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Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Rajasthan
Every real hotel we book in Rajasthan — heritage palaces, boutique retreats, and five-star privacy, chosen in person.
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Taj Lake Palace
★★★★★
Taj Lake Palace was built in 1746 as a royal summer retreat. It covers a four-acre island in Lake Pichola. There is no road to it. Guests arrive by the hotel's own boat, and that short crossing sets the tone for everything after. The palace is carved from white marble and seems to float. Courtyards open into lily ponds. Corridors are inlaid with coloured glass and mirrorwork. From the water, the building reads as a single unbroken line, which is why it turns up in so many films. Every room looks at water. Some face the City Palace on the eastern shore. Others look west to the Aravalli hills and the Monsoon Palace on the ridge. The grand suites keep their original cusped arches and painted ceilings. Dining runs from Neel Kamal, which serves Rajasthani and Mewari dishes, to Jharokha on the terrace. Bhairo sits on the upper level and opens only for dinner. A private boat can be laid for a table of two on the lake itself. The Jiva Spa occupies a restored royal barge moored alongside. Treatments follow Indian wellness traditions. Udaipur's ghats, temples and the City Palace complex are all a few minutes away by launch.
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Jagat Niwas Palace
★★★★☆
Jagat Niwas Palace sits directly on Lake Pichola, on the old Lal Ghat waterfront. The building is a 17th-century haveli, converted room by room rather than gutted. The stonework, the arches and the window seats are original. What you are paying for here is the water. The lake starts at the foot of the wall. The Taj Lake Palace floats a few hundred metres out, the City Palace rises to the left, and the Aravalli hills close the view behind. Lake-facing rooms look straight into all of it. Rooms are reached through narrow whitewashed passages and small courtyards. Cusped arch windows, carved niches and low seating alcoves come with the building. Sizes vary, because a 17th-century haveli was never built to a standard plan. The rooftop restaurant is the property's best-known room. It serves Rajasthani and Indian dishes over the lake, and it stays busy at sunset for good reason. Everything in old Udaipur is walkable from the gate. Jagdish Temple is minutes away on foot, the City Palace complex a little further, and the ghats run in both directions along the shore.
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