Jaipur Retold walking tour is a passion project of Arv, a visual storyteller who recounts the stories & pictures of Jaipur on his blog Jaipurthrumylens.com. Jaipurthrumylens is an award-winning and one of its kind blog on Jaipur. It was awarded the best photography blog at the Bloggers Bash Awards in June 2019 in London.
A Personal Mission, Not Just a Tour
Jaipur Retold was born from a simple desire: to preserve and share the city’s living history. This isn’t your typical Jaipur heritage walking tour led by a knowledgeable guide. Arv is a storyteller and history enthusiast who has spent years cultivating deep relationships throughout the heritage quarters. For him, these walks aren’t transactions—they’re a personal mission to ensure the Pink City’s true soul endures beyond the tourist crowds. Jaipur Retold walking tours bring to life forgotten stories, facts, and anecdotes of the city. Drawing from years of extensive exploration, Arv has been leading heritage walks in Jaipur for nearly a decade. His tours have been chosen by prestigious institutions including IIT Kharagpur, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
With refined sensibilities and a lifetime of local insight, Arv shares the city’s legacy with uncommon grace. Joining him on a walking tour is a rare privilege—a chance to experience Jaipur with someone deeply woven into its fabric. He knows where the morning light falls most beautifully in the Old City, which family still practices 300 year old metalwork traditions, and which hidden lanes lead to architectural gems no map will reveal.
Arv understands that discerning travelers value substance over spectacle, discovery over checklists. Time with him offers a departure from rehearsed tourism scripts—it’s an invitation into his world, defined by thoughtful conversation, nuanced storytelling, and a pace that honors your curiosity.
You won’t be rushed from landmark to landmark. Instead, expect the kind of authentic perspective that transforms sightseeing into genuine understanding.
“A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities. Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked” Rebecca Solnit
Jaipur Retold is an effort to bring back the joy of exploring with well-curated & researched walking tours in Jaipur. Unlike touristy walking tours listed on online platforms & aggregators, Jaipur Retold strives to provide a unique and authentic guided walking tour experience in Jaipur’s old city.
Jaipur Retold intends to assist travelers & explorers in uncovering a few of the several layers of the pink city. Being an avid traveler himself, ARV recognized the need to share his explorations in Jaipur over the last few years with travelers & explorers bringing forth the side unseen by most travelers. In a world full of touristy experiences, it is hard to find authentic ones. Jaipur Retold took shape to assist explorers and travelers in experiencing “Jaipur Differently”.
What does an authentic travel experience with Jaipur walking tour mean? Travel experts, based on many studies, concluded what constitutes an authentic travel experience? Most travelers want a connection and engagement with locals. Travelers and explorers want to learn about the customs, cultures, lifestyles, and belief systems of the locals beyond a superficial level. All these are cornerstones of the Jaipur walking tours by Jaipur Retold.
Discover the Pink City with a walk that honors its living history
