A trip to Rajasthan’s oldest living fortified city of Jaisalmer is like taking a step back in time to the days of the Arabian Nights. The first thing any visitor to the ‘Golden City’ will notice is the impressive yellow fortress woven into the top of the hill that dominates the centre of Jaisalmer. The Golden Fort, as it’s known due to the yellow sandstone used to build the fortress, still has a quarter of the city’s population living in it and is by far the highlight of a visit to this city. Within the fort are some of Jaisalmer’s most important historic and religious sites, as well as a living tapestry of what life could have looked like a thousand years ago when the city was a major stopover along the classic Asian caravan routes.