Boutique hotels
in Rajasthan

SUJÁN The Serai

Twenty-one tents on the golden edge of the Thar: private plunge pools, Manganiyar bards by firelight, and dunes running to the horizon. Jaisalmer's living fortress is up the road.

SUJÁN JAWAI

Ten tented suites among billion-year-old granite, where leopards live openly alongside Rabari herdsmen. Twice-daily drives, Marwari horses, and candlelit brass baths under the stars.

SUJÁN Sher Bagh

Twelve campaign-style tents on the edge of Ranthambhore: brass bathtubs, a Tatler-listed jungle spa, campfire cooking, and India's most celebrated tigers a game drive away.

Udai Kothi

Sixty four rooms above Hanuman Ghat and the oldest rooftop pool in Udaipur, by the house's own telling. Dusk up there outshines the palace bars.

Rohet Garh

A classified heritage hotel at Rohet near Jodhpur, held by the same family since 1622 and receiving guests since 1990. Frescoed rooms, a courtyard pool, a family kitchen with its own cookbook, and a Marwari stable the family calls among the country's finest.

Six Senses Fort Barwara

A 14th-century walled fort near Ranthambhore, restored over more than a decade into 48 contemporary Rajasthani suites, with two palaces, two temples and a 30,000 square foot spa inside the ramparts.

Malji ka Kamra

A century-old Shekhawati haveli in Churu, restored into a heritage hotel. Aquamarine stucco, carved balconies and muralled rooms, with the painted town and the desert on the doorstep.

Jagat Niwas Palace

Lake Pichola on your doorstep, the City Palace next door, and a rooftop where the tables look straight across the water to the Lake Palace at sunset. Jagat Niwas is a 27-room heritage haveli in the old city of Udaipur: Mewari arches, a mirror-ceilinged lake-view dining room, a rooftop plunge pool and a lakefront spa. A boutique address in the heart of the City of Lakes.

The Laxmi Niwas Palace

A red-sandstone palace on the edge of the Thar, raised by the Maharaja of Bikaner in 1904 and famous, even then, for guests who never quite wanted to leave. Domes and cupolas, deep-carved friezes, filigree stonework and latticed screens, set in formal lawns. The Laxmi Niwas Palace is the royal house of Bikaner, now a heritage hotel.

Samode Haveli

Down a lane in the old walled city, behind high gates, the Samode family's Jaipur townhouse hides a run of painted courtyards, frescoed halls, and a lotus-fountain garden you dine around by candlelight. Around 225 years old and still family-run, one of the loveliest heritage stays in the Pink City.

Hotel Diggi Palace

A 19th-century thikana palace in the middle of Jaipur, still run by the Diggi family who built it, some eighteen acres of courtyards, arched gateways and lawns behind the city walls. Home of the Jaipur Literature Festival since 2006, and a genuinely warm, unstuffy heritage stay the rest of the year.

Mharo Khet

Mharo khet is Marwari for 'my farm'. On 40 acres outside Jodhpur: ten raga-named cottages, a nine-course dinner in the guava orchard, a spot on TIME's World's Greatest Places list, and One Michelin Key in the Guide's 2026 selection.

Dev Mahal

A former haveli in the heart of the Pink City turned 15-room boutique hotel — a rooftop restaurant looking out to Nahargarh Fort, an Ayurvedic spa, and Jaipur's landmarks a short drive away.

Khatu Haveli

A mid-19th-century haveli inside Jaipur's walled Pink City, lived in by six generations of the Khatu family, three courtyards, carved arches, and terraces looking up to Nahargarh Fort.

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Sariska Safari Lodge

An eco-minded boutique lodge on 6.5 acres at the periphery of Sariska Tiger Reserve, ringed by the Aravalli range. Nineteen simply designed cottages, finished in locally sourced materials, sit in five clusters opening onto lawns; the first-floor Maharani Suite looks out to Thanagazi Fort. Safaris go after Sariska's tigers, and the buffer zone stays open year-round except Wednesdays.

Castle Bijaipur

Castle Bijaipur was built in the early 16th century by Rao Vijay Singh, a descendant of Shakti Singh, younger brother of Maharana Pratap, and was converted into a hotel in 1991 by the ruling family, who still live in it. It sits at 600 metres in the Vindhyanchal Hills near Chittorgarh, surrounded by forests of Flame of the Forest and Jacaranda.

