You’ve seemingly imagined a visit to India to experiences its websites and sights, sounds, smells and tastes. Whether or not you’ve but been capable of take what many think about a visit of a lifetime, did you ever think about you would keep in a palace? Well, The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts affords up a dozen totally different properties—all palatial inside and several other trying like palaces outdoors too. As you dream of India and plan a visit there, simply think about your self staying at these resplendent properties.

The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts

The first Leela lodge opened in Mumbai in 1986 and extra lodges have been added to the gathering over the following 36 years. There are 15 Leela branded properties in India which might be open now or quickly to return.

The luxurious hospitality model is thought for its stunning properties, five-star degree of service, and elaborate culinary and cultural experiences. A brand new wellness initiative, referred to as Aujasya by The Leela, hyperlinks mindfulness and restorative meals with conventional and fashionable therapies and practices. Each lodge has distinctive artwork and delicacies in addition to immersive experiences linked to its location and tradition.

Leela’s custom of hospitality is “Atithi Devo Bhava,” which interprets to “guest is god”—and whether or not god, royalty, world chief or only a traveler seeking to be taught extra about India—you’ll really feel additional particular with a keep at any of its places.

The flagship Leela property is in New Delhi with gold domed turrets and a golden mosaiced lotus in its central courtyard. While the palatial properties of some Leela lodges are extra within the interiors and positively of their companies, it’s Leela’s palaces that basically seize the creativeness.

A palace within the pink metropolis of palaces

Take Leela’s palace in Jaipur, in northwestern India, for instance. Jaipur is called the Pink City due to the pink stone used for development of a lot of its buildings and since a lot of the town was painted pink—a colour related to hospitality—again in 1876 for a go to of Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria. A photographer’s paradise, Jaipur has an abundance of gardens, pavilions and palaces. Since Jaipur is the capital of the state of Rajasthan, which suggests “the land of kings” in Hindi, after all it is best to keep in a palace right here.

The Leela Palace Jaipur is such a palace. Cream coloured—evoking white paint combined with only a drop or two of pink—and with silver roofs, it stands out amongst Jaipur’s buildings. On eight acres of landscaped gardens, it has shaded courtyards, sweeping corridors, glowing mosaics, and calming fountains. Luxury stays are in suites and villas, some with non-public plunge swimming pools.

In Udaipur, the previous capital of the Mewar Kingdom

Another Indian metropolis identified for its palaces, temples and ornate residences (havelis) is Udaipur. At The Leela Palace Udaipur, you possibly can really feel like royalty of yesteryear and arrive on the palace by boat on the tranquil Lake Pichola (you possibly can arrived by automotive too).

The lodge’s latticed balconies and turrets with their rooftop domes instantly make you consider castles. This lodge has been referred to as museum-like and its hallways are embellished with artwork depicting the Mewar guidelines of previous Rajasthan. Even the views of the lake and Aravalli mountains from the pool are majestic.

Two in Bengaluru

Leela has two properties in Bengaluru (previously referred to as Bangalore), the town identified for its excessive tech business, parks and several other palaces—together with the Nineteenth-century Bangalore Palace which was modeled after Windsor Castle in England. Modern luxurious is at The Leela Bhartiya City Bengaluru, with a palatial pool and spa.

For a real palace keep, go for the opulent The Leela Palace Bengaluru. It has a Fifteenth-Sixteenth century really feel resulting from its dimension, ornate pillars and arches, huge corridors, copper domes, and sculptures of legendary Hindi animals. It was impressed by the structure of the Royal Palace of Mysore. Be positive to take a look at pictures of the Maharaja Suite for what the rooms of a “great king” (the interpretation of the Sanskrit) have been like. It’s the place world leaders keep right this moment too so safety is tight.

More palaces on the way in which

There are a number of different resorts and lodges, and sure, some palaces, below the Leela title too. And there’s extra to return: The Leela Hyderabad is coming to the Banjara Hills space close to Hyderabad, and the brand new The Leela Ashtamudi, A Raviz Hotel can be in Kerala. A palace close to India’s most well-known palace can be The Leela Agra—all of its 140 rooms can have a view of the Taj Mahal.