Palaces & Havelis in Rajasthan
49 places in Rajasthan under palaces & havelis. Royal, princely and colonial residences.
Explore with dates- Ahhichatragarh, Nagaur FortNagaur, Rajasthan · FortsA restored Mughal-Rathore garden palace in a 12th-century fort, with the cattle fair at its gates in winter.
- AlsisarJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA palace hotel village north of Jhunjhunu that hosts a music festival each December.
- Alwar City Palace and MuseumAlwar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA working collectorate with one of the best small manuscript and miniature museums in Rajasthan upstairs.
- Amber FortJaipur, Rajasthan · FortsThe Kachwaha hill palace above Maota lake, and the best-preserved of the Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
- Bagore ki HaveliUdaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisAn 18th-century haveli on the ghat, and the nightly Dharohar folk dance show in its courtyard.
- Balsamand Lake and PalaceJodhpur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA 12th-century lake with a red sandstone summer palace on its dam, five minutes from Mandore.
- Bhainsrorgarh FortChittorgarh, Rajasthan · FortsA Mewar noble's cliff fort above the Chambal gorge, now a small heritage hotel.
- BhandarejDausa, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsA quiet old thikana town with a large stepwell and a palace hotel, near Chand Baori.
- Bharatpur Palace and MuseumBharatpur, Rajasthan · MuseumsThe state museum inside the Iron Fort, with a painted bathhouse next door.
- Bundi Garh PalaceBundi, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA goblin-built palace, Kipling said, with the finest painted rooms in Rajasthan at the top.
- Churu HavelisChuru, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageShekhawati havelis with almost no tourists, in the town with the coldest winters in Rajasthan.
- City Palace JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Kachwaha city palace of 1727, with the peacock gate and the two giant silver urns.
- City Palace, UdaipurUdaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisFour centuries of Mewar palaces joined into one wall above Lake Pichola. Allow half a day.
- Deeg PalaceDeeg, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Jat water palace with two thousand fountains. They run for a few days a year; go anyway.
- Deolia FortPratapgarh, Rajasthan · FortsThe abandoned first capital of the Pratapgarh state, a fort and palace 12 km from town.
- Fatehpur ShekhawatiSikar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisPainted merchant havelis, one restored by a French artist, in a town quieter than Mandawa.
- Gajner Palace and SanctuaryBikaner, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA viceregal shooting lodge on a desert lake, with sandgrouse and blackbuck at the water.
- Hawa MahalJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA five-storey screen of 953 windows built in 1799. Best seen from across the road.
- Jaisalmer FortJaisalmer, Rajasthan · FortsThe living fort. Yellow sandstone, Jain temples, and a few thousand residents.
- Jaisamand Lake (Dhebar)Salumbar, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA 17th-century marble dam holding back one of Asia's largest artificial lakes, 50 km from Udaipur.
- Jal MahalJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe palace in the middle of Man Sagar lake. Seen from the bund, not entered.
- Jhalawar Garh Palace and Bhawani NatyashalaJhalawar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA small state palace with a 1921 theatre where horses came up through the stage.
- Juna MahalDungarpur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 13th-century hill palace in Dungarpur, seven storeys of murals and mirror work, key from the hotel.
- Junagarh FortBikaner, Rajasthan · FortsA fort on the flat that was never taken, with the finest painted palaces in Bikaner.
- Karauli City PalaceKarauli, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA frescoed sandstone palace in a small town that tourism forgot. That is the appeal.
- KhetriJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · FortsWhere Vivekananda found his name and his patron, below a hill fort and above a copper mine.
- Khimsar Fort and DunesNagaur, Rajasthan · FortsA 1523 Rathore fort turned hotel, with a small dune field and blackbuck six kilometres out.
- Kishangarh Fort & Marble Dumping YardAjmer, Rajasthan · FortsThe white slurry flats of the marble town, plus the fort where Bani Thani was painted.
- Kishore Sagar and JagmandirKota, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA 14th-century tank in the middle of Kota with a red sandstone palace on an island.
- Kota Garh Palace and MuseumKota, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Kota palace on the Chambal, worth it for the Hadoti hunting miniatures alone.
- Kuchaman FortDidwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan · FortsA 32-bastion hill fort with the best mirror room in Marwar, run as a hotel but open to ask.
- Lake Pichola and Jag MandirUdaipur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe lake and its two island palaces. Take the sunset boat from below the City Palace.
- Lalgarh PalaceBikaner, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisGanga Singh's red sandstone palace, the Sadul museum in one wing and a hotel in the other.
- MandawaJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe densest cluster of painted havelis in Shekhawati, below a 1755 castle that is now a hotel.
- Mehrangarh FortJodhpur, Rajasthan · FortsRao Jodha's 1459 fort on the rock above Jodhpur, with the best-run fort museum in the state.
- Nahargarh FortJaipur, Rajasthan · FortsThe ridge fort above Jaipur, built as a retreat in 1734. Go for sunset.
- NawalgarhJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · MuseumsThe town with the best-kept frescoes in Shekhawati, restored in the Podar Haveli Museum.
- Neemrana Fort PalaceKotputli-Behror, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 1464 Chauhan hill palace restored as a heritage hotel, two hours from Delhi.
- Saheliyon ki BariUdaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA queen's pleasure garden of gravity fountains and marble elephants, fed from Fateh Sagar.
- Sajjangarh Monsoon PalaceUdaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe unfinished hilltop palace above Udaipur. Go at sunset; the view is the whole point.
- Sardar Samand LakePali, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA big reservoir with Umaid Singh's 1933 hunting lodge on the shore, and flamingos in winter.
- Siliserh LakeAlwar, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA dammed valley lake with a small palace on the bank, the standard stop on the Sariska road.
- Sisodia Rani ka BaghJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 1728 terraced Mughal garden on the Agra road, built for a Sisodia queen.
- Sukh Mahal and Jait SagarBundi, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe lakeside pavilion where Kipling stayed, on a lotus lake outside the town.
- Sunehri KothiTonk, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA plain house hiding a hall of gold leaf and mirrors, left by the Nawabs of Tonk.
- Talab-e-Shahi and Khanpur MahalDholpur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA Mughal hunting lake from 1622 that fills with ducks every winter.
- Tijara Fort PalaceKhairthal-Tijara, Rajasthan · FortsA 19th-century fort left unfinished for 150 years, now a hotel on the hill over Tijara.
- Udai Bilas PalaceDungarpur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA pareva-stone lake palace with an Art Deco wing and a carved one-pillared pavilion, now a hotel.
- Umaid Bhawan PalaceJodhpur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 1929 famine-relief palace in golden sandstone, one wing of it a museum you can walk into.
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