An exquisite pink-sandstone palace, formerly the home of the last ruling prince of Bikaner, is now a recently converted 82-room hotel.
Many of India's best restaurants are to be found within the country's foremost hotels. Jaipur, however, has an unusually varied dining scene.
Jaipur, India, is the gemstone capital of the world and provides many suitable stores and workshops to purchase diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds.
For decades, Indian palace hotels were synonymous with the Taj group, and first-time visitors to the subcontinent would inevitably find themselves strolling the lawns at the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur at some point.
The third week of our monthlong travel photo contest is coming to a close, and we received some truly excellent submissions.
India's palace hotels are incomparably grand and atmospheric. I vividly remember my first visit to Rajasthan, wandering awestruck through vast ceremonial halls beneath stupendous crystal chandeliers. From the walls, life-size portraits of bejeweled potentates gazed sternly down.
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