"A haveli inside Jaisalmer's living fort at Kotari Para, with a rooftop looking over the ramparts and out to the Thar"
Garh Jaisal Haveli stands inside the historic fort at Jaisalmer, at Kotari Para, which means guests sleep within the walls rather than looking at them from the town below.
The hotel describes itself as a fusion of Rajasthani heritage and modern comfort, and its rooftop is the reason most people book it: the view runs across the fort and out over the Thar Desert.
Rooms are decorated in keeping with the building, and the hotel makes a point of personal, family style hospitality rather than front desk service. It also sells packages alongside room only stays.
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.
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New 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.
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New 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.
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