7 great hotels and 10 best reasons to visit
Boutique Luxury Escapes (BLE) Marketing reveals the 10 best reasons to visit the hotels and little known facts that will have architecture & design enthusiasts and ancient culture experience-craving discerning travellers set off to pack their bags. India is well-known for its mystical culture, warm, welcoming people, colourful crafts, ancient religions, historical and cosmopolitan cities and of course, priceless palaces, forts, and heritage hotels. Each hotel is uniquely different and exemplifies a rich royal aspect of India’s architecture and cultures, but there is one attribute common to all: each offers an experience that cannot be found anywhere else and is unique to these regions. Wilderness Camp, Rohet, nr Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - Sits comfortably on dune in the midst of nature and total wilderness.
- Unbelievable silence, for dazzling dusky views, and an incredible sense of peace
- Nights are meant for stargazing.
- Six luxurious tents with modern teakwood polished furniture, rich jute floor rugs, and beautiful block lined tents, large windows with pull up flaps and permanent insect netting, open dinning area.
- Offshoot of Rohet Garh.
- Ride India’s best Marwari horses, ideal for a full days spectacular horse ride from Rohet Garh.
- Village safari, sumptuous high tea.
- Guests call it their ‘bet riding experience ever’.
- Madonna stayed here for 5 days last year!
- Featured in Tatler 2008 Travel guide. 101 Best Hotels in The World.
The Wilderness Camp Rohet Udai Bilas Palace, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India - Built by Mahrawal UdaiSinghji-II, a great patron of art and architecture.
- A mid-19th century palace, still a royal residence, family also owns unoccupied ‘The Juna Mahal, Old Palace’ with its vibrant frescos, miniature paintings, glass and mirror inlays, can be visited by invitation only.
- Overlooking the Gaibsagar Lake on one side and private forest reserve the other, an embodiment of princely India.
- Ideal paradise to experience unhurried hospitality.
- A year round bird watchers paradise, 112 bird species.
- Famous courtyard with ‘Ek Thambia Mahal’ intricate pillars, panels, ornate balconies, arches and friezes.
- 24 art deco style rooms and suites with original wall papers, furniture, and décor.
- A unique dining area at Zenana Chowk, a lap 7 feet wide lap pool with inlaid edges serves as a dining table for up to 40 persons, wall studded with riverbed stones.
- Large lake-side infinity pool, Jacuzzi, immersed pool bar, heated Jacuzzi, gym, boating and bird-watching trip. Film location for feature films, featured in The World of Interiors, Vogue, Tatler Travel guide.
Udai Bilas Palace Dungarpur Sardargarh Heritage Hotel, Sardargarh, nr Udaipur, Rajasthan, India - One of the most magnificent medieval forts of Rajasthan located amidst mountains and deep forest of Chuppan.
- Built between 1738 -1743 by Sardar Singh one of the most powerful Dhodhias, after extensive renovations opened its doors as hotel in April 2007.
- Enjoy charming vistas; discover ramparts filled with mystery, underground tunnels, granaries, and stores accessible to visitors.
- 21 exquisitely decorated luxury suites with modern amenities are named after brides married to Sardar Singh’s family.
- Rooftop dinning area, evening campfire with folk music, dance, and dinner in open plains, swimming pool.
- Beautiful places to visit in the fort - magnificent Durbar Hall, ladies pool, Moti Mahal, Rang Mahal.
- 94 Km from Udaipur ideal day trip to Jain Temples at Ranakpur and Kumbalgarh Fort.
- Gypsy safaris, camel rides, horse riding.
- Peaceful village walks.
- Sundowners at the lakeside area owned by the family.
Sardargarh Heritage Hotel Ri Kynjai, Shillong, Meghalaya, North-East India - Shillong’s latest boutique hotel - Serenity by the lake.
- Built over layers to resemble the local Khasi architecture Ri Kynjai sits on the beautiful East Khasi Hills.
- Surrounded on all sides by the tranquil Lake Umian and about 20 km away from Shillong, Meghalaya.
- The Khasi name Ri Kynjai translates (roughly) to 'a land of serene environs'. The resort is an appealing structure made of wood and stone and is designed by Prabat D Sawyam, Chairman, Centerpoint Group Enterprise.