Dera Rawatsar

Dera Rawatsar is a family-run boutique hotel in Jaipur's Bani Park, built in 1950 and run by the House of Rawatsar, who trace their ancestry to the Kandhlot Rathore clan of Rajputs. It has 16 rooms across three categories, a garden, an outdoor pool and an in-house restaurant serving home-style Indian food.

Dhora Desert Resort & Spa

Dhora Desert Resort & Spa is a 45-acre tented camp at Gogadevgarh, Village Shekhala in Jodhpur district, about 100 km from Jodhpur. Its 15 luxury tented suites face a pond framed by sand dunes, and the resort is owned and run by a young couple who live on site, opening each year from October to March.

Fort Dhariyawad

Dhariyawad was founded in the middle of the 16th century by Prince Sahasmal, second son of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, and the family fort has been converted into a heritage hotel. It sits at the confluence of the Jakham and Karmoi rivers in southern Rajasthan, ringed by the subtropical forests of the Aravalli Hills.

Jas Vilas

Jas Vilas is a 14-room hotel in Jaipur's Bani Park, developed by Mahendra and Rajyashree Singh from their ancestral family home. Fresh Indian meals are cooked to order and taken in the dining room or by the mural-walled swimming pool.

Kesar Bagh Palace

Kesar Bagh Palace is a palace-style resort at Village Barada on the edge of Chittorgarh, close to the Udaipur-Bhilwara highway, and the hotel says it is the only five-star property in town. Five room categories, the Kesari multi-cuisine restaurant, an outdoor pool and the Urban Nirvana Spa sit within grounds built in the Rajput manner.

Niravi

Niravi is a leafy boutique hotel in the historic Peelwa Gardens off Moti Doongri Road, redesigned by three Jaipur sisters who grew up in the original bungalow. Two wings, the restored Bungalow and a contemporary Estate with Tangier-inflected arches, share tropical gardens, a pool courtyard, a smaller gazebo lounge pool and an intimate spa.

Padmaa

Padmaa is a restored 18th-century haveli in the heart of Jaipur's walled city, run by the family that has held it for seven generations and named after their grandmother, Shrimati Padmaa Devi Shah. It is an all-suite boutique hotel with 15 uniquely styled suites, a courtyard restaurant, two bars, and a rooftop pool and spa overlooking the Pink City.

Ranbanka Palace

Part of the palace Sir Ajit Singh Ji of Jodhpur commissioned as his residence, begun in 1927 under British architect Sir Henry Lanchester and now run as a heritage hotel by his descendants. 'Ranbanka', master of battles, was the battle-honour of Jodhpur's Rathore clan.

Rawla Narlai

A restored 17th-century royal retreat at the foot of Elephant Hill, sitting roughly halfway between Jodhpur and Udaipur. Opened as a boutique hotel in 1996 by Rani Usha Devi and the late Maharaj Swaroop Singh, it has 32 rooms set around courtyards bright with flowers.

Surya Haveli

Surya Haveli is a six-room boutique haveli on the main square of Amer, the old Rajput capital just outside Jaipur, directly below the walls of 16th-century Amber Fort. The family dates the building to some 300 years ago; after a three-year restoration it opened in February 2021, with interiors by designer Adil Ahmad and three dining venues including a rooftop restaurant facing the fort.

Talabgaon Castle

Talabgaon Castle is a restored Rajput fort in Dausa district, still owned by the Kupawat Rathore family who have held the estate for over 200 years. It offers 52 rooms and suites, its own organic farms feeding a farm-to-table kitchen, and sits roughly midway between Jaipur and the Ranthambore tiger reserve.

Royal Heritage Haveli

Built in the 18th century as a royal hunting lodge and owned by Maharaj Jai Singh of Jaipur, this small haveli on Queen’s Road has been restored into a boutique hotel of four suites, overseen personally by Angelique and Pradip Singh. Hand-painted frescoes, a temperature-controlled marble and sandstone pool, the Frangipani Spa with lapis lazuli inlays, and a kitchen that cooks from the family’s own recipes and vegetable garden.

