Udaipur was a wonderful surprise! The streets are amazingly clean – very little trash. The mayor is adamant about having a clean city and it was very noticeable!
Every city comes with a tour guide and the guide in Udaipur was excellent. The City Palace sits on top of a hill – surprise! It was built by the kings and added on to by every king. We gave up trying to keep all the rulers’ names straight – too many and names are way too long!
City Palace Balcony
City Palace. We were in a boat in Lake Pichola.
One of the mirrored rooms in the City Palace
City Palace of Udaipur
Two hotels use part of the palace. “Octopussy” was filmed partly at the City Palace and in the streets of Udaipur. “Marigold Hotel” scenes were filmed here, too.
My favorite part was the window screens carved all from one piece of stone or marble. These allowed the women to see out but prevented anyone from seeing the women.
These carved screens were carved from one piece of stone.
The Queen’s Side of the palace can be rented for parties and weddings now – to the tune of millions of rupees for this site.
Mark and Susan on Palace Island. We needed one posed picture to prove we’d been together on the trip.
We had our own boat out to Palace Island. The guy who built the Taj lived on this island when he hid from his Dad.
Washing clothes and bathing in the river is technically illegal in Udaipur. They don’t want the soap in the water.
Garden of the Maids of Honor
We made a stop at the Water Gardens built for princess with lots of fountains that run naturally.
These ladies wanted their picture taken with us.
A few of the many monkeys at the City Palace