Originally Posted by
giffordius
Or if staying in Rajasthan, is there a slightly crumbling palace hotel with a reasonable pool? I stayed in just such a place 15 years ago - enormous room and thousands of staff but in a charming state of gentle decay. Have such places all been turned into Oberois by now?
The Devi Garh is located about 45 minutes outside of Udaipur. Rooms start from USD300 per night for a garden terrace, to USD1000 for a palace room.
Have stayed there two times now and loved every minute of it.
Five days might be a bit too long, as there really is nothing to do except lounge on the day beds (at we think the best bar in the world), or do yoga, or sit by the pool, or eat or sleep or...
Link is here:
http://www.deviresorts.com/
And tripadvisor scores almost all 5's. There are only 9 garden suites and a handful of the palace rooms - all up about 40 for a huge palace.
Flights to Udaipur are on Jetairways or Indian Airlines ex DEL or BOM. I flight a day in each direction.
Regards
lme ff