Umaid Bhawan

Established in 1993 by the erstwhile royal family from Borunda, Umaid Bhawan is the flagship of Jaipur's Umaid hotel group, a heritage-style boutique hotel of 41 rooms and suites in residential Bani Park. Ornate frescoes, carved balconies, courtyards and lawns carry the handcrafted work of local artisans, while evenings bring folk dance and puppet shows, in-house Rajasthani dining and a pool to cool off in. The city's sights sit within a few kilometres.

Umaid Mahal

Umaid Mahal is a family-run, heritage-style boutique hotel in Jaipur's Bani Park, a kilometre from the railway station and within easy reach of the walled city. Built out in traditional Rajasthani style, frescos, jharokas and intricate carvings, it belongs to the Rathore family of the royal house of Borunda. Rooms run from Standard to Suites, there's a swimming pool, and the Taikhana restaurant and its gold-decked lounge bar handle the evenings; buffet breakfast and station pick-up come free.

Umaid Haveli Hotel & Resort

Twenty minutes before Jaipur proper, Umaid Haveli sits in the green-patched Aravalli hills at Kukas, close enough that Amber Fort is a ten-minute hop, far enough that the city's noise never reaches you. The whole building was handcrafted and painted by Rajasthan's expert artisans, so the heritage here is in the walls, not just the branding. A rooftop pool and hill-view restaurant on the tenth floor make the most of the 360-degree views.

Umaid Residency

On the Delhi–Jaipur highway at Kukas, a short run from Amber Fort, Umaid Residency styles itself 'A Regal Heritage Home', Rajasthani decor, antique-styled furniture and 18th-century portraits in the restaurant, at deliberately affordable rates. Rooms come with VRV air-conditioning (heated in winter), electric kettles and safes; the draw is the rooftop swimming pool with Aravalli hill views, pitched for morning swims and sunset lounging. Amber, Jaigarh and Nahargarh forts all sit within easy reach.

Umaid Farm Resort

Umaid Farm Resort is the farm-stay arm of Jaipur's family-run Umaid Hotels, set across five acres of green landscape at Geetanjali Farm on Sikar Road, near Rajawas. Just ten suites, all with private balconies, sit around a 60-by-60-foot pool, a two-acre garden and a rooftop with pool table and table tennis. Solar power, rainwater harvesting and composting make it, by the property's own account, carbon neutral, and dogs are welcomed 'like family'.

Hotel Narain Niwas Palace

Built in 1928 by General Amar Singh, Thakur of Kanota and Commander of the Jaipur State Forces, Narain Niwas began as a peaceful family getaway and opened to travellers in 1978 with just four rooms. Today the third generation of the Kanota family runs 52 rooms and suites across 10 acres of gardens, three kilometres from Jaipur's walled city, antique furniture, hand-painted walls, an outdoor pool, a spa, a museum and four distinct dining venues included.

Gaj Kesri, Bikaner

Gaj Kesri sits just outside Bikaner proper, a 45-room resort the operator bills as a timeless retreat blending majestic architecture with the vast beauty of the Thar. It pitches itself at travellers chasing the soul of Rajasthan beyond the famous forts, though Junagarh Fort and the Rampuria havelis are barely three kilometres away. Days fill easily: an outdoor pool, camel rides, jeep safaris, cricket and kite flying, then pure-vegetarian Rajasthani thali-style feasting at Polki.

Killa Bhawan

Killa Bhawan sits inside Jaisalmer's living fort, discreetly nested in three bastions of the ramparts at Kotri Para. It is a small heritage hotel, eight rooms across Deluxe Heritage, Heritage and a private family wing, dressed with antiques, marble flooring and refined old furniture, with terraces for sunset drinks over the golden city and desert. Breakfast, mineral water and all-day tea and coffee are included, and the same family runs a lodge and rooftop café by Patwa Haveli below.

Lake Pichola Hotel

Piplia Haveli, an 18th-century mansion of the nobles of Thikana Piplia, was restored by scion Thakur Chandra Bhanu Singh and opened as Lake Pichola Hotel in 1985. It sits on the quiet island of Brahmapuri on the lake's western bank, its arches and balconies looking straight across the water to the City Palace, Jag Mandir and the bathing ghats. Expect Rajputana-style rooms, Thikri mirror work, a rooftop pool and four lakefront restaurants and bars.

