Best Luxury Hotels in Udaipur

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

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

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

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