What this journey is
Palace hotels, courtyard havelis and grand old houses where the building is part of the reason you came. Mirrored halls, marigolds at the door, breakfast beneath an arcade, lake views at dusk, and rooms that have been waiting a few centuries for you to arrive.
What you might do
- Cross the lake by boat for dinner
- Hear music in a private courtyard after dark
- Walk the old city with a historian before the streets get busy
Where it might take you
- Udaipur
- Jaipur
- Jodhpur
- Marrakech
- Andalusia
Examples only. This collection travels far beyond the places named here.
Which doors would you like opened?
Tell us the places you have imagined staying in. A lakeside palace, a riad behind an unmarked door, a courtyard filled with orange trees, or somewhere we have not mentioned at all. We’ll find the rooms, the history and the setting worth making a journey for.