Jaisalmer, Jodhpur & Western Rajasthan
This lovingly tended 350-year-old manor has masses of character and a tranquil atmosphere, which obviously helped Bruce Chatwin when he wrote The…
Must-see hotels in Rajasthan
Udaipur
A five-storey wedding cake of a building, Udai Kothi is a modern building (there's an elevator) with lots of traditional embellishments – cupolas,…
Rajasthan
Just under 2km from the fort is this luxurious and blissfully tranquil hotel with an inviting pool, rambling shady gardens and winter bonfires. The…
Eastern Rajasthan
Set in 25 acres among the folds of the Aravalli Hills, the magnificent Neemrana Fort Palace surmounts a fortified rugged plateau. The fort layout rises an…
Bharatpur
The Falcon may well be the pick of a bunch of hotels all in a row and all owned by the same extended family. It’s a well-kept, snug place to stay, run by…
Chittorgarh (Chittor)
This hotel has a range of rooms, though its business as a lunch stop for bus groups takes precedence over its accommodation enterprise. Even the more…
Udaipur
This elaborate, faded haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) is set around a stone-pillared courtyard, with a wide assortment of rooms on…
Eastern Rajasthan
Bhanwar Vilas Palace, owned and run by Maharaja Krishna Chandra Pal, is closer to a large country manor than a palace. A back-in-time place, it features a…
Jaipur
Elaborately built and decorated in traditional style, this heritage hotel offers immaculate rooms, some with balconies, featuring murals, coloured-glass…
Pushkar
With a vast range of rooms, from budget digs to suites, you are sure to find a room and price that suits. Rooms get bigger and lighter, with more windows,…
Jaisalmer
On the northwestern edge of town, 1km from Gandhi Chowk, Desert Moon is in a quiet location beneath the Vyas Chhatri sunset point. The guesthouse is run…
Bundi
A revamped haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence), Kasera has an incongruously modern lobby, but offers a range of slightly more authentic…
Rajasthan
This award-winning ecotourism venture is a relaxing place on the edge of town. Rooms with comfortable beds are in cosy mud-hut, thatched-roof bungalows…
Rajasthan
The rooms at this beautifully renovated haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) are individual, spacious and very atmospheric, with heritage…
Bikaner
An old Bikaner house this hotel was once the home of a colonel of the Bikaner Camel Corps, and is now run by his grandson. Rooms are unfussy and…
Rajasthan
This exquisite haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) has been in the same family for 200 years. Set in a deliciously peaceful corner of the…
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur & Western Rajasthan
This splendidly carved deep-terracotta haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) in the old part of Phalodi boasts balconies, courtyards and a…
Udaipur
In lovely grounds running down to the northwestern shore of Lake Pichola, 2km west of the old city by road, Udaivilas’ butter-sculpture domes are…
Jodhpur
Developed from a 19th-century city mansion, Jodhpur’s first contemporary-style boutique hotel is a splendid oasis of clean, uncluttered style, hidden…
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur & Western Rajasthan
A luxury hotel within the fort, beautifully set within the former quarters of the 16 wives of the 18th-century Maharaja Bakht Singh. The 27 rooms occupy…
Jodhpur
A European-style hostel with clean air-conditioned dorms, where each bed sports a lockable locker and mobile charging point. The dorms are four- and six…
Ranthambhore National Park
This boutique hotel has just five guest rooms and is set in an orchard metres from the park boundary. Rooms are spacious with air-con and personalised…
Jodhpur
Built in 1920 by the great polo player Maharaj Ratan Singhji of Raoti, this beauty from a bygone era is the real deal. It’s quintessential colonial India,…
Jaipur
This mock-heritage hotel, behind the Collectorate in a quiet cul-de-sac, is extravagantly decorated in traditional style. The cascading stairways and…
Ajmer
Set in a 140-year-old haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) this welcoming city-centre oasis is arguably Ajmer’s best midrange choice. The…
Udaipur
This is one of Udaipur’s few hotels that are genuine old havelis (traditional, ornately decorated residences), as opposed to new buildings made to look…
Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer’s erstwhile royal family still lives in this sprawling 18th-century palace just inside the town walls. Named for its many mandirs (temples), it…
Udaipur
This 300-year-old haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) snuggling up to the back wall of the city palace, is a little rough and worn around…
Jodhpur
Ajit Bhawan is set back from dusty Circuit House Rd, 2km southeast of the centre, in splendid gardens. Behind the gracious 1920s building, built for…
Bikaner
Located 2km northeast of the city centre, this pink-sandstone, all-suite, hotel is part of the royal palace, dating from 1902. It has opulent interiors,…
Ranthambhore National Park
This friendly place is one of the better of the few in the budget category along Ranthambhore Rd. There are just six simple, unadorned rooms (four have…
Udaipur
Built in the early 20th century for royal functions, the Fateh Prakash has luxurious rooms and gorgeous suites, all comprehensively equipped and almost…
Mandawa
Beautifully restored (and still undergoing restoration when we visited), this haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) is in a quite part of…
Jodhpur
Shahi is an interesting guesthouse developed from a 350-year-old zenana (area in an upper-class home where women are secluded). There’s lots of cool stone…
Jodhpur
Perched above town and just below the fort walls, this hotel is run by a friendly, enthusiastic Muslim family who’ll make you feel right at home. Rooms…
Jaipur
This bright and friendly hostel is in a quiet residential part of town, but it's not too far from all the restaurants on MI Rd. Six- and eight-bed dorms…
Bundi
Just outside the town’s western gate, Katkoun is a completely revamped haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) with friendly family management…
Jodhpur
This 200-year-old stone haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) has been well renovated, keeping many features while opening up walls to…
Udaipur
A beautifully renovated and much expanded haveli (traditional, ornately decorated residence) with tastefully decorated rooms surrounding a cool marble…
Udaipur
A modern place decked out in traditional style, friendly Poonam has 16 spacious, spotlessly clean rooms with marble floors, big beds, TVs and spare but…