Alsisar Haveli

The Jaipur mansion of the Thakurs of Alsisar, converted to a heritage hotel in 1994 and still owned by the family, a branch of the Kachawa Rajputs descended from Maharao Shekhaji. Forty-five rooms of antique furniture and carved poster beds sit around rambling courtyards, with a swimming pool ringed by gazebos and cenotaphs, a mirrored Sheesh Mahal, and a rooftop that looks across to Nahargarh Fort.

28 Kothi

A two-storeyed house in Civil Lines with five rooms, each named after a gemstone, conceived by the late Jaipur jeweller Munnu Kasliwal and now run by his son Siddharth with hotelier Abhishek Honawar. Built by the French architect Georges Floret, with interiors by the Lebanese designer Nur Kaoukji: hand-painted murals, custom furniture from local artisans, latticed windows, a courtyard, a library and a vegetarian farm-to-table cafe.

Jaipur Haveli

Haveli Patnawala has been the family’s home since 1921, when two brothers who became the most prominent diamond traders in northern India bought a house already 170 years old and spent a year restoring it. Eight air-conditioned rooms, no two alike, run off courtyards and rooftops covered in old and new fresco work, one alley from Johari Bazar and a 400-metre walk from Hawa Mahal and the City Palace.

Rajmahal Palace RAAS

Built in 1729 and for many years the home of Maharaja Sawai Man 'Jai' Singh and Maharani Gayatri Devi, who wrote in her memoir of its ‘charm and character’. It is still the Royal Family's primary residence, and their photographs, polo trophies, heirlooms and a 1950s Ford Thunderbird are on show through the house. Thirteen rooms and suites including two Royal Apartments, furnished in heirlooms and modern pieces the family call a perfect example of Indian Art Deco, with gardens, a pool ringed by fountains, a spa, two restaurants and a polo bar.

Vasant Vilas

Three kinds of room: a superior deluxe with a jarokha window over the city, a king room with a balcony over the garden, and a junior suite with its own terrace and a view across Udaipur. All air-conditioned, with a fan, an electric kettle, a flat-screen television, a wardrobe and a mini bar. There is a multi-cuisine restaurant downstairs. The City Palace, Jagdish Temple and Lake Pichola are all close by.

Gulaal

Built on Jaisalmer's own haveli architecture: two open courtyards, intricate jali screens, Mughal pillars and jharokhas in the Paliwal style. A traditional haveli to sleep in, with the comforts of a modern hotel, in the middle of the Thar.

Marugarh Resort & Spa

A low-slung resort on the edge of Jodhpur: rooms and suites, a spa, a restaurant and a bar, and gardens to sit out in between the fort and the drive on to the next place.

Fateh Vilas

Fateh Vilas is the newest of the Fateh Collection's Udaipur properties, a palace-style heritage resort beside Fateh Garh on Sisarma Road, about 5 km from the city centre. Its 76 rooms and suites come in five categories, from 390 sq ft Renaissance Rooms with sit-outs to 700 sq ft suites, many with private plunge pools facing the Aravalli hills. There is a multi-cuisine restaurant, spa, pool and a vintage car museum on site.

Fateh Garh

Fateh Garh is the Fateh Collection's flagship: a heritage palace transplanted stone by stone to a hilltop on Udaipur's edge and rebuilt largely by hand from recycled stone and wood. Its 56 rooms span five categories, from 300 sq ft Renaissance Rooms to plunge-pool suites with butler service. Two restaurants, three private dining decks, two pools, a spa and vintage cars share the ridge, 5 km from the centre.

Khas Mahal

Khas Mahal Suites is the Fateh Collection's small all-suite hideaway on a quiet hill along Sisarma Road, about 5 km from Udaipur's centre. Every suite runs 600 to 650 sq ft with a king bed: Heritage Chamber Suites add a private balcony, and the two plunge-pool categories a private pool, one of them heated. Personal butler service, an indoor restaurant and a lantern-lit rooftop with Aravalli views complete it.

