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OF ADVICE Pay the fair price for the hotel room and in this
way you will not be obligated to take their camel safari. They have
to make a profit somewhere. If the hotel in which you are staying is
nice and the management pressures you to take a camel safari and you
don’t want to go, just act like you will go, but you haven’t
yet decided when.
Where
to Stay—In Fort
Most of the hotels in the fort are old havelis converted into hotels.
Therefore most of the rooms in the buildings are different and it pays
to look at a few rooms before choosing one. You will usually be shown
a normal room first and if you take it they are happy. If you do not
like the first room they will then say why don’t you see another
room and that room will usually be a little better. Rickshaws are technically
not allowed to enter the fort (many times they do go up), so there is
a good chance you will have to carry your bags up the fairly steep hill.
As there is a wide range of hotels, if you have heavy bags you may want
to carry them to the courtyard of the fort and one person could watch
the bags and the other could go look at the rooms. I highly recommend
staying in the fort rather than down in the town.
Old Laxmi Niwas (252758) is an old building with rooms
with common bath for Rs 125 to Rs 300. It has a lot of atmosphere. The
Hotel Laxmi Niwas Annex (252758) is a newly built place with
good rooms with bath ranging from Rs 350/400 to Rs 700/800. Some rooms
have very good views.
Desert Haveli (251555) is a small place near the Jain
temples, with rooms with common bath for Rs 175 to Rs 350. It is an
old building and some rooms have an excellent view.
Hotel Castle Paying Guest House (252988) is a small,
family-run place with rooms ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 550.
The popular 15-room Deepak Rest House (252665) has
rooms with common bath for Rs 100 to Rs 200 and double rooms with bath
ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 400. Room No 9 (Rs 400) has its own balcony.
You can sleep on the roof for Rs 70. There are some great views from
the roof. Hot water.
Hotel Simla (253061) is a really good place with rooms
for Rs 225/200 to Rs 550/700.
Star Moon Hotel (252910), next door, has rooms with
common bath for Rs 125/150. Room 11 is the best room. It has an attached
bath and a good view.
The well-managed Hotel Paradise (252674), across the
main square when you enter the fort, is a good place built around a
courtyard in an old haveli. There is an excellent view from the roof.
Most of the rooms are totally different, so it pays to see a few. Rooms
range from Rs 250 for a room with common bath with a small window giving
you a good view to Rs 800 for a decent size, well-decorated room with
bath that has a great view of the surrounding area. Other double rooms
without a view are Rs 500 to Rs 600. You can sleep in the hall or roof
for Rs 90. They organize good, reasonably priced camel safaris and will
definitely want you to go on one. Recommended.
Hotel Shreenath Palace (252907), near the Jain temples,
is an old family-run haveli with rooms for Rs 450/500. The rooms have
common baths with bucket showers. It is a nice place. Some rooms have
really good views of the temples. Free bucket hot water.
A little down the road is the family-run Hotel Suraj
(2251623; Email; adventure@yahoo.com), an old haveli with wall paintings
and well-decorated rooms. The five rooms with bath range in value from
Rs 350 to Rs 650. You can get good veg meals here during lunch and dinner.
Has good views from the roof.
Hotel Jaisal Castle (252362; fax 252101; Email: jaisalcastle@yahoo.com),
in the southwest corner of the fort, is a good place to stay with some
rooms having double views of the surrounding area. It is a restored
old haveli and most of the rooms are different, so you should ask to
see an assortment of rooms. Rooms are Rs 850 to Rs 1050. The staff may
not be very friendly if you do not take a camel safari.
Killa Bhawan Resort (251204; Eamil: kbhawan@yahoo.com)
has comfortable, small rooms with views for Rs 1500 to Rs 2000. Well
decorated rooms with nice bathrooms..
Lower near Amar Sagar Gate
There are some good hotels along two roads that run parallel to each
other north of the Trio Restaurant.
Hotel Renuka (252757; fax 251414; Email: hotelrenuka@rediffmail.com),
Chainpura Street, a five-minute walk from the private bus stand, has
good clean rooms for Rs 100 to Rs 300. Dorm beds are Rs 65. Some of
the rooms have really good views of the fort and the surrounding area.
Hotel Swastika (252483), Chainpura Street, has clean
rooms with common bath for Rs 100/150 and with bath for Rs 150/200.
It is a popular place and has a great view from the roof. Bucket hot
water in the morning.
Hotel Pleasure (252323), Chainpura St, is a small place
with clean rooms with common bath for Rs 125/200. Some of the rooms
are small and do not have windows.
Ringo Guest House (253027), Chainpura St, has a room
with common bath for Rs 150, if you take one of their safaris. There
are two very good rooms on the roof with bath and hot water for Rs 250.
I heard they can be very pushy about going on a camel safari.
Hotel Peacock (152287), across the street, has basic
rooms with common bath for Rs 125/150.
Hotel Pushkar Palace (240817) has rooms with common
bath for Rs 175 and with bath for Rs 275.
Hotel Anurag (250276) has rooms for Rs 150/225. If
you take one of their safaris you can get the room cheaper.
