Umaid Bhawan Hotel, Jaipur

The Umaid Bahwan Hotel takes you back in time. The opulent decor coupled with with abundant old photos on the walls give a glimpse of what it would be like to have lived there. On entering the hotel a porter catches my bag as I walk past a sheltered swimming pool looking cool and inviting. The foyer has a telephone room, computers and immediate wifi connection to the internet. Past this is a nostalgic reception area, leading to a lawn court yard. The room I occupy has beautiful entwined leaves painted around the ceiling, a fresh cotton cover on the wide wooden bed and leads on to a sheltered balcony. There is a safe, a fridge and the bathroom has all needed for a relaxing stay. A surprise was morning yoga classes, which I followed with a buffet breakfast overlooking the Jaipur morning from the exotic roof top restaurant. My stay was enhanced by the caring and friendly service and my lasting memories of the Umaid Bahwan Hotel contain a smile as big as India.

Arrived to hotell with a really bad stomach :-( But just entering the very clean room lovely decorated made me feel much better. We had planned for a 2-day stay but since I had to spend those in the bed we stayed another 2 days. During my illness the hotel staff were very helpful and considerate. When I was on my feet again everybody greeted me and asked how I was doing :-) The roof-top resturant serve excellent food both for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the service were very fast and good. For this hotel the pictures on their homepage and the reality matches, which is not always the case. Well what can I say except I wish you all get a chance to stay in this hotel.