The city of Udaipur is considered to be the "Venice of India". There are lakes with Palaces and hotels. We stayed on an island with a land connection. The island is owned by the Royal family and comprises two luxury hotels. We stayed at one and the other was considered to be the top hotel in the world 4 years ago. We only walked through the grounds of The Oberoi.
Our first visit was to the Women's Gardens. Built for the women of the Royal court it had delightful gardens, fountains and lily ponds.
Yes these days they allow men into the gardens! Us with a butterfly.
We stopped to look at The Lake Palace. The city is seen as one of the most beautiful in India.
We moved on to The City Palace, a huge complex structure with some very ornate features.
Our first visit was to the Women's Gardens. Built for the women of the Royal court it had delightful gardens, fountains and lily ponds.
Yes these days they allow men into the gardens! Us with a butterfly.
We stopped to look at The Lake Palace. The city is seen as one of the most beautiful in India.
We moved on to The City Palace, a huge complex structure with some very ornate features.
The rooms were very ornate. This one had lots of gold!
Detail on one of the walls.
The external walls were just as nice as those inside.
We could do an entire blog just on elephants as depicted in temple and palace art.
This is the Jagdish Temple and yes those are elephants.
After checking into our hotel we had a little time and walked to a local market. Later we went on a boat trip on Lake Pichola. The view was wonderful and the afternoon light added to the scene.
A few more photos of the City Palace and the Royal touch.
The sun set and we adjourned to our Palace to hold court.
2 comments:
Stunning photos! What a beautiful city. Although any where with a lot of water seems to get called "the Venice of the..."
It sure does, we were in the Venice of the South Coast recently (Sussex Inlet), ha ha ha.
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