Best Hotels in Pink City (Old City), Jaipur

Inside the old city walls, Samode Haveli is a living museum of Rajasthani aristocratic architecture — 200-year-old frescoed chambers, hand-painted ceilings, and a series of courtyards that step back through the centuries as you ascend. The rooftop pool overlooking the old city's terracotta skyline is one of the most evocative in India, and breakfast in the zenana courtyard is a daily ceremony worth waking for.

• Heritage Haveli
• Old City
• Romance
• Pool

RAAS Jaipur is the old city's most refined luxury offering — a 200-year-old haveli sensitively updated by Alberto Pinto with a contemporary design sensibility that respects the original Rajput architecture. The 39 rooms and suites frame the Nahargarh Fort above and the havelis below; the rooftop pool and the Dal-Baati-Churma restaurant are the city's best arguments for staying inside the walls.

• Boutique Luxury
• Heritage
• Pink City
• Design

The ITC Rajputana is Jaipur's finest business luxury hotel outside the palace properties — a contemporary interpretation of Rajput fortress architecture with ITC's trademark sustainability credentials and the Peshawri restaurant serving the best frontier-style tandoor cuisine in the state. The Kaya Kalp spa's hot stone and Ayurvedic treatments justify a standalone visit.

• Business Luxury
• Spa
• Civil Lines
• Dining

Narain Niwas is a family-run palace hotel that feels genuinely lived-in — the descendants of its original Rajput owner still occupy the upper floors, and the public spaces overflow with hunting trophies, vintage motorcycles, and the accumulated curiosities of generations. It is eccentric, atmospheric, and extremely affordable for a property of such remarkable heritage character.

• Heritage
• Character
• Civil Lines
• Value

Ten minutes from the airport and surrounded by the Aravalli foothills, Tree of Life is Jaipur's finest spa resort — pool villas set among bougainvillea gardens, an Ayurvedic wellness centre with seriously trained therapists, and views of the Nahargarh hills that make every room feel like a private countryside retreat. The complimentary yoga sessions and organic kitchen garden complete a compelling wellness proposition.

• Spa Retreat
• Wellness
• Chomu Road
• Couples