AN ODE TO INDIA

THIS COUNTRY OF ENCHANTMENT DRAWS SO MANY TRAVELLERS WHO LIKE TO STAY CONNECTED WITH INDIAN HERITAGE AND THE LEELA PALACE BENGALURU, HILL FORT KESROLI IN ALWAR AND THE LODHI HOTEL IN DELHI HAVE GOT YOUR BACK. HERE IS MY PICK OF 3 SPLENDID HOTELS THAT PAY AN ODE TO INDIA LIKE NO ONE ELSE!

- Rupali Dean

MODERN MEETS ROYAL AT THE LEELA PALACE BENGALURU

From the vivid expansive designs to its majestic columns, from gastronomy to its hospitality, this marvellous, contemporary palace is a spot-on echo of the garden city’s heritage. With its sumptuous gardens and stunning exterior inspired by the Mysore Palace, it transports you to another time and place while keeping your feet put in this realm. An anticipated correlation can be observed through an awe-struck lens of appreciating gardens spread out over acres, a swift waterfall while you sip on coffee and transcend back to your work. The corridors clutching handmade grand Venetian chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, and the paintings of princes and sultans, have you in awe as you take in the natural fragrance of fresh flowers lining the corridors in cut crystal vases. This six-floor, pink sandstone building with soft green domes atop, stands as an iconic structure - a luxury-cum-business hotel which sets the city of Palaces and Gardens and enhances on rudiments of Bengaluru with experimentation in their restaurant menus and style of service.

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