Fateh Niwas

Fateh Niwas is the Fateh Collection's heritage haveli-style hotel at Rampura Circle on Sisarma Road, Udaipur. Its three room categories all run 400 to 430 sq ft, each with a balcony or private sit-out looking over the city. Two multi-cuisine restaurants, a rooftop and a lobby room, sit alongside a swimming pool, spa, bar and a 1,200 sq ft conference hall, with open-air spaces used for weddings.

Rampratap Palace

Ram Pratap Palace is a 24-room heritage hotel beside Fateh Sagar Lake in Udaipur's Alkapuri district, part of the Fateh Collection. Restored Rajput architecture, marble-lined bathrooms and lake views from most rooms sit alongside Raaj Bagh, its al fresco garden restaurant across the street. City Palace and Jagdish Temple are a short drive away.

Fateh Safari Suites

Fateh Safari Suites is a suite-only boutique property in the Aravalli Hills near Qila Kumbhalgarh, perched 1,100 m above sea level with views of Kumbhalgarh Fort and the Marwar plains. Four suite categories, several with jacuzzis or plunge-pool access, use locally quarried stone and hand-blocked textiles. A lobby-level restaurant offers indoor and outdoor seating facing the fort.

Fateh Safari Resort

Fateh Safari Resort is a hilltop heritage property in the Aravalli Hills at 1,100 m, overlooking Kumbhalgarh Fort. Every room, Deluxe or Superior, comes with a private balcony and valley views. There is a swimming pool, spa and a 37-seat ground-floor restaurant serving Rajasthani and international dishes, while dawn jeep safaris head into Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary.

Chunda Palace

Chunda Palace is a purpose-built palace hotel in Udaipur, constructed over sixteen years with hand-painted walls, natural-pigment murals and bone-inlay work. It sits 270 m from Lake Pichola, with indoor and outdoor pools, four dining venues including the rooftop Square Terrace, and five room categories from Palace Rooms to Grand Historical Suites. Guests can ride, shoot and learn polo at the family's Chunda Polo Club.

Chunda Haveli

Chunda Haveli is the Chunda group's in-town hotel on Lake Palace Road, Udaipur, six minutes from Lake Pichola and eight from the railway station. Built in a blend of Rajput and Mewar styles, it has a rooftop swimming pool, a rooftop restaurant serving Rajasthani and multi-cuisine dishes with views of the City Palace and Gulab Bagh, 24-hour room service, and three room categories from 200 sq ft Studios to 385 sq ft Haveli Suites.

Chunda Shikar Oudi

Chunda Shikar Oudi is the Chunda family's countryside retreat at Kheroda near Udaipur, a former noble hunting ground restored as a 150-hectare private reserve around its own lake. There are eight 900 sq ft lake-view suites and one 5,000 sq ft villa with private pool. All meals are included, along with a daily boat ride, jungle safari, fishing session, guided walk and evening stargazing led by an in-house naturalist.

Brij Castle

Brij Castle is a 20-room hotel on Amer Road in Jaipur, 1.5 km from Jal Mahal on the way to Amer Fort. Corridors carry miniature-style paintings and an atrium rises four levels above the lobby. Kesar Restaurant serves a Rajasthani and global buffet, Flame & Fork grills skewers live, and a rooftop restaurant and bar looks over the hills. Heritage Rooms take king beds; three Historic Rooms face Nahargarh Fort at sunset.

Rawla Jojawar

Rawla Jojawar is the small fort of Jojawar town in Pali district, home to the same family since 1780 and opened by them as a hotel in 2001. Its 35 rooms, no two alike, were carved from the original buildings; a pool sits beside the old Zanana Mahal. Days go to jeep safaris in vintage vehicles among Rabari camel herders, a train ride up the Kambli Ghat pass, and horse rides from the fort's own stables into the Aravallis.

Jaisalmer Resort

The Jaisalmer Resort sits in a quiet hotel precinct of the Golden City, a short walk from Jaisalmer Fort and the marketplace. Rooms come in three sizes from 25 to 30 sq m with city or resort views; there is a swimming pool with lifeguard cover, a restaurant serving breakfast through dinner, and lawns used for weddings and events. Desert camping in the Thar is arranged through its sister Sia Resort & Camp.

