1647AD) is a local landmark, with a huge dome and internal ornamental plasterwork in low relief. There’s another one – the Tomb of Tarang Sultan (mid-17th century) – which is also known as the Tripolia. The Nehru Park is a beautiful patch of green, lined on one side by Blue Mountains. In fact, you’d be enchanted by Alwar’s Railway Station itself to begin with (if you’re coming by train). It’s an old one, made of pink sandstone, and said to be one of the neatest in the country.
Travelling a little away from the hub of the town, you could visit the Vijay Mandir and the beautiful Jaisamand Lake. In fact, many of Alwar’s beauties lie outside town, like Siliserh, Neemrana, Rajgarh, Bhangarh and Neelkanth. The Aravalli Range provides the region with many deep verdant valleys as well as bare and lifeless patches, which not only make Alwar picturesque, but also the favourite hangout for four-footed residents and feathered visitors.