Shiv Niwas Palace

... all that exploring I was in the need of a refreshing drink so exited the palace. Luckily right outside is the Shiv Niwas Palace hotel which has a conveniently located restaurant overlooking the palace and gardens in front of it. Had a very good fresh ...

... to the extent that they have turned their palaces into hotels and entered the tourist industry. One such hotel, the Shiv Niwas, within the City Palace allows non-residents to bathe in splendour for 300 rupees (about GBP 3.50) each. A small price for ...

... , decorative furniture and utensils and attracts thousands of visitors every day. The former guesthouse of the city palace, Shiv Niwas Palace, and the Fateh Prakash Palace have been converted into heritage hotels.' Apparently the Bond movie 'Octopussy' ...

... by turbo-prop) from Thekkady we arrived at Udaipur Airport at 7.00 pm and 36 °C. We had booked two rooms at the Shiv Niwas Palace as a treat for everyone. The Maharaja still lives in private quarters of the palace. We arrived to find that the hotel had ...

... of peacocks, the national bird of India. The other part of the Palace has been turned into two luxury hotels, one being Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel. At the point where we boarded a small boat to take us around Lake Pichola there were loads of fruit bats ...

... rooms are still decorated in the opulant original fashion with many mirrors and stained glass windows. Next up we went to the Shiv Niwas Palace which is now a hotel and treated ourselves to a very nice lunch of Samosas and Aloo chutney walle. And this is ...

... `s classic car collection including the Phantom Rolls Royce used in Octopussy, swimming in the spectacular white marble pool of the Shiv Niwas Palace and the 250 cenotaphs at Ahar built to commemorate the maharajas (one of whom had 12 wives - see pic). ...

... the Lake Palace Hotel for a VIP night we had our own little palace procession. Sam, Jamie and I went for a swim at the Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel which is situated in the city palace and on our way back we spotted the Maharaja's Scottish pipe band! Well of ...

... and dribbling at our feet, it was yet another surreal moment. For our final night in Udaipur we dined in style at Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel. Togged up in our sarees (tweaked and pinned lovingly by the lady at our haveli) we bounced along in our motor ...

... complex has now been turned into a set of hotels. Outside, they look like shit, inside, they looked much nicer. We even found Shiv Niwas, the hotel that James Bond was booked into when he was in Octopussy. We found the pool, but we could not find the ...

... There is so much happening in these narrow streets but the children's interest is waning and we have promised to take them to Shiv Niwas ( a palace turned in to a hotel which you can just hang out at and use the swimming pool at a small cost). The ...