The Oberoi Udaivilas

Voted the No 1 Hotel in the World 2007 by readers of Travel and Leisure Magazine, The Oberoi Udaivilas stands on the banks of Lake Pichola facing Udaipur. Such was the level of attention to detail, the Oberoi Udiavilas took ten years to build and boasts spectacular views across the water to the 17th Century palaces of Jagmandir and Jagniwas.

A fabulous resort hotel set among thirty acres of former hunting grounds, it is nothing short of palatial. A pristine version of an original Rajasthani Mewari moated palace. The Oberoi Udaivilas incorporates every conceivable modern comfort.

Visual treats include open-air colonnades flanked by 450 hand-carved stone columns, domes covered in golf leaf, hand-painted murals, arches, fountains, landscaped terraces, acres of white marble, a decorative pool of giant marble lotus flowers, and a treat for all the senses, a superb Banyan Tree Spa.

Grand, majestic, in a setting of unrivalled splendour, there is absolutely nothing like it. And in terms of comfort and service it is in a class of its own.

Once you have arrived you will be reluctant to leave.