Jagat Palace

... on the lake it seemed to be the best place to go. Another good place to spend time was in our room in the Jagat Niwas Palace Hotel - very swanky, surprised they let us in. We looked round the city palace which is where the royal family lived until the ...

... Pichhola Lake and the smaller Swaroop Sagar Lake.   Pichhola Lake is home to the Lake Palace or Jag Niwas was built in 1754 by Maharana Jagat Singh II who gave his name to this elegant white building.  It was the summer residence ...

... we expected, but with our last 3 accommodations of the tour they've pulled out all stops. Our final 2 nights were in the Jagat Palace Hotel, marble floors in the bedrooms, 4 poster beds, antique furniture, baths in huge ensuites (great for Rob to rig ...

... their national service. I laughed at a restaurant that did ""Isrili food"... it rilly is!   The hotel we stayed in was Jagat palace, and was really quite nice. It was being renovated, so there was some noise, but the room and facilities were nice ...

... into the 20K-person village of Pushkar and the Tahr Desert ~Checking into the largest hotel we've been to so far here, Jagat Palace, with well landscaped grounds and a spacious pool, but which is located adjacent to a "Party Hall" where weddings are ...

... ; was one of the original hippy destinations, many stayed there & are probably selling tourist trinkets now. We stayed at Jagat Palace, a "Heritage Hotel", that was once a royal palace. The rooms have marble floors, are full of antique furniture ...

... everything from bejeweled cushion covers to silver jewelry to thin and wispy scarves. We stayed in a bit of an oasis at the Jagat Palace on the outskirts of town.  It was a beautiful, luxurious hotel with a drop-dead-gorgeous swimming pool.  ...

... motorbikes were all out and about. We bought more bangles and then went back to our heritage hotel the Jagwat Palace, which was beautifully decorated with antique Indian and British Raj furniture,past hundreds and possibly thousands of pilgrims who have ...

... many local eateries promote nightly dinner and movie screenings (we took a pass). After dropping our bags at the Jagat Niwas Palace Hotel with its romantic mattressed bay window jutting out over Lake Pichola and spectacular views of Lake Palace, ...

... palace up close, as it stands on an island in the center of Lake Pichola and has marvelous grandeur.  The palace charges high U.S./Eupropean prices and has been known to become "booked" if you are not dressed smartly enough.  I ...

... the women. Outside the palace were some dips in the road, which our guide explained were elephant 'parking spaces'. The palace is constructed mostly of marble, with miniature paintings, coloured glass and mirrors adorning the walls everywhere you look. ...

... for an afternoon tour of the City.  Being so small, the majority was on foot, and we took in the magnificent City Palace - the largest and arguably most well restored in India - before taking a boat across the lake to the Pleasure or Lake ...

... It's actually a man-made lake, enlarged a couple of times and is surrounded by palaces, temples, ghats and family mansions. The City Palace, which we had a snoop around, looks down onto it and we had a lovely G&T looking down from here at sunset. We ...

... is a famous hotel in the middle of the lake called 'The Lake Palace Hotel' which was where Octopussy was filmed.The palace was built by Maharaja Jagat Singh II in 1754. You can see Octopussy every night in Udaipur at any hotel. They haven't forgotten and ...

... not take any picture of its interior. It has a garden with big trees on the 3rd floor and pool. The Mahara former owner of this palace had 16 wifes. The back of the palace and its gate facing the lake Pichola gave me a feeling I was in Monaco. We took a ...

... spices that they use here and we bought different types of them.  We are very excited to try making the food at home :) As usually we did the must- see sightseeing. This included City Palace, Museum, and a boat tour on the lake. Next stop ...