The Trip advisor rated Jodhpur’s own Umaid Bhawan palace as the best luxurious Hotel in the world. The People choice award of 2016 has been given to this palace which also hosts the official residence of the royal family of Rajasthan.

Started on 1928 and completed by 1943, this palace which is built like the Buckingham Palace is a wonderful blend of the Western and conventional ways.

The architecture of the palace is described as an amalgam of Indo-Saracenic.  With a huge area of 26acres which has numerous gardens and trees, the palace holds 367 room.

The inner vaulted dome is the major attraction in the palace which rises to a height of 103 feet in the interior part which is capped by an outer dome of 43 feet height.

The hotel is run by the Taj group of Hotels which has 70 rooms for the visitors. The rooms include the special Maharaja and Maharani suites with art deco style decorations, with the latter with a bath tub covered with a single pink marble said to be only one of its type in India.

Undoubtedly one of the most expensive hotels in India, the Umaid Bhawan hotel has a minimum tariff of around 500 dollars per day which goes up depending on the room type.

The Umaid Bhawan has been part of numerous celebrity and royal weddings recently. The award is truly an honor to the country’s best luxurious hotel and to the Taj Group of Hotels which has maintained this amazing structure to its best.