Taj Umaid Bhavan Palace Reviews

Super awsm placeeee ...
Must exploreee

An heritage site open for public visits. A grand place for auspicious ceremonies among rich businessman and high officials around the world. The palace looks very beautiful and the construction majestic. Would recommend you to visit this place during in-city sight seeing.

Very nice place and Palace is quite amazing, very Beautiful and hotel is very attractive. It's great to visit there..

Visited as a tourist who bought his ticket for entry rights and was shown four rooms of foregone era opulence. Will not recommend

The current king of Jodhpurs residence, the palace is worth the hour or two you send there when you visit. It has a detailed history of the construction of the palace and the history of the current royal family of Jodhpur.

Not to forget, the palace has quite the collection of vintage cars.

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Umaid Bhawan Palace is divided into 3 sections, the museum which is open to all, the hotel, and the palace where Maharaj and his family stays. The museum shows a variety of artifacts and gives knowledge of how things were back in the day. It's truly a very beautiful place to visit. The architecture, the royalty, the vintage car collection, truly splendid.

Nice Vintage cars, museum, nice ambience only 30rs entry ticket per person. Photography is allowed. Antique jewellery, furniture, utensils. Parking space on paid basis is available. U can take personal car too.

One of the best place to visit in the JODHPUR , Having a good road to reach and having a nice parking facility and good travelers entry point. The palace includes the HOTEL, THE MUSEUM and VINTAGE CAR COLLECTION SHOW CASE. A well maintained and nicely clean tourist attraction which is worth visiting for the vacation trip and photography lovers. Umaid Bhawan Palace, is one of the world's largest private residences. A part of the palace is managed by Taj Hotels. Named after Maharaja Umaid Singh, grandfather of the present owner Gaj Singh. The palace has 347 rooms and is the principal residence of the former Jodhpur royal family. A part of the palace is a museum.

Palace is good but the museum isn't worth. Nothing exquisite to see.

Beautiful.
Museum not so impressive

Prettiest place in Jodhpur. Take the palace road to make sure you see you see the best view

You can see it from the fort or from any point in Jodhpur. We went, but didn t pay the entry as many tourists told us it didn t worth it. It appears that the museum part it s almost nothing. The rest is closed for the guests of the hotel. I recommend to see it just from far away. It is nice enough.

It is royal museum having all the royal ancient pictures, works and history

A very nyc place to experience the royalty of the princes of that times the palace is converted into hotel so can't go inside but the view from top is very good and also you can see the luxury vintage cars of the king's showcased in mirror chamber's

Built between 1928 and 1943, Umaid Bhawan Palace is a magnificent piece of Rajasthan s heritage, and a symbol of new Jodhpur. Home of the erstwhile Jodhpur royal family and currently the world s sixth-largest private residence, the palace More

Top class hospitality, definitely best place to stay in India

A very good place for rich people to see the luxurious cars of the kings to buy goods for family members friends

Amazing place
Good museum
Many historical things are kept...

ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE PALACE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE REST BEING USED AS A HOTEL
ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS IS THEY HAVE DISPLAYED ABOUT 10 VINTAGE CARS FOR DISPLAY AT FREE OF COST WHICH IS TO BE APPRECIATED SINCE UDAIPUR PALACE CHARGES RS 300 PER HEAD FOR VIEWING THE VINTAGE CARS

The Maharaj did this, the Maharaj did that and look, the Maharaj even made a palace to help the people
Okay let me go with the positives first. Terrific job preserving the palace, the artefacts etc. Great antique cars (Rolls Royce et al). And well done with the curation of a museum with pics and stories. Its definitely worth a visit to see to most royal of palaces in India.
But c'mon. A little less flattery of the Maharaja perhaps? A touch of the subtle and the understated here and there for variety? A little more about Jodhpur and less of here's-the-Maharaja-with-the-duke-of-somewhereshire? And pray save the story about the Maharaja making the palace as a Keynsian effort to help his subjects. Think harder guys, give it a better spin ya?
Anyhoo. Definitely worth a visit to see the palace and check out the museum. Not expensive either - just Rs 30 if I remember right. The polar opposite revenue model to the Udaipur City Palace Museum, though, to be fair, this museum is probably a tenth as big as Udaipur's.History of building the Umaid Bhawan Palace is linked to a curse by a saint who had said that a period of drought will follow the good rule of the
Rathore Dynasty . Thus, after the end of about 50-year reign of Pratap Singh, Jodhpur faced a severe drought and famine conditions in the 1920s for a period of three consecutive years. The farmers of the area faced with famine conditions sought the help of the then king Umaid Singh, [3] who was the 37th Rathore ruler of Marwar at Jodhpur, [4] to provide them with some employment so that they could survive the famine conditions. The king, in order to help the farmers, decided to build a lavish palace. He commissioned Henry Vaughan Lanchester as the architect to prepare the plans for the palace; Lanchester was a contemporary of Sir
Edwin Lutyens who planned the buildings of the New Delhi government complex. Lanchester patterned the Umaid Palace on the lines of the New Delhi building complex by adopting the theme of domes and columns. [3] The palace was designed as a blend of western technology and Indian architectural features. [4]
The palace was built at a slow pace as its initial objective was to provide employment to the famine-stricken farmers in the area. The foundation stone was laid in 1929. About 2,000 to 3,000 people were employed in its construction. [5] Occupation of the palace by the Maharaja came after its completion in 1943, and close to the period of Indian Independence . There was some criticism for embarking on an expensive project but it had serve

!!!Well maintained and epic demonstration of architecture, great amebiance!!!!!