Where to Stay—Lower
in Town
Across from the entrance of the fort are several budget hotels.
Hotel Fort View (252214) has rooms for Rs 125/150 and
dorm beds for Rs 60. There is a great view of the fort from the restaurant.
Hot water in a bucket. There are a couple of rooms, which have good
views of the fort and hot water for Rs 450. More basic roosm start at
Rs 110
Hotel Flamingo, next door, is a popular place with
cheap rooms.
Hotel Shree Giriraj Palace (252268), nearby, has clean
rooms with common bath for Rs 100/175 and Rs 150/250 with bath. A large
double is Rs 350. Dorm beds are Rs 70.
Hotel Jag Palace (250438), located down a side street
near Patwon Haveli, has decent rooms with common bath for Rs 250/350
and with bath and hot water for Rs 425/450. The rooms do not have outside
windows.
Hotel Rajdhani (252746), across the street, has modern
clean rooms with bath and hot water for Rs 350/450. It has a rooftop
vegetarian restaurant, which has a good view of the fort.
In the south of town there are a few cheap hotels.
Hotel Padam Niwas (253330) has rooms with common bath
for Rs 100/125.
Hotel Tourist (252484), across the street, is family-run
and has basic rooms with baths for Rs 150/200.
Hotel Pooja (252608), down the road from Gadi Sagar
Pol, is an old haveli, which has really basic rooms with common bath
for Rs 150/150 and rooms with bath are Rs 250.
Maru Palace (250713; fax 252259), near the Fort Gate,
has clean rooms with bath and hot water for Rs 150 and Rs 550 with an
air-cooler. They have free call-back facility. It is a well-managed
place. They arrange good camel safaris. Some rooms have a good view
of the fort and it has a rooftop restaurant. Michelle, who manages the
place with her husband is a helpful, friendly person.
Where to Stay—Middle
RTDC Moomal (252392; fax 252545), Amar Sagar Rd, located
on its own grounds about half a km from town, has typical tourist bungalow
type rooms for Rs 700/800 and good deluxe A/C rooms for Rs 1100/1250.
It is in a quiet area. There are off season discounts between April
and August.
Hotel Vrinda Palace (251625), located near a corner
of the fort on Shiv Marg, has fairly good rooms for Rs 1300.
The well-managed Hotel Jaisal Palace (252717; 400450;
Email: hoteljaisalpalace@yahoo.com), down a side road near Amar Sagar
Gate, has clean modern rooms with hot water for Rs 1000/1200.Some rooms
have good views of the fort. It has a good vegetarian restaurant on
the roof, which has good views of the fort. It is a little hard to find.
Hotel Nachana Haveli (251910; fax 252778), near Amar
Sagar Gate, is a well-decorated old haveli that has clean comfortable
rooms (nice furniture) with bath and air-cooling for Rs 900/1000 to
Rs 1550/1750. Bathtubs in deluxe rooms.
Hotel Priya (252755; fax 252545), Ramgarh Road, between
Amar Sagar Gate and the Tourist Bungalow, has over-priced rooms for
Rs 1100/1400. The area looks like a cement jungle.
Where to Stay—High
Jawahar Niwas Palace (252208; fax 252288 ), located
just outside town near the tourist bungalow, is a sandstone former palace
that is about 100 years old. Has a nice pool. It is located by itself
and is a nice place with rooms for Rs 2400/3200. It is usually booked
by tour groups months in advance during the season, so you should book
this place at least three months in advance.
Mandir Palace (252788; fax 251-677), Gandhi Chowk near
Amar Sagar Gate, is the old city palace, some of which is now a hotel.
The rooms are well-decorated, especially room 11. Normal rooms with
bath are Rs 1000/1500 and suites with A/C for 1600/2500. The rooms downstairs
by the reception desk for Rs 500 are dark and dreary. You may be shown
one of these rooms first, but the other rooms are much nicer. Rooms
have character and antique furniture.
The well-managed Narayan Niwas Palace (252408; fax:
252101), located on the edge of town past Patwon ki Haveli, has modern
newly built room for Rs 2200/3000 and deluxe rooms for Rs 2600/3300.
The lobby is a far-out redesigned old camel stable. It is a good place.
Directly next door is the much older Hotel Shri Narayan Villas
(252283), which has comfortable, clean rooms for Rs 1150/1400
and A/C rooms for Rs 1500/1600. Many of the rooms are different, so
you should ask to see several rooms.
Gorbandh Palace (2253111; fax 252749), 2½ km
west of town, is a luxury place made of traditional sandstone. It has
first-class, clean rooms starting at Rs 4000/4200. It has a good restaurant
and an excellent pool. They can arrange jeep and camel safaris.
Heritage Inn (252769; fax 251638), nearby, has rooms
for Rs 1700/12400.
Hotel Dhola Maru (252863; fax 252761), a few km north
of town, is a good place with comfortable rooms for Rs 2100/2400. It
has a haveli type design and Rajasthani-style furniture.
Hemmatgarh Palace (252992), 3km from town, is a well-designed
place with A/C rooms for Rs 2200/3200. It has good views of the city
at sunset.
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