Best Hotels in Old City, Udaipur

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

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

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