Jaisalmer Hotel Booking India - Mandir Palace, Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is a spectacular city with a red sandstone fort and rich and elaborate 'havelis', the mansions of the wealthy merchants who conducted a brisk and very profitable trade when the city served the caravan route. Mandir Palace is is a beautiful 200-year-old haveli with exquisite stone carvings. It was built during the reign of the late Maharawal Jawahir Singh. This Heritage Palace offers a unique combination of medieval charm with modern amenities.

Accommodation

The 24 airy, palatial Jaisalmer hotel rooms have been modernized with air-conditioning. Period furniture graces all the rooms and the suites are furnished with old silver Furniture.

Dining

The restaurant is multi-cuisine restaurant, serving - Indian, Continental, Chinese dishes.

Hotel Features and Leisure Activities

Havelis
The best known of these are: Nathmalji ki Haveli, with marvellous miniature paintings decorating its interios, Salim Singh ki Haveli capped with blue cupolas and wonderful peacock shaped brackets, and the five-storied Patwon ki Haveli with its multiple carved pillars and colonnades, wall murals, long corridors and ornate chambers.

The Main Chowk
This square is approached through narrow winding lanes to the Palace of the Maharawal and several Hindu temples and exquisitely sculpted trio of Jain temples nearby.

Desert Culture Centre and Museumk
There is a sizeable and comprehensive collection of old coins, textiles, weaponry, traditional Rajasthani musical instruments and fossils from the desert.

Gadsisar Lake
This reservoir stored rainwater and is now perennially fed through the Indira canal. Flanked by ghats and temples, in the harsh desert landscape, it is a favourite picnic spot and it is the center of activity and colour during the Gangaur festival in March.

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