"The Lake Palace" by seeing the name we may assume that it may be a palace established by an ancient emperor in a lake side. yes of course it was established by an ancient emperor but it is now a luxury hotel. It was formerly known as Jag Niwas. This hotel was situated in lake Pichola Udaipur India. It has an area of 4 acres and has 83 rooms for people to stay. It was built in 17th century by Maharana Jagath singh II of udaipur(who was the friend of Shah Jahan) as a royal summer palace. It is facing east to allow sun rays to enter into the hotel. The floors were covered with white marbles and wall were decorated by colored stones. Even though it was copies some of the architectures of Taj Mahal it patterns like Hindu sculpture. Bhagwat Singh decided to convert the Jag Niwas Palace into Udaipur’s first luxury hotel in the 19th century. It has a garden with fountain that gives more elegance to the architecture.click here
In 1971 the management was undertaken by the Taj Hotels & resorts and added 72 rooms. Each room was ornamented with attractive stones and paintings that symbolizes some epic stories. In 2000 the 2nd restoration was undertaken. The palace was converted to hotel because it was the viable way to maintain its beauty for long days. The Management has decided to have a boat transport to reach the palace. Just imagine journey to a palace situated in the center of the lake with beautiful interiors is incredible. During the early 19th century it was not properly maintained and it started decaying. then Geoffrey Kendal, an English actor the noted the lake and described that it was totally deserted and hearing sounds of mosquitoes. The Lake Palace is set against the Aravalli mountains. This resort also have a grnd presidential suite which adds more beauty. It has a open air restaurant in it terrace called Bhairo. Neel Mahal an another restaurant in it which serves delicious traditional Rajasthani foods. The management also provides services like Spa, Site seeing, special meal experience, outdoor swimming pool, babysitting, Car hire services etc. It would be an unforgettable experience, if we do visit this and plan to stay.