It's totally amazing place to visit. Built between 1928 and 1943, Umaid Bhawan Palace is a magnificent piece of Rajasthan s heritage, and a symbol of new Jodhpur. Home of the erstwhile Jodhpur royal family and currently the world s More

Ac didn't work for both the nights spent,
Manager not customer friendly
Blamed it on us for ac not working and pathetic service.

Only name is enough for this palace. People call it hotel. But in my view this is not hotel. This is very luxrious palace. This hotel come in the ranking of world 25th top hotel. Many celebrities from India and abroad come here to celebrate his events like weeding ceremony, birthday. This is not only good palace of Rajasthan. This palace is represent India worldwide. I am feel so proud bcoz this place situated in our colourful state Rajasthan. Many Hollywood and Bollywood movie shoot here. Some part of Hollywood movie Prince of Persia shoot here.

It is a piece of magnificient Building symbol of royality.

Best Royal palace where you can see the kings life style. and their rare pictures, Vintage cars, utensils and Weapons

Amazing view of great mixture of indian and english architecture

it's just royal place and not to show natural beauty and modified places King umaid Singh

The main motive behind the construction of the palace was the welfare of the people. Following the prosperous rule of the Rathore rule, a saint's curse condemned Jodhpur to a drought for three consecutive years. The farmers faced extreme conditions of famine and pleaded the then ruler Umaid Singh for help. In order to help his subjects and give them employment, Umaid Singh commissioned the construction of the Umaid Palace. Architect Henry Vaughan Lanchester was assigned with the job of conceptualising the design and he designed the palace along the lines of New Delhi's government complex. The palace was designed such that it incorporated western technology as well as classical Indian architectural features.

Now Umaid Bhawan Palace is a luxury hotel which offers a taste of the regal to all its patrons. In addition to being of utmost historical value, this attraction offers amazing encounters ranging from heritage walks to unforgettable dining experiences. The hotel wing is managed by Taj Hotels and owing to its unparalleled hospitality, has been voted as the "Best Hotel in the World" at the Traveller's Choice Award. The palace was built in the year 1943 and is inhabited by Jodhpur's royal family even today.

At present, the 347 - room palace has been divided into three parts. One part is the residence of the royal family, where the tourists are not allowed to enter. Incidentally, it is one of the largest private residences in the world and is currently inhabited by Raja Gaj Singh and his family. The other part houses a museum which displays a rich collection of photographs, arms, clocks, stuffed animals and many other possessions of the royal family.
The third part of the palace has been converted into a five-star hotel and offers the most exquisite services to its clientele. It is one of the most popular hotels in Jodhpur. Perched atop the mighty Chittar Hill, this palace is often referred to as the Chittar Palace too. To add to the beauty of the palace, there is a beautiful garden outside with lush greenery and different varieties of flowers. A visit to this Palace can make you step into a sense of royalty.

Has got a very modern royal touch but doesn't have much to do or see.
You'll be able to go through the entire palace in 30 minutes or less.
The entry fee is fair though.

Very good place. It tells us that days (i.e)the days how the kings lived and their families

Life time experience.....what a Palace....by far world's Best...and the staff makes u feel like Kinggg...never experienced these type of Royal treatment in life!!

There is also beautiful artistic building and museum

This is the best place for tourist and this place represent the Indian culture

Must visit this palace..

Truly called the taj Mahal of Rajasthan.
However, half of the property is occupied by Taj and for the other half, only ground floor is open to public.
A ok ok place if you have less time to go around in the city

Must visit palace in jodhpur one of the top wonder in world

Land mark of Jodhpur.....one of the great architecture from 20th century

Very well maintained place.
You can visit only some part of the palace as the rest is the restaurant. You can also get to see vintage cars there

Architecture is good but nothing is in the museum. No entry in the hotel for visit.

This is the museum that showcases the lifestyle of the royal family

A palace indeed. Nice collection of maharaja's items.

Umaid Bhavan museum has some very nice history displayed . It takes about 45 minutes to complete the visit . The museum has exhibits of stuffed leopards, Crockery used by The Royal Family. The classic cars of the Maharajas are also on display in the garden in front of the museum.

On Display is amazing Collection of Clocks and a huge flag presented by Queen Victoria.

Its a display of Royalty. A beautiful construction that is mostly converted to a classy hotel and the balance is a museum. There is a segment that displays vintage cars. One should not miss the grand entrance with the helipad in front. However, the richness of the place was in a cheap contrast to the behavior of the guide who was in a hurry to finish the tour, not adding much value in exchange for the tips that was pocketed before the trip started, by demand.
One of the best hotel in the world. It is one of the historic palace turned into a luxury hotel. Many of the famous personalities weeding took place in this hotel.

Good place to see as architectural monument , museum too.

It is one of the beautiful monument and royal hotel of the world ! Love it !

overrated - there is nothing more to visit in jodhour apart from majestic fort and average jaswant thada so they build this useless place, totally not worth to visit

It has limited the access after converting half part of the monument into a hotel. But it is an architectural marvel.