1 of The Best Places to Visit in Jodhpur by Metro Car
Umaid Bhawan Palace
One of the largest royal house in the world, the golden-yellow sand stone Umaid Bhawan Palace is a memorial of Jodhpur’s heroism and romance. The guests liked to live like kings. Once the occupied rooms of the Maharaja.
The magnificent views of the palace from the magnificent Mehrangarh Fort. From unique themed dinners, who see all the fanfare of the desert kingdom A large number of tourists visit Umaid Bhawan Palace from around the world to explore rare artifacts and unique attractions.
Mewar festival is one of the famous festivals in Umaid Bhawan Palace. So never leave this place to visit in your list.
More About Umaid Bhawan Palace
The Grand Umaid Bhawan Palace a favorite with tourist visiting the city, The palace was made between 1928 to 1943 by Maharaja Umaid Singh, and architecture design by British citizen Henry Lanchester which shows a blend of eastern western architectural influences.
The Umaid Bhawan Palace is a lavish art deco monument which was built as a public relief and employment project during a long period of drought. A special type of sandstone (Chittor sandstone) and about one million square feet of the finest marble was used for its construction. It has 347 rooms, many courtyards, hotel (Taj Palace), and a banquet hall.
Half part of umaid bhawan operated by The Taj Group as a heritage hotel The hotel has 64 guest rooms including the king and queen royal suite. This is the only place in the world where you can find marble bath tubs.
The palace covers 26 acres of land with many chambers like library, royal sauna, marble squash court, tennis courts, throne room, public & private meeting hall, private dinner hall, spa, indoor swimming pool etc .
The museum here attracts every tourist with royal artifacts, clocks, photographs, classic cars of the king, mural paintings, porcelain wares and so on. and other part residence Maharaja Gaj Singh and his Royal family and museum leaves with his family in a part of Umaid Bhawan and also has a museum where you can see collection of vintage cars, clocks and banner gifted by queen Victoria, art effects, trophies and weapons.
This is second places to visit in Jodhpur
Opening Times: 9:00 AM to 16:30 PM, daily
Best Time to Visit: October to early March
Duration: 1 – 2 Hour
Travelled By: Foot
Cost: 30 INR
How to Explore Umaid Bhawan
For exploring Jodhpur you have to come at Jodhpur which is well connected city of Rajasthan from Road, Railway and Flight, you find any transport mode for that.
After arrival in Jodhpur, You can hire taxi service from a local vendor who charge you as per your need 500 IRN to 1500 INR, One of the Best Taxi Service in Jodhpur by Metro Cab, they also provide one way taxi service from Jodhpur to Delhi, Jodhpur to Jaipur and many more cities.
In that you explore whole Jodhpur City and as well as Umaid Bhawan Palace