Boheda Palace

Hotel Boheda Palace is a heritage-style haveli at 9 Lake Palace Road, Udaipur, near the Gulab Bagh gardens and a walk from the Old City's sights. Rooms are done in traditional haveli style, the premium categories keeping a gokhara, the carved alcove seat of Rajasthani houses. A multi-cuisine rooftop restaurant looks over the city's skyline, and the desk arranges horse safaris, cooking classes, guides and ticketing.

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Anopura

Fourteen rooms across private villas and suites on 60 acres in the Aravalli hills outside Jaipur. Farm to table dining, lime mortar construction and courtyard or glass walled villas.

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Khimsar Fort

A fort established in 1523 by Rao Karamsiji at the edge of the Thar desert, still the ancestral home of the Karamsot Rathore family and run as a heritage hotel since the 1990s. A sister dunes village sits 6 km west among the sands.

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Ajit Bhawan

A heritage property in Jodhpur built almost a century ago, among the first in India to open its doors as a heritage hotel. Suites, vintage rooms and garden tents mix Rajputana decor with marble bathrooms around a courtyard fountain.

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Amet Haveli

A haveli on the banks of Lake Pichola, built in the reign of Maharana Jagat Singh II between 1734 and 1752, with 22 lake facing rooms across heritage suites and deluxe rooms. The Ambrai restaurant on the water is part of the house.

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Castle Mandawa

A former fortress in Shekhawati, now a heritage hotel of 80 suites and rooms behind medieval towers and balconies, its interiors kept in antiques, chandeliers and murals.

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Chandelao Garh

The ancestral home of the Kumpawat Rathores in Chandelao village, restored from 1995 and taking guests since 1996. Twenty rooms across the old stables and the former mardana wing, with the family's photographs through the house.

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Chanoud Garh

A 300 year old fort palace in the village of Chanoud between Jodhpur and Udaipur, restored by the family and run with ten spacious suites. Village walks and jeep safaris go out into the surrounding countryside.

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Deogarh Mahal

A 17th century palace on a hilltop above Deogarh town, looking over the Aravallis and nearby lakes, with the family still living in one wing. Sixty rooms from deluxe to the Maharana Suite, plus a sister camp of sixteen luxury tents.

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Fort Barli

A fort founded in 1675 in Barli village near Bijainagar, with the 16th generation of the founding family now welcoming guests. Restored and refurnished keeping its original character, its rooms and suites look over open countryside.

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Fort Chanwa

A fortified haveli of Jodhpur red sandstone at Luni, raised after the hamlet was granted as a jagir in 1894, with carved friezes, jharokas, courtyards and rooftop pavilions. The family opened it to guests in 1992.

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Fort Khejarla

A 400 year old red sandstone fort at Khejarla village, 85 km east of Jodhpur, run as a heritage hotel with 40 rooms across Royal Chambers, Regal Rooms and Luxury Suites, each differently decorated.

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Mihir Garh

A fort style hotel built from natural materials on a sand dune in the Thar, 64 km from Jodhpur airport, by the family behind Rohet Garh. Just nine suites, each over 1,700 sq ft with a private plunge pool or jacuzzi and its own courtyard or terrace.

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RAAS Jodhpur

A walled city hotel built around an 18th century haveli with views up to Mehrangarh. Forty rooms and suites across four historic buildings and three contemporary additions around a large pool, with the old Darikhana as the dining room.

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Dera Amer

A wilderness camp on 180 acres of preserved scrubland beyond Amer, kept as a sanctuary since 1981. Six safari style tents with Raj era furnishings take at most one family or two couples at a time, with the camp's elephants as the heart of the experience.

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Laalee

A boutique guest house in Gopalbari, central Jaipur, with nine themed rooms each hand painted around a story of Krishna, some taking over 700 hours of painting. Garden, plunge pool, library lounge and a cafe complete the house.

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Khem Villas

A jungle camp on 30 acres at the edge of Ranthambhore, with eight cottages and seven luxury tents among tall grasses. The land was bought in 1989 and turned from barren grassland into habitat through planting and new water bodies.

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Alsisar Mahal

A 17th century palace in Alsisar village in Shekhawati, the ancestral seat of the Alsisar family, restored as a heritage hotel. Frescoes in gold leaf work cover the walls and ceilings, and beyond the grand courtyards and dining arcades there is a swimming pool set among arched gazebos.

