Umaid Bhawan Travel Guide
Travel to Umaid Bhawan - Remarkable Palace, Hotel and Museum
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The red-sandstone Umaid Bhawan is a vast complex comprising of palace, hotel and museum all in one. The last palace to be built in India its history is as intriguing as the contents of the museum amazing. This is a great place to relax after wandering around its lovely rooms.
Maharaja Umaid Singhji who built this palace was fascinated with western lifestyles and so in 1929 marshalled the services of a well-known Edwardian architect, Henry Vaughan Lanchester, a creditable equal of Edward Lutyens (architect of New Delhi) to construct the three hundred and forty seven roomed Umaid Palace. This was to become India's last of the great palaces and the biggest private residence in the world, though was ostensibly built with the superficial intention of providing employment to famine stricken farmers.
The spectacular Central Rotunda’s cupola rises to a hundred and five feet high and the Throne Room has exquisite Ramayana murals. An elegant wood-panelled library, a private museum, indoor swimming pool, billiards room, tennis courts and unique marble squash courts makes Umaid Bhawan Palace unabashedly ostentatious.
The palace now is a five star deluxe hotel whilst the museum is highly recommended for its display of weapons, an array of stuffed leopards, a huge banner presented by Queen Victoria and an incredible collection of clocks.
Activities in Umaid Bhawan
Allow around 2 hours to visit the Umaid Bhawan
Relaxing
Relax with a snack, meal or just a cold drink on the lawns of the hotel after visiting the museum.
Getting Around
Easily included as part of a city tour the Umaid Bhawan can also be reached by taxi or auto-rickshaw
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