Bhanwar Vilas Palace

Huge palace built in 1930s with all the original paintings and furniture. The renovation has retained all its character and avoided turning it into an American style luxury hotel, thankfully. The hosts were charming and most interesting. We loved looking around the farm but the City Palace tour is the absolute highlight - leave plenty of time for it. The museum within has excellent English signage so we learnt a lot. Most amazingly the Maharani is on a clean up campaign so some of the town streets were free of litter, and the City Palace spotless.

Spent two nights in this Raj era Palace for the Maharajas of Karauli. They are a very ancient line of kings and are so kind and willing to share stories of their family. The Palace in which they still live was built in 1938 after they moved out of the City Palace where Madan Mohan Temple is still thriving. There are 50 acres of farm with a few beautiful Marwar horses, farm animals and organic gardens. Peakocks abound. The breakfast (included) was top notch and served as if we were royals. Our experience may be a bit different from other reviewers as were were the only guests. Pretty special. |Our room was spacious and and nicely furnished..|The real reason to stay here though, is the Maharaj's connection with the Madan Mohan and Kaula Devi temples and the CityPalace. Definitely let them guide you to these sites as they have special access. We went to mangal arti at Madan Mohan . The 4:30 AM service was amazing. The people very welcoming of us, the only videshis present in this major pilgrimage site.

Wonderful experience in Karauli. We had a very special stay here and enjoyed everything. The room, the property, the old city palace with its paintings, the food and the staff was amazing. We met the royal family several times and had interesting conversations. And even horse riding on a marwari horse is possible. Highly recommended.

When we arrived at Bhanwar Villas Palace we were made to feel very welcome. Our room was clean comfortable, spacious and the art deco design was great. The staff need a special mention as every interaction was warm, friendly and genuinely helpful. We would highly recommend this beautiful palace to anyone travelling to Karauