Lake Palace Udaipur

Travel to India on business in Guragon, weekend in Udaipur at Taj Lake Palace.

... show.  Tanya and I both had a very nice $20 martini that Anthony Bourdain said were a "must-do" when visiting the lake palace.  The dance show was amazing...my pictures won't do it justice....the girls dancing had elaborate costumes and ...

... very tempted to get one shipped. Unfortunately, my husband was there! We then made our way to our treat - The Taj Lake Palace. A white palace shimmering in an emerald green lake. This magical paradise of a hotel was the highlight of our trip to India. ...

... I can't wait to visit the tiger reserve with him - he knows everything about tigers. When we got to Udaipur, we went to a dock and saw the Lake Palace. It was the summer palace of the Mewar family of maharanas, which are the longest serving dynasty ...

... shockers in the looks department so we ensure they don't invade our photos. We embark through iron pagodas and alight at the Lake Palace's elegant jetty where we are whisked up the red carpet by a wonderfully attired doorman with a fabulous parasol. As ...

... ! Our last night we moved out of the Palace into an old Haveli which had been renovated with the most amazing room overlooking the Lake Palace, with thick walls and original paintings on the wall. The children's room was in a dome! Both nights we ate in ...

... wanted to go over for lunch with something something cool and bubbly but alas they have recently stopped all non residents from visiting the Lake Palace, and at $600 a night for the cheapest rooms, it's a little out of my budget.  So I have to make ...

... and no video footage! Much more interesting was our boat ride on Lake Pichola.  The ride took us near to the Lake Palace Hotel, past the ghats where the dhobi whallahs were washing and cleaning clothes on the steps to the lake, and finally we ...

... table with light - making our surroundings even creepier.   But the view was worth it.  Across the lake was the Lake Palace, Udaipur's almost magical floating palace.  It glowed white in the setting sun, framed by the mountains jutting ...

... there would have spent a fortune in these shops had they not been driven away by the full on sales tactics. We came to Udaipur mainly to see the Lake Palce, which was lovely sat perched in the middle of the lake. We even did a tour of the outside of ...

... the very close Jain Temple, it didn't take me too long to realize that I had made a mistake so I called Kristen in Jaisalmer and arranged to meet her in Udaipur the next day. We spent a very romantic 3 days in Udaipur, and then got the bus down to ...

... Pichola, with the imposing City Palace overlooking it on one side and the city on the other. In the middle of the lake is the Floating Palace, now the Taj Hotel, and way too rich for our pockets. Across from our hotel was the local and very large temple ...

... being split up onto three seperate discs.  But enough about that, it was all good because the movie was actually good.  Udaipur is built around two lakes which were man made, and draught threatens them every year.  In the center of the ...