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Jaisalmer Slideshow
Top Hotels in Jaisalmer
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Gorbandh Palace Jaisalmer
78 reviews -
Dholu Maru Jaisalmer
13 reviews -
Rang Mahal Jaisalmer
80 reviews
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Hotel Jaisalgarh Jaisalmer
55 reviews -
Rawalkot Jaisalmer
68 reviews
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Mhr Himmatgarh Palace Jaisalmer
28 reviews
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Mandir Palace Itc Welcomgroup Jaisalmer
65 reviews
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Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer
141 reviews
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Heritage Inn Jaisalmer
23 reviews
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Narayan Niwas Jaisalmer
31 reviews
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Hotel Golden Haveli Jaisalmer
41 reviews
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Golden City Jaisalmer
48 reviews
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Hotel Killa Bhawan Jaisalmer
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Hotel Victoria Jaisalmer
191 reviews
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Pithla Haveli Jaisalmer
9 reviews
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Hotel Moomal Jaisalmer
14 reviews
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Hotel Jaisal Castle Jaisalmer
10 reviews
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Hotel Jaisal Palace Jaisalmer
17 reviews
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Hotel Moonlight Jaisalmer
20 reviews
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Jawahar Niwas Palace Jaisalmer
19 reviews
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Meera Mahal Jaisalmer
17 reviews
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Hotel Panihari Jaisalmer
2 reviews
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Mahadev Palace Jaisalmer
23 reviews
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The Royale Jaisalmer
96 reviews
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Hotel Paradise Jaisalmer
34 reviews
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Moti Palace Jaisalmer
2 reviews
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Hotel Priya Jaisalmer
18 reviews
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Mool Sagar Jaisalmer
4 reviews
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Ratan Palace Hotel Jaisalmer
2 reviews
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Deoki Niwas Palace Jaisalmer
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Hotel Rajmandir Jaisalmer
121 reviews
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Nachana Haveli A Heritage Hotel Jaisalmer
54 reviews
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Thar Wilderness Camp Jaisalmer
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Hotel Rajwansh Resorts Jaisalmer
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Royal Desert Safari Camp Jaisalmer
10 reviews
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Sonar Garh Fort Jaisalmer
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Garh Jaisal Haveli Hotel Jaisalmer
179 reviews
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Hotel Oasis Haveli Jaisalmer
20 reviews
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Renuka Hotel Jaisalmer
52 reviews
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Hotel Shahi Palace Jaisalmer
357 reviews
Jaisalmer
Travel Blogs from Jaisalmer, India
The Golden City
This is a top pick! ... India two days ago. Their shop is just inside the outer walls of the famous fort that occupies the hilltop. Despite Jaisalmer's remote location in the desert near the Pakistan border, it continues to be a tourist draw because of the richly carved ...
photos from Jaisalmer
This is a top pick! I'll put in the story later. For now, here's what a desert city is like... http://www.flickr.com/photos/71103764@N00/ ...
The long, hard road to Jaisalmer
This is a top pick! ... in Ahmedabad. Our plan was to catch the night train out of Ahmedabad to Jodhpur, and then another train from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer. Before I go further I must say that while the rail system can at times be frustrating and trains can often be late, ...
You want a Safari?
This is a top pick! ... seppos goodbye once again and headed for our night train. It was 10.30 at night, all the shops had packed up. I finally got to see how the Fort might have looked before tourist shops lined the lanes. Jaisalmer is a great place. I could have bought ...
Gay-dar in India
This is a top pick! ... driver's encyclopaedic knowledge of stars and songs is something unimaginable for straight men in the west; here, it's typical. Men in India will loosely hold each other's fingers for a few moments then disengage to lightly hold hands as they walk. It's ...
The Desert Fantasy and the Hill Station
This is a top pick! ... I'm Lisa the veiled lady, hidden within the shady walls of my luxurious haveli in this desert fortress town of Jaisalmer, looking out through the delicately carved sandstone window shields but remaining a mysterious figure to the masses down in the dusty ...
Sand Castle....
This is a top pick! ... pizzas which were edible. It was a shame as the hotel was in the fort ramparts and had great views from the rooftop. Jaisalmer fort looks like a giant sandcastle from a distance and has only one enterence leading to narrow alleyways of houses and small ...
Jaisalmer and the Desert Festival
This is a top pick! ... we made in Jaisalmer came through some people we befriended on the long trip from Ahmedabad to Jaisalmer. Havier and Justine, another couple travelling through India and beyond, invited us to dinner at their guesthouse. The food served there was ...
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur: queens of the desert
This is a top pick! ... kilometres of fencing, guards and parked military hardware. It's only a short drive to (or from) the Pakistani border, after all. JAISALMER Imagine a rock in the middle of the desert with a red sandstone, inhabited fortress on top of it, and a small ...
Rajasthani Roadtrip - Bikaner to Jaisalmer
This is a top pick! As you travel along the road from Bikaner to Jaisalmer, you emerge into the Great Thar Desert proper, an extraordinary landscape that stretches to the Pakistan border and beyond. Bleak, spare and handsome, it's a hungry thirsty land. It must be ...
Desert Boy - Part II
This is a top pick! Hi to one and all again, currently in the land of the rising sun enjoying the delights and craziest of Toyko. Had the most amazing time ever in China with Danny 'International man of mystery' McCrossan & John 'The Rock' Tsang, have some great tales about ...
