Hotels in India
Aman-i-Khas
Ranthambhore
Rajasthan
www.amanresorts.com
800/477-9180
At the Aman-i-Khas wilderness camp near India's Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan, nine canvas tents have all the splendid comforts.
Ananda
The Palace Estate
Narendra Nagar
www.anandaspa.com
91-1378/227-500
This enormous resort and spa overlooking the Ganges is one of the grandest hotels in Leo-Andrieu's portfolio.
Anandha Inn
S.V. Patel Rd.
Pondicherry
91-413/233-0711
Both southern and northern Indian cuisine.
Brunton Boatyard Hotel
Calvetty Road
Kochi
www.cghearth.com
91-484/221-5461
In Cochin, Kerala's biggest city, we stopped at the five-year-old Brunton Boatyard Hotel, which offers majestic four-poster beds. At the.
Fort Tiracol
Pernem
Tiracol
91-2366/227-631
When German fashion stylist Claudia Ajwani and her Bombay-bred husband, Hari, opened Goa's Nilaya Hermitage in the nineties, the New.
Gordon House Hotel
5 Battery St., Colaba
Mumbai
www.ghhotel.com
91-22/287-1122
The city's first design-conscious boutique, the 29-room Gordon House Hotel, has three room types: Mediterranean, Country, and Scandinavian, with furnishings.
Green Hotel
Chittaranjan Palace, 2270 Vinoba Rd.
Jayalakshmipuram
www.greenhotelindia.com
91-821/525-5000 or 91-821/525-5001
From the vantage point of the lavish gardens or the velvet croquet lawn, the restored Chittaranjan Palace, built a century.
Hotel de L'Orient
17 Rue Romain Rolland
Pondicherry
www.neemranahotels.com
91-413/234-3067
Some of these have been beautifully preserved; L'Hotel de L'Orient on Rue Romain Rolland is one of those rare Indian.
Hotel de Pondichery
38 Dumas St.
Pondicherry
91-413/222-7409
Leela Goa
Mobor
Cavelossim
www.leelapalace.com
91-832/287-1234 or 800/223-6800
A pink Indo-Portuguese-style palace, the Leela Goa has everything a large beach resort should: lagoons, waterfalls, moats, 75 acres of.
Malabar House
Parade Road, Fort Cochin
Kochi
www.malabarhouse.com
91-484/221-6666
Nilaya Hermitage
Arpora Bhati
www.nilayahermitage.com
91-832/227-6793
Perfect for your inner hippie. Twelve individually decorated rooms combine Eastern and Western elements, as does the hotel's restaurant.
Oberoi Amarvilas
Agra
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3764
Gorgeous Moghul-style palace with elaborate gardens and reflecting pools, right beside the Taj Mahal.
Oberoi Rajvilas
Goner Road
Jaipur
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3764 or 91-141/268 0101
Standard-setting property designed like an old fort with colonnades and rambling courtyards in the countryside.
Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa
Arrossim Beach
www.hyatt.com
800/233-1234 or 91-832/272-1234
Spread across 45 acres, the 251 rooms have open-plan bathrooms that make the most of the property's tropical gardens.
Privacy at Sanctuary Bay
1/268,1/269 Parade Rd., Sanctuary Bay
Fort Cochin
www.malabarhouse.com
91-484/221-6666
The owners of Malabar House, a boutique hotel in Fort Cochin, India, have created Privacy at Sanctuary Bay, a two-bedroom.
Rambagh Palace
Jaipur
www.tajhotels.com
800/223-6800
Ornate 1835 maharajah's palace on 47 acres in the middle of the pink city.
Spice Village
Periyar Wilderness
Thekkady
91-484/266-8221
We stayed in Thekkady at Spice Village, a comfortable resort with 52 thatched cottages set in acres of spice trees.
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
3 Rangapillai St.
Pondicherry
www.sriaurobindoashram.org
Guest houses available, along with bookshop, dining facilities, and collective meditation.
Taj Exotica
Benaulim
www.tajhotels.com
91-832/277-1234
Built on a grand scale, with 140 rooms. Two 'presidential' villas have their own plunge pools.
Taj Green Cove Resort & Spa
G.V. Raja Vattapara Rd.
Kovalam
www.tajhotels.com
91-471/248-7733
Sadly, while we were in Cochin, we didn't have time to see the floating cottages at the new Taj Green.
Taj Lake Palace
Udaipur
www.tajhotels.com
800/223-6800
Converted 250-year-old summer palace in the middle of Lake Pichola.
Taj Mahal Palace
Apollo Bunder
Mumbai
www.tajhotels.com
800/223-6800
Historic 1903 building and newer modern tower with Moorish, European, and Oriental influences.
The Oberoi, Mumbai
Nariman Point
Mumbai
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3764
Modern high-rise with a busy tree- and marble-filled lobby in the city center.
The Park
14/7 Mahatma Gandhi Rd.
Bangalore
www.theparkhotels.com
91-80/559-4666
Design guru Sir Terence Conran started it all in the spring of 2001 when he created the Park, a 109-room.
Udaivilas
Haridasji Ki Magri
Udaipur
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3765
Picture your arrival: you're met at the airport by a car and driver, guided onto a private boat, then ferried.
Vanyavilas
Ranthambhore Rd., Sawai Madhopur
Rajasthan
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3764 or 91-7462/23999
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Wildflower Hall: An Oberoi Resort in the Himalayas
Chharabra, Shimla 171 012
Simla
www.oberoihotels.com
800/562-3764
Built at the base of the Himalayas, Wildflower Hall was the former residence of Lord Kitchener, commander of the British.
Windamere Hotel
Observatory Hill
Darjeeling
www.windamerehotel.com
91-354/225-4041
During the Raj era, overheated sahibs from Calcutta came to recover in sub-alpine serenity at the Windamere Hotel. The landmark.
Yogamagic CanvasEcotel
Goa
www.yogamagic.net
91-9370/565-717
Bohemian luxury is de rigueur at Goa's Yogamagic CanvasEcotel, where Ashtanga seekers stay in colorful hand-printed, solar-powered Rajasthani hunting tents.
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