Mandir Palace

... in or arrived at the hotel.  The jetty overlooked the lake and in the middle was our hotel...the white marbled Taj Lake Palace.  The boat ride over was great and when we asked about our luggage, the reply was "Oh sir...your luggage will be ...

... a good thing to do. Afterall you never know how mistreated they are. Highlights v impressive entrance gateway into the royal palace - lots of mosiacs, decoration all very Mughal in its architecture. One building to the side of the gardens which had ...

... at The Trio rooftop restaurant for our 100th grilled cheese and beer and then back to the festival at a stadium close to the Mandir Palace where we are staying. Here we saw the Camel Tattoo, accompanied by the Camel Mounted Band of the Border Security ...

... saw some beauts.  We dropped our guide here and moved to Lake Pichola next for a boat ride on the Lake and a trip to Jag Mandir Palace for drinks and a snack. Raj took us around the City Palace Museum to the Lakeside, where we got a boat and duly set ...

... fortresses in India. Most of the forts I visited were not very colourful but parts of the outside walls of the Man Mandir Palace were still decorated with blue tiles, elephants, ducks and peacocks, which gave you some idea of how beautiful the palace ...

... to his house for "small" breakfast of chai, potatoe stuffed naan, vegetable pakotas and cheese sandwich and some sweets. We were back to the Mandir Palace to meet Anil and head out at 9:30 am. The streets are a lot quieter at 8:30 am as the shops don't ...

... last night, New Years Eve, at an Indian party on some land near the lake, overlooking the beautifully lit up Lake Palace and Jag Mandir palace. It was about $250 rupees a person (a whole $5US) for a pretty sweet buffet dinner, awesome lakeside view and ...

... podge manner to confuse and deter intruders that may come to storm it. From the top you could see the Lake Palace and Jag Mandir palace, both 'floating' in the middle of Lake Pichola, looking stunning (also the hotel where James Bond's Octopussy was ...

... . We were quite shocked by the relative quiet of the place. Our home for 2 nights was no less than the Maharajah's palace (Mandir Palace) home to a hotel, roof top restaurant, 11 small temples, 2 horses, a flock of geese, 3 goats and of course several ...

... Lonley planet, so he could become rich and famous. All in all a great 4 days, now off for a bit more luxury at the Mandir Palace (thank you Kraton!) but have to endure another night trip on the trains, this time, with the added challenge of seeing how ...

... palaces that appear to be floating on the lake.   Both palaces have been converted to hotels but only the Jag Mandir palace can be visited by tourists.  The more attractive of the two locations is unfortunately off limits to non-guests as ...

... of self destruction. In the early hours of the day we walked near the fort area where we first saw the Mandir Palace, an intricately decorated palacial building now a heritage hotel. This yellow sandstone masterpiece has been sequenced in many films. ...

... The place consists of a fort overlooking the Thar desert and has some amazing old Havelis with great carved stone balconies. Unfortunately the Mandir Palace was not as we had expected, but dont worry Kraton, your leaving pressie was well spent in a cosy ...

... . In Tony's blog I look gay and he's handsome.) Anyway, after our first dinner, Tony and I went next door to the Mandir Palace restaurant, recommended by a couple of nice American ladies we had met yesterday. The night time view of the fort from there was ...

... . Hot water is a little inconsistent as most places. We asked for non-veg recommendations. Trio was suggested. It's at Mandir palace about 10min walk through the local markets. We were tore between tandoori chicken or bryiani. We ordered one portion ...

Again staying in another palace (this one is one that part of is still used by the current maharaja and family) and again another fabulous fort to see - kind of getting a bit of theme going here but this is Rajasthan and a nice change from all the temples ...

... Mandir, a stepped temple to Vishnu in the centre of town atopped with two large marble elephants. [b]NOTE... Jagdish Temple Jadish Mandir also known as Jagannath Rai Temple is devoted to "Shri Lord Vishnu" - The lord of Universe. This Mandir has ...