Another fort, Mr Magoo and Raj's Revenge part ii
This is a top pick! ... walls. It's definitely in the touristy category, but beautiful nonetheless. We shopped around for a good camel safari company (as you do in Jaisalmer) and suddenly we were off at 6.30 in the morning in a jeep for an hour's drive to meet our camels. We ...
Camel Safari
This is a top pick! ... Brahmin Village which had been abandoned 80 years previously, it was quite eerie wandering around. We then got picked up and we headed back to Jaisalmer where we enjoyed cakes at the German bakery - heaven after 3 days of vegetable curry and ...
The Camel Safari
This is a top pick! ... the hot season here so it was about 46 degrees during the day but at least it is a dry heat. I instantly decide that I like Jaisalmer much more than Delhi. It is not quite as crowded and has much more of a pleasant atmosphere. We walk through the random ...
Jaisalmer Tourist...I mean, Desert Festival
This is a top pick! ... Mr Desert tour agency; awe alone doesn't pay the bills, apparently. We had two experiences in Jaisalmer which illustrate the joy and pain of travelling in India. We bought a CD of traditional Rajasthani music from this really cool guy along the main ...
The Golden(sworthy) City..
This is a top pick! ... and a beautiful palace all carved out of the same golden sandstone. It's like something out of a dream. We spent 5 days in Jaisalmer wandering around and exploring the fort and all it's nooks and crannies. We stayed in a beautiful old havelis (wealthy ...
Golden City
This is a top pick! ... ever be able to describe what we are experiencing here, this is the essence of travelling and discovering the world. India is truly amazing. We drove form Bikaner to Jaisalmer and as soon as we saw the fort, we were so stunned. It just looks like a ...
The Camel Safari
This is a top pick! ... wondering where all the tourists went. The answer was: the non-touristic route. We met at the Isha Palace Guesthouse in the Jaisalmer Fort, where I was staying. Jaisalmer was an old desert town centered arounnd the 1,000 year-old fort, all made ...
Robin Hood Meets Alice in Wonderland
This is a top pick! We were walking along a dusty Jaisalmer alley-like street when Ellen suddenly felt faint. She looked at me and said "I feel like Alice." The next thing I knew we were both sliding down a long grassy chute and wound up in wonderland. Perched on a hill ...
Sandcastle and Camel Crotch
This is a top pick! ... seen one that feirce before. (maybe we really did need that flashing Shiva on the dashboard after all!) As we got closer to Jaisalmer the terrain flattened out strikingly, in fact we could see every detail of the land upto the horizon... as flat as a ...
Camel safaris and desert madmen
This is a top pick! ... from a 3 day, 2 nights camel safari in the Great Thar Desert! I think when we last left you we were heading off to Jaisalmer - well we did. It was a beautiful place, I think possibly our favorite city yet. We met an Irish girl and her Aussie husband who ...
Our favorite place in India....Jaiselmer!
This is a top pick! ... place in India. They gave us some welcoming Chai and we sat and enjoyed the view with an Italian couple and talked about India. Sitting on the rooftop with the massive fort city in front of us, I finally felt relaxed and comfortable. It ...
On the back of a camel
This is a top pick! Dust and Deserts We arrived in the far west town of Jaisalmer hot and dusty after a long and delayed train ride. Jaisalmer is a small city for India - only 80,000 or so people, 20,000 of which live in a sandstone fort rising out of the desert, their ...
Carmel Safari
This is a top pick! Some photos of the safari - the sunset one are from a guy Nicky, on my camera I cannot control the shutter speed thus I mudded up my sunset ones. I will get Jacko to bring my SLR out to Vietnam as I was ragin'!!!!! Anyway enjoy - other wil follow when I ...
Jaisalmer
This is a top pick! ... http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14419564.300-collapse-of-the-golden-city.html http://www.jaisalmer-in-jeopardy.org/aboutjaisalmer.html Lonely Planet Guide to India, 2007. If you are interested in any of the myriad beautiful Rajasthan ...
Delhi and Rajasthan
This is a top pick! ... it's intricate carving and wide cobblestone walls. The heat of Rajasthan was beginning to take it's toll on us so we decided to move on to Jaisalmer the next day. Jaisalmer is the gold city right on the edge of the Thar desert. It's fort dominates the ...
Zachary the camel
This is a top pick! ... goodbye to the nice men we had shared the past two days with, and hopped onto the blessedly smooth jeep for the ride back to Jaisalmer. The hotel nicely let us use a room for a couple hours and fired up the burner for a wonderfully hot ...
Sand in places you wouldn't dream of!
This is a top pick! i am on the worlds slowest computer and am getting angry - cant think why the palmist described me as firey and quicktempered! india is making me more patient though - everything is slow if it arrives at all. We are in Jaislamer - it really is ...
Jaisalmer the desert city in the West
This is a top pick! ... , motorbikes, cows...oh and a new one here: camels! Got on the road early this am and drove through the desert to Jaisalmer which is spectactular. Took a detour to the 'rat temple' outside of town. It was a Hindu Temple clad in marble with hundreds ...
"Bhanged" up by a Camel: Desert Safari
This is a top pick! ... . As the pain in my ass built and built, it was clear - it was time for my secret weapon. Jaisalmer is one of a handful of cities in India where the buying and ingestion of bhang is COMPLETELY LEGAL. There is a government shop in Jaisalmer called the ...