Lake Palace in Udaipur

Location: Udaipur, Rajasthan
Surroundings: Lake Pichola
Significance: Summer Residence Of The Royal Family
Present Status: Converted To A Heritage Hotel

This former summer residence of the Royal family, has now been converted into a fabulous hotel. With Pichola Lake surrounding the lake palace, lapping and murmuring, rippling waves make the whole atmosphere very pleasant. All the luxuries of the lake palace have been utilized in making the hotel as attractive and comfortable as possible. This Lake Palace Hotel is considered to be one of the best hotels in the world.

Udaipur - The City
The city of Udaipur is a lovely land around the Azure water lakes hemmed in by the lush hills of the Aravails. A vision in white drenched in romance and beauty, Udaipur is a fascinating blend of sights sounds and experience-an inspiration for the imagination of poets, painters and writen.

About Hotel Lake Palace
Also known as Jag Niwas, this stunning lake palace afloat on Lake Pichola, was developed by Rana Jagat Singh II in the 1730s as a pleasure palace because permission had been denied to him by his father to develop the existing island palace of Jag Mandir.

A Luxury Hotel - Lake Palace
Udaipur In 1961, Maharana Bhagat Singh decided to convert Jag Niwas into a luxury hotel because, as its design-consultant said, '…it seemed the only viable way that it could be maintained'. It caught the fancy of the international who's who immediately, and since 1971, it has been managed by the Taj group of Hotels.

Accomodation
84 rooms & 15 suites.