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We stayed in a mixture of "ordinary" hotels & Heritage ones. The ordinary hotels were OK - but very forgettable. However the Heritage places were tremendous.

 

In 1971 Indira Gandhi abolished the privileges and privy purses of  Rajasthan's Maharajahs. Faced with a lack of income, quite a few had to turn their homes into Heritage hotels, just to make ends meet. They vary enormously in the standards of facilities offered, but without exception, all the ones we stayed in had their own distinctive character which we loved.

 

 

 

Udaipur - Jagat Niwas Hotel

 

 

Rohet - Rohetgarh Fort

 

 

Jodhpur - Ratan Villas

 

 

Jaipur - Shahpura House

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The white lakeside building was our hotel. Behind it is part of the City Palace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This fort was the best place we stayed in. According to The Lonely Planet Guide "Rohetgarh is a heritage hotel with lots of character and relaxing gardens. Bruce Chatwin wrote The Songlines here and William Dalrymple began City of Djinns in the same room (No. 15). It's surprising that they were so diligent, as there's a gorgeous colonnaded pool and the rooms are lovely." In hindsight, we would have loved to have stayed longer here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stayed in the Ratan Villas, a delightful old guest house - straight out of "Jewel in the Crown". The owner proudly showed off the various photos of himself playing Polo in Windsor. There was also one photo showing his father and the Duke of Edinburgh after a match.

 

We had to tell the cook before 4:30 pm if we were having dinner as the superb meals were cooked to order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we had a four-poster with lots of billowing curtains round it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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