A last minute change of course...for the better!!
Soooo.... we were on our night train to Dehli from Jaisalmer, realising it was still a few days before our friend was arriving from Australia and we would have lots of time to kill in Dehli before he arrived and not wanting to see too many sights without him we decided we wanted to go somewhere else. We had heard so many bad things about Dehli that we really wanted to put off the innevitable of having to go there!
So an hour or so on google later I had searched 'nice places for weekend breaks near dehli' and was not suprised tha most of which that had come up were over 5 hours away (this is considered a perfectly acceptable distance to travel on a friday and return on a monday!).
I wanted something closer so was very happy when I stumbles on the Neemrana fort Palace hotel website. The fort is the closest to Dehli out of all of the forts in Rajisthan and has been converted into a luxury hotel.
We decided it was about time we spent some time 'honeymooning' so booked one night in one of their 'basic rooms' (we payed £70inc breakfast) and planned to eat lots of yummy food, drink good wine and chill out by the pool. We felt it would be welcomed respite before Dehli... So we hopped of the train a few stops early to a little village 15kms away and took a tuk tuk to the hotel.
Any way the place is beautiful and they do lots of activities on sight (some even included in the stay). These were 2 pools on site (one adult only) a Zip wire run by the same company we did it with in Jodhpur (payable), lovely hills/mountains to walk/trek up, Yoga in the mornings, a Spa, High Tea in the afternoons, a long 4 hour happy hour at the bar, live Rajisthani music for an hour every evening with cocktails, vintage car tours of the local village and much more.
We were lucky enough while there to end up getting a free upgrade from our basic room (but still very beautiful) to the most expensive room in the hotel! We felt incredibly lucky and it was so nice to spend a night in such luxurious surroundings! We would recommend anyone wanting to have a luxury night to stay here as its great actually being inside an old fort and being treated so well. But in order to travel for as long as possible, we certainly wont be making a habit of such luxury...back to the real travelling with a bump....off to Dehli.
Soooo.... we were on our night train to Dehli from Jaisalmer, realising it was still a few days before our friend was arriving from Australia and we would have lots of time to kill in Dehli before he arrived and not wanting to see too many sights without him we decided we wanted to go somewhere else. We had heard so many bad things about Dehli that we really wanted to put off the innevitable of having to go there!
So an hour or so on google later I had searched 'nice places for weekend breaks near dehli' and was not suprised tha most of which that had come up were over 5 hours away (this is considered a perfectly acceptable distance to travel on a friday and return on a monday!).
I wanted something closer so was very happy when I stumbles on the Neemrana fort Palace hotel website. The fort is the closest to Dehli out of all of the forts in Rajisthan and has been converted into a luxury hotel.
We decided it was about time we spent some time 'honeymooning' so booked one night in one of their 'basic rooms' (we payed £70inc breakfast) and planned to eat lots of yummy food, drink good wine and chill out by the pool. We felt it would be welcomed respite before Dehli... So we hopped of the train a few stops early to a little village 15kms away and took a tuk tuk to the hotel.
Any way the place is beautiful and they do lots of activities on sight (some even included in the stay). These were 2 pools on site (one adult only) a Zip wire run by the same company we did it with in Jodhpur (payable), lovely hills/mountains to walk/trek up, Yoga in the mornings, a Spa, High Tea in the afternoons, a long 4 hour happy hour at the bar, live Rajisthani music for an hour every evening with cocktails, vintage car tours of the local village and much more.
We were lucky enough while there to end up getting a free upgrade from our basic room (but still very beautiful) to the most expensive room in the hotel! We felt incredibly lucky and it was so nice to spend a night in such luxurious surroundings! We would recommend anyone wanting to have a luxury night to stay here as its great actually being inside an old fort and being treated so well. But in order to travel for as long as possible, we certainly wont be making a habit of such luxury...back to the real travelling with a bump....off to Dehli.
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