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Palace on Wings - more luxurious Rajasthan

Palace on wheels, the luxury tourist train to travel in Rajasthan is well known and also seems to be popular. There is a lesser known but expensive and luxurious way to travel in Rajasthan. Palace of Wings is a package tour that takes you around Rajasthan, but this one is on Helicopters.

City Palace, Jaipur
Palace […]

Karnataka’s Palace on Wheels

Karnataka now has luxury train for those who want to travel in comfort and class. Called The Golden Chariot, it takes you through the historical and wildlife locations of Karnataka and also covers beaches of Goa. The locations include Bangalore, Mysore, Kabini, Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal, Hampi and Goa. The tour lasts for a week and […]

Oberoi Udaivilas voted world’s best hotel

Oberoi Udaivilas, an Oberoi property in Udaipur has been voted as the best hotel in the world by Travel + Leisure Magazine readers survey. The survey result which lists top 100 hotels includes 3 properties from Oberoi group and Taj Lake Palace at Udaipr. The other two Oberoi properties are Oberoi Amarvilas in Agra and […]

CNN Money Best New Hotels - Pench National Park

CNN Money has compiled a list of best 15 luxury hotels that have recently opened, from all over the world. A property of Taj Hotels & Resorts - Baghvan in Pench National Park has bagged second position in the list.
The property is built in joint venture with Taj Group and CC Africa, where CC […]

India’s most expesnive hotels and restaurants

While browsing around for luxurious accommodations in India, I found this list of India’s most expensive hotel rooms, compiled by rediff. The topper in the list is a presidential suite at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi, costing about Rs.2,25,000 per night. The list, comprising more than 20 hotels, is naturally crowded with properties owned […]

Diving destinations in India

Diving is not exactly a very popular sport in India. India’s mainland doesn’t have well known diving sites which offer colorful views of the ocean, and neither can you see too much of exotic oceanic life. However, Lakshadweep does have some beautiful coral reefs and lagoons where snorkeling and diving would be worth it. Here […]

Cruises in Assam and Bengal

Sunderbans in Bengal, and the Brahmaputra valley in Assam are some of the less explored regions in India. People have always looked up to these areas as something special and exotic. There aren’t many easy ways to explore these regions, and the options are very limited. If you are looking forward to sailing down the […]