- 4 large luxurious cottages with high roofs and private sit-out overlooking the lake and mountains, 12 superior rooms with private balcony.
- Luxurious additions such as the jacuzzi bathtub, spacious bathroom, and large flat screen television in cottages.
- Holistic spa, colourful tribal dances for groups and hard to forget cuisine awaits discerning clients.
- Packages include transportation, sightseeing of Shillong, Cherrapunji, and surrounding areas.
- Trekking and village walks.
- Combinable with Kaziranga National Park famed for one-horned rhinos.
- Award winning architecture - Winner of INTACH award at SATTE 2007.
Ri Kynjai Rohet Garh, Rohet, nr Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - Rohet Garh nurtured and developed with great love and care by the family into one of the finest Heritage hotels in the country, an ancestral home since 1622 AD.
- Situated on the banks of a lake, a haven of peace and tranquillity.
- Manicured gardens, superb swimming pool, an elegant lounge, serene verandas, and terraces with breathtaking views.
- The 34 individually decorated rooms and suites, modern bathrooms.
- Pioneers of activities such as 'The Village Safari', and offering an array of activities - Rohet Safaris & Royal picnics.
- Rohet Garh has set the highest standards in quality and efficiency, offering its guests an experience beyond compare.
- India’s fines Marwari horses – extensive equestrian programme
- Bruce Chatwin and William Dalrymple practically lived at Rohet Garh for four to five months working on their respective books, The Song-lines and The City of Djinns. Filmmaker Wes Anderson stayed here to write ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ and later filmed in the area.
- Wilderness Camp is also owned by the Rohet family.
- Mihir (Sun) Garh – a desert retreat with 8 luxury suites with plunge pool opening late 2008 is an offshoot of Rohet Garh.
Rohet Garh Laxmi Niwas Palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India - The former residential palace of Maharaja Ganga Singh, Laxmi Niwas Palace is a magnificent red sandstone structure built in the Indo-Saracenic style.
- Designed by the British architect, Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob in the year 1902.
- Magnificent corridors, beautiful centre courtyard with stone Jharokhas, exquisite filigree and lattice works.
- Lavish suites and rooms, well decorated trophy room, spacious halls of Gulab Mahal, Swarna Mahal with its pure gold wall paintings and a gilded carved woodwork ceiling.
- Luxurious multi-cuisine restaurant Swarna Mahal decorated by pure gold wall paintings, the chef takes his inspirations from the famed table of Bikaner Royal Family.
- Beautiful garden with swimming pool
- One of the most picturesque palaces of the sub-continent.
- Favourite destination of Lord Mountbatten, Queen Mary. King George V. King Edward VIII, King of Greece, M. Clemenceau Prime Minister of France. Viceroy Lord Harding, Viceroy Lord Linlithgow, and Lord Irwin.
- Authentic wilderness sand dune safaris by jeep and camels
- Luxurious, royal, and truly historic hotel.
Laxmi Niwas Palace Fort Rajwada, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan - The magnificent Fort Rajwada, a luxury hotel lies in the midst of the great Indian Thar Desert facing the Sonar Quila, fortress of Jaisalmer.
- Created in tune with Vedic science of ‘Vaastu,’ this yellow sandstone hotel is set amidst gardens on a six-acre plot.
- Original Jharokhas (balconies) with intricate carvings, grand chhatri (canopy), jails (latticed screens) as old as 450 years and a huge Rajasthani mural adorns the walls.
- 87 Deluxe rooms and 4 suites reflect the luxury of a bygone era, whose interiors are designed by famous Opera set designer Ms Stephanie Engeln.
- ‘Sonal’ dining hall, ‘Roopal’ multi-cuisine restaurant and ‘Paatu’ bar offers 16th century ambience with today’s comfort.
- Large swimming pool, authentic Ayurveda massage centre, health club, gym, and a billiards lounge.
- Conference and group facilities
- Fort Rajwada is the brainchild of two brothers Dileep Singh & Jitendra Singh Rathore.
- Luxury tents and cottages at Royal Desert Camp and Royal Desert Resort are also operated by Fort Rajwada.
- A luxury resort on the last frontier.
Fort Rajwada
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