 Umaid Bhawan Palace    Taj Lake Palace |
 When high profile actress and model Liz Hurley married earlier this year she did it in true Bollywood style, throwing an elaborate bash featuring a cast of thousands at an Indian Palace in Jodphur, Rajhastan. The Umaid Bhawan Palace is still home to the Maharajah and his family who live in one wing but the majority of it is given over to guests who stay at the palace, which is now a Taj Hotel – and the jewel in the Taj crown.
The Umaid Bhawan isn’t the Taj Group’s only palace hotel – they have a number of them sprinkled around northern India, most notably the Lake Palace at Udaipur, a glistening white edifice that floats like a mirage on Lake Udaipur and once featured in a James Bond Movie....
Karen Halabi explores the palace and fort hotels of Rajasthan, royal retreats which have become upmarket historic hotels, where you can breathe the rarified gentile air of a bygone era…
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