Forts & Palaces in Udaipur
City Palace
City
Palace towers over the Pichola Lake. Maharana Uday Singh initiated in the construction
of the palace but succeeding Maharanas added several palaces and structures
to the complex retained a surprising uniformity to the design. The entry to
the Palace is from the Hati Pol, the Elephant gate. The Bari Pol or the Big
gate brings you to the Tripolia, the Triple gate. It was once a custom that
the Maharana would weigh under this gate in gold and silver, which was distributed
to the populace. It is also now the main ticket office.
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Fateh Prakash Palace
It's like being cocooned in authentic royal luxury at the Fateh Prakash Palace,
the grand heritage palace of the HRH group. The warmth of royal hospitality
greets you as you walk along the corridors lined with large paintings of the
Mewar school that flourished in the seventeenth through nineteenth century.
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The Lake Palace
The
Lake Palace is located on the Jag Niwas Island and covers the whole of 1.5 hectare
of the island in the middle of the Pichola Lake. Built by Maharana Jagat Singh
in 1743 it was meant as a royal summer palace and now converted in to a five
star palace hotel. It is a magical palace and its image in the middle of the
lake is like a leaf straight out of a fairy tale book with an excellent taste
of intricate craftsmanship and the ethnic themes using the textiles and handicrafts
all over highlight the beauty that is simply beyond compare the lake around
makes a pleasant murmur with its rippling waves and lapping that adds to the
mesmerising moments.
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