Last updated: October 2026 · Method: compiled from public listings, operator pages and traveller reports; treat all figures as planning aids, not quotations.
📄 Image slot — the floodlit fort walls rising over dark rooftops at night.
By night the fort becomes a lit silhouette over a dark town, and the shooting problem changes completely from the golden-hour version.
Frames that work
- From below: the classic upward shots come from the Gopa Chowk side; a tripod earns its place on the quiet pavement.
- From the rooftops: many haveli hotels keep their terraces open at night for guests; the long-lens compression of lanes and lit walls is the reward.
- Exposure logic: the fort lighting is warm tungsten against a dark sky, bracket your shots, and keep the sky just short of black for depth.
Etiquette: the lanes below are people’s bedrooms; photograph the walls, not the windows, and skip the drone entirely, the drone-rules logic applies here even more tightly.