Heritage Drive - Ancient Aravalis

We experience the rich heritage of Alwar, walking through almost thousand year old forts and driving beside picturesque lakes with the Hyundai Creta. Anagh Bhaskar recounts the trip

- Anagh Bhaskar

We have explored the magnificent Fatehpur Sikri and the Ranthambore National Park in our previous installments of the Heritage of India Series with Hyundai and this time around we head to Alwar, a small yet rich place when it comes to heritage and culture.

Our ride for this journey was the Hyundai Creta, and I was pretty relaxed regarding the trip, and why wouldn’t I be, the Creta is perhaps one of the best vehicles for a long journey.

Having left early in the morning, we quickly navigated NCR’s roads and got onto the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. With the onset of winters, the fog situation had become a bit treacherous, but the Creta has a neat trick up its sleeve, the Hyundai SmartSense ADAS, which can see through the gloom, and it has collision avoidance, and Lane Following and Smart Cruise Control, which adds an extra level of safety, especially in low visibility conditions.

The 170km drive to Alwar takes not more than three hours, and our first stop for the trip was the highest point in Alwar, atop the Aravali hills, the Alwar fort, also known as Bala fort.