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Udaipur, the Lake City of India, was the capital of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar, ruled by Ranawats of the Sisodia clan. The ancient capital of Mewar was Chittor or Chittorgarh. According to a legend, Maharana Udai Singh came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range. The hermit blessed the king and asked him to build a palace on the spot and it would be well protected. Udai Singh established the City Palace there and when in 1568 the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Chittor, Udai Singh moved the capital to the site of his residence, which became the city of Udaipur. Hotels around Udaipur are plenty in number.
The weekend excursion spots from Udaipur are huge in number. Chittorgarh, Ranakpur, Nathdwara, Kumbhalgarh, Deogarh are some of these places. While some choose to visit these places from Udaipur and come back the same day, others choose to explore the place better and stay overnight at these places.
Some of the hotels around Udaipur are heritage hotels like the Bassi Fort, the Kumbhalgarh Fort Hotel and Deogarh Mahal. These hotels are housed in elegant historical structures that once belonged to one or other of the Rajput clans, kings or their ministers. These forts and palaces however, though not as prominent as the City Palace in importance both in terms of history or tourist interest, offer luxurious stay and state of the art facilities.
The hotels around Udaipur also offer conference and banquet facilities, folk dance and puppet show performances as recreation and other facilities like doctor on call, credit card acceptability, laundry etc.
Indian Holiday offers to give you online information on hotels around in Udaipur in Rajasthan, India.
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