Udaipur Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Writing this a week after arriving in India, from what I've seen so far, a few generalizations to clear up: A) Everywhere in India is covered in dirt - false B) There are homeless children and people sleeping on the streets everywhere you go - not true C) Everyone is out to get money from you - false D) There is lots of trash everywhere - true.....

Udaipur - Venice of the East, a small city set among green rolling hills, spotted with lakes all around. The city revolves around Lake Pichola and the Lake Palace (the setting for Octopussy - which is played every night in several restaurants). Another major attraction is the City Palace, the palace of residence for the present king. I spent the...

We are now in Udaipur which is just spectacular. It is known as the city of lakes and the location of a beautiful palace in the middle of the main lake, best known for its role in Octopussy. We had a quick flight here and then arrived at the most spectacular hotel. We then headed off to the City Palace which lies on the shores of the lake. The k...

Our 13 hour trip to Udaipur was quite an adventure. Our first 6 hour bus was a local one which stopped all along the way picking up and dropping off and carrying various commodities (no chickens though!). We were the only westerners on this and the later bus we took. The roads in India are quite rough and busy with traffic and stray animals and ...

After a moderately comfortable (but cold) ride to Udaipur on the sleeper bus we arrived early for a change and almost didn't get off the bus. Luckily the conductor knew where we were going and told us we had arrived. We jumped in a rickshaw to our hotel the Mewar Inn which had just opened for the morning. We got a room and had a few more hours s...

Dear Readers: What a great day this has been. We left our hotel in Jodhpur without any scenes or drama, and commenced a full day bus ride to Udaipur. Along the way we stopped at a Jain temple, the largest in India. This was made out of very spectacularly carved marble, but it just didn't do anything for me. I think I was tired and "templed out."...