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Bhairon Vilas

A late 19th century haveli behind Junagarh Fort in the heart of Bikaner, once a royal residence and still run by the family. Deluxe and heritage rooms in classical Rajasthani style, with a cafe restaurant and gardens.

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Bissau Palace

Built in 1874 by Thakur Chandra Singh of Bissau as his Jaipur residence, and by their own account the first family operated heritage hotel in Rajasthan, open since 1965. Shekhawati architecture with art deco interiors, frescoes and an outdoor pool just outside Chandpole Gate.

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Brijraj Bhawan Palace

Built around 1830 as the British Political Agent's bungalow on the banks of the Chambal at Kota, and still the private residence of the Maharao of Kota's family. Six rooms in the part of the house run as a small, homely hotel.

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Chandra Mahal Haveli

An 1840 haveli in the quiet village of Pahersar on the Jaipur Agra road, about 23 km from Bharatpur. Rooms open onto private courtyards and balconies around the original architecture, with Keoladeo bird sanctuary an easy day trip.

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Chomu Palace

A fortified palace that began as Chomugarh Fort in 1550 and became a palace in the late 18th century, 33 km north of Jaipur. One hundred suites across five categories, from Palace Rooms to the Maharaja Suites.

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Connaught House

A 1930s British villa built by Sir Donald Field, the last British Chief Minister of Jodhpur, and today the summer residence of the Maharajah of Jodhpur at Mount Abu, with Nakki Lake and the hill forests nearby.

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Barwara Kothi

A family run homestay in a colonial villa on Jacob Road, Civil Lines, kept with the family's heirlooms and vintage photographs. Lawns, a verandah lounge, a library and homemade meals minutes from Jaipur station.

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Bhadrawati Palace

An 11th century palace in Bhandarej village near Dausa, a heritage hotel since 1994 and now managed by the 13th Rawal Saab of Dhula. Large rooms, a Rajasthani dining hall and a pool, 3 km from the Delhi Mumbai expressway exit.

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Fateh Bagh

A relocated palace: in 2002 some 65,000 pieces of a crumbling 18th century palace were carried from near Jodhpur and rebuilt at Ranakpur, among orchards on a rain fed river. Eighteen rooms and suites, close to the Ranakpur Jain temples.

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Gajner Palace

A lakeside hunting resort built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, a heritage hotel since 1976 under the HRH group. Forty five rooms across four wings on 6,000 acres beside a wildlife sanctuary, with the remains of the private railway that once linked it to Bikaner.

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Garh Jaisal Haveli

A haveli at Kotari Para inside the walls of Jaisalmer Fort, one of the few hotels within the ramparts, its rooms carrying centuries old carving. The rooftop restaurant looks over the fort, the city and the Thar.

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Haveli Inn Pal

Built at the Jodhpur state's expense for Thakur Umaid Karan Singh Ji and a private Pal family home until 2000, opposite Gulab Sagar by the Clock Tower. The rooftop restaurant looks straight up at Mehrangarh and across the blue city.

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Himmatgarh Palace

Built of golden Jaisalmer sandstone 2.5 km from the fort, with fort views from the gardens and pool. Forty rooms and suites, twenty of them round bhurj tower rooms built as circular sandstone bastions.

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Shahpura Bagh

Nine suites on a forty five acre estate between two lakes at Shahpura, the summer residence of the ruling family since the 1630s, restored without losing its character. Halfway between Jaipur and Udaipur.

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Utsav Camp Sariska

Eighteen forest villas, bungalows and stone cabins among the boulder country of the Aravallis, seven kilometres from Sariska's gate two.

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Premkunj

A colonial style homestay at Badi on the hill fringe of Udaipur near Sajjangarh, ten minutes' walk from the lake, where deer and the odd leopard cross the hills behind the pool.

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The Mountbatten Lodge

A family run retreat of seven suites in the Aravallis near Ranakpur, two hours from Udaipur, built around safaris and the hills themselves.

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Karni Bhawan

A 1940s red sandstone bungalow, once home to the Jagirdars of Sodawas, kept in its original Rajputana lines with gardens and the Nuovo Taashli restaurant, a short ride from Umaid Bhawan.

