Rambagh Palace in Jaipur has been voted as the best hotel in 'Asia and the Indian subcontinent' in the Readers' Travel Awards 2009 of Conde Nast Traveller magazine. The hotel scored very high for its ambience/decor & location; and also ranked 2nd in the overall list (emcompassing all categories) of Top 100 places in the world. Rambagh Palace is a historical royal Rajput palace converted into a luxury Taj hotel, located about 8 kms from Jaipur's city walls. For more info about the palace, visit my next blog post.
Other Indian hotels in the top Asian hotels list include:
5th rank - Devi Garh (Udaipur)
7th rank - The Oberoi Amanvilas (Agra)
12th rank - The Oberoi Rajvilas (Jaipur)
13th rank - The Oberoi Udaivilas (Udaipur)
For a complete list, visit:
www.cntraveller.com/ReadersAwards/2009/Overseas_Leisure_Hotels