Udaipur Lake Palace
Udaipur is a city, a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. That is a place full of palaces, temples and monuments of people buried elsewhere. Here is also local the large and famous City Palace, known all around the world and impressing with majesty and beauty.
Long time ago it was residence of the governor of Udaipur and the largest palace complex in Rajasthan. It is a conglomeration of ornate decorated buildings and private apartments with the following extensions Maharana. The towers, balconies and domes of the palace offer superb views rising above the shores of the Lake Pichola.
There is a small museum, where can find a lot of interesting objects and artifacts, but the most interesting definitely is the palace itself. Maharana today still occupies its separate place, but you can accommodate in the guest chamber, which today s the luxurious hotel Shiv Nivas.
The spacious rooms with views of the lake had welcomed the Shah of Iran, the King of Nepal and Roger Moore, who lived here for a few months while playing James Bond film Octopussy in 1982. The antique furniture in royal apartments are from the private collection of Mahara, while the huge beds are some of the things that you pamper in this magical hotel.
The summer residence of the Maharana of Udaipur and the white marble Lake Palace today are fully rented as a hotel. There must be more impressive and glamorous exterior hotels, but none caused such excitement as this. Built in the eighteenth century.
On a small island in the midst of Lake Pichola, it is one of the most romantic havens in the world, decorated with colorful mosaics, mirrors and inlaid panels, which are added to the gardens, lily ponds, courtyards and fountains. The romantic rooms are those overlooking the City Palace in the lake. Your place in weaves its magic, whether you’re on a sundeck or Night bonnet watch the moon illuminates the water.
Sunset cruise with one of the big boats of the hotel passes another palace – Jag Mandir. Built in 1624 for the young Shah Jahan, the future emperor and founder of the Taj Mahal, today it is a desert, alluding to the past splendor and royal ghosts.