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Hotel Mahendra Prakash

A family haveli on Lake Palace Road a short walk from the City Palace, its pool set in gardens with a fountain courtyard, live santoor at breakfast and Rajasthani cooking from the family's recipes.

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Khandela Haveli

A Bani Park haveli owned by descendants of Raja Raisal, who made Khandela his capital in 1538, its carved gateway opening onto a fresco lined courtyard and twenty eight rooms.

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The Lallgarh Palace

Commissioned by Maharaja Ganga Singhji and designed by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob in red Thar sandstone, blending Mughal, Rajput and British lines. Rooms from twin beds to the Lallgarh Suite, with rack rates published openly.

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Maharani Bagh Orchard Retreat

The queen's garden, gifted in the 19th century by Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur to his Maharani. Cottages sit in a private forest estate at the foot of the Aravallis, with a machaan over the waterbody and dining in a village style courtyard.

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Nahargarh Ranthambhore

An ivory white fortified palace among thousands of trees on the threshold of Ranthambhore National Park, built by Alsisar Hotels in the architectural language of Rajasthan's noble estates. Morning tiger safaris pair with evening cultural performances.

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Pal Haveli

A mansion of the Thakurs of Pal, scions of Thakur Umaid Karan Ji, dating back more than two hundred years at Gulab Sagar beside the Clock Tower under Mehrangarh. The family call it the only living haveli among Jodhpur's 700; it opened to guests in 2005 with four rooms after a two year restoration and now has twenty one, with the rooftop Indique looking straight onto the fort.

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Ranvas

Ranvas means the abode of the queens: in the 18th century these buildings inside Nagaur's Ahhichatragarh Fort housed the sixteen ranis of Maharaja Bakhat Singh of Jodhpur. Restored as part of the fort's revival, with 27 rooms, two restaurants, a pool, dining on the ramparts and craft tours of Nagaur's artisans.

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Samode Palace

A 16th century fortified palace in Samode village, reworked in the 19th century with Mughal arched doorways, hand painted murals and a mirrored Sheesh Mahal. Forty three rooms and suites in old world Rajputana style, with a spa and pool, and village walks into Samode's textile and craft lanes.

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Shikarbadi

The royal hunting lodge of the House of Mewar, run as a Royal Retreat of the HRH Group in Udaipur, a short drive from the City Palace. Twenty five rooms in lush grounds against the Aravallis, with horse riding, buggy rides and garden dining.

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Shiv Niwas Palace

Built in the reign of Maharana Fateh Singh for visiting dignitaries and guests of the House of Mewar, inside Udaipur's City Palace complex. Thirty six rooms and suites, seventeen of them keeping the royal family's original furniture and portraits, around the courtyard pool.

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The Aodhi

A Royal Retreat of the HRH Group built along the hills of Kumbhalgarh in the setting of the medieval fort city. Poolside dining below the dark hills, small dinners on the Angeethi lawns among flowering trees, and folk musicians at evening events.

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Udai Bilas Palace

The Sisodia palace of Dungarpur, built in bluish grey Pareva stone around the carved Ek Thambia Mahal above Gaib Sagar lake, enlarged in 1940 with the wings that made the courtyard. Still the royal residence, taking guests in the house guest tradition with twenty three bedrooms, and painted storks, egrets and herons in view from the palace itself.

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Jungle Vilas

A resort at Khilchipur village beside Ranthambhore, with deluxe rooms looking part-way to the Aravallis, pool-facing deluxe rooms over what the house calls the region's largest swimming pool, and premium cottages with a private sit-out. There is a spa, a garden and a terrace, cycling and badminton outside, chess and carrom in.

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Ananyamaya Nature Lodge

Ananyamaya sits at Ranwal on the Ranthambhore road, ten minutes from the park gate and fifteen kilometres from Sawai Madhopur. The owners have planted a thousand native trees around it, neem, mango and amaltas among them. Three room styles, a pool, a 24-cover restaurant called Spectraa and a small cinema.

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Ranthambhore Heritage Haveli

Built in the traditional architecture of the region around a colonnaded courtyard, at Khilchipur village on the Ranthambhore road. Forty-four rooms: thirty deluxe rooms, ten cottages and four suites, with a pool, a garden, an Ayurveda spa and a multi-cuisine restaurant. The hotel arranges jeep and canter safaris into the park.