In a state seemingly awash with heritage hotels and palaces, this centrally located hotel in Jaipur, in India’s Rajasthan state, ticks all the right boxes. Approached through noisy congested streets in the city centre, and located opposite a nondescript modern shopping complex, one’s heart initially sinks at the approach. But …
Pindi in New Delhi’s Pandara Road Market used to be an iconic “dhaba”, so I was told. Simple but with fantastic food. Buoyed up with a nostalgic memory from his student days, my husband took me there in February 2011. Gone was the dhaba, which is basically an ultra-simple food …
Although seemingly every hotel in India’s Rajasthan state is either a palace or a self-proclaimed heritage property, to describe the Bharat Mahal Palace as a “royal residence” (as their own brochure does) or a heritage hotel (as the sign in the garden does) is an exaggeration. This poorly maintained, decidedly …
