The royal barge on Lake Pichola at sunset

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Udaipur · India

Mahal Chandrika

The entire palace · from $22,000 a night

Spend like a billionaire

A white marble palace on its own island in Lake Pichola, built for a prince's summers in 1746 and still owned by his descendants. Forty-two rooms of inlaid mirror and hand-painted silk, a staff of eighty, and a royal barge to carry you to the city at sunset.

  • Its own island on the lake
  • Built in 1746
  • A staff of 80

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Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Your pillows, wines and allergies known before you arrive

Best time to go

October to March

October to March, when the days are warm and the lakes are full. April to June is fierce heat, and the monsoon follows.

In pictures

The lake through a palace window
The peacock gate of the City Palace
Palace domes above the old city
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Guests
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A vintage Rolls-Royce at the aircraftFrom the royal collection, with a liveried driver$6,500
The palace khansamaThe royal cook, and recipes kept since 1746$9,000
Kumbhalgarh at dawnThe fort with the second-longest wall on earth, by helicopter$12,000
Musicians on the palace roofRajasthani folk songs as the lake turns gold$6,000
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