Best Hotels in
Udaipur

Perhaps the most romantically situated hotel in the world — a white marble palace built in 1743 by Maharana Jagat Singh II, floating on its own island in the centre of Lake Pichola with views of the City Palace and the Aravalli Hills encircling it like a painted screen. Arrival by boat is the only option, and the moment the craft pulls away from the ghat and the palace approaches across the water is one that no guest forgets.

• Ultra-Luxury
• Lake Views
• Lake Pichola
• Once-in-a-Lifetime

Spread across 50 acres of the western Lake Pichola shore, the Oberoi Udaivilas is a masterwork of Rajput architecture conceived by designer Rajiv Saini — domed pavilions, private plunge pool courtyards, and over three kilometres of hand-inlaid mosaic walkways. The lake-view pool is considered one of the finest in the world, and the Udai Terrace restaurant's sunset position is simply unmatched.

• Ultra-Luxury
• Pool
• Lake Pichola
• Romance

An integral wing of the City Palace complex, the Fateh Prakash Palace provides the opportunity to actually sleep within the maharanas' ancestral home — suites furnished with original royal antiques, oil portraits, and a balcony over the lake that no new-built property can replicate. The Crystal Gallery downstairs, housing Maharana Sajjan Singh's 1877 Osler glass commission, is the most extraordinary room in Udaipur.

• Palace
• Heritage
• Lake Views
• History

Positioned on the western shore with one of the longest uninterrupted lake frontages of any Udaipur hotel, The Leela Palace is a study in Mewar architectural craftsmanship — white marble jharokhas, hand-painted frescoes, and a garden of 1,400 trees. The Sheesh Mahal restaurant, with its lily-pond terrace and lake views at dusk, is one of the most beautiful dining rooms in India.

• Luxury
• Lake Views
• Lake Pichola
• Spa

A 350-year-old lakeside haveli converted into one of Udaipur's most intimate heritage properties — just 16 rooms, each individually furnished with antiques and hand-block-printed textiles, most with balconies directly over Lake Pichola's surface. The Ambrai restaurant terrace below is the most celebrated outdoor dining location in the city, looking directly across to the illuminated City Palace and Lake Palace after dark.

• Heritage
• Lake Views
• Old City
• Boutique

Forty minutes from Udaipur in the Aravalli hills, Raas Devigarh is arguably India's finest boutique hotel — a 18th-century fort of extraordinary architectural presence, sensitively restored by Priya and Lekha Poddar with a minimalist contemporary sensibility that trusts the original building's beauty completely. The rooftop stargazing, the candlelit courtyard dinners, and the complete absence of cars and noise make it transformative.

• Fort Hotel
• Ultra-Boutique
• Nature
• Romance

One of the old city's most atmospheric lakefront havelis, Jagat Niwas occupies two converted 17th-century buildings stacked above the eastern shore — affordable rooms in varying states of heritage grandeur, a rooftop restaurant with lake views, and the priceless asset of a location that puts you in the beating heart of old Udaipur, steps from the ghats.

• Heritage
• Budget
• Old City
• Lake Views

The Trident sits on a private promontory above Lake Pichola with 360-degree views encompassing the City Palace, the Taj Lake Palace, and the full sweep of the Aravalli panorama — arguably the most spectacular position of any mid-range hotel in India. Oberoi Group service standards apply; the value relative to the adjacent luxury palace properties is exceptional.

• Value Luxury
• Views
• Fateh Sagar
• Couples

Udai Kothi is Udaipur's finest traditional haveli hotel — a converted nobleman's residence of surprising architectural complexity, with rooms ranging from small and atmospheric to rooftop suites with private lake terraces. The rooftop pool with its floating marigold garlands and direct view of the Lake Palace is extraordinarily Instagram-famous for very good reason.

• Heritage
• Boutique
• Old City
• Pool Views

A family-run haveli guesthouse of considerable charm on the Gangaur Ghat steps, Kankarwa's claim to fame is its position directly over the water — breakfast on the lake-level terrace as the morning boats pass and the City Palace glows in the early light is an experience that guests consistently describe as the single best morning of their Rajasthan journey.

• Budget
• Character
• Old City
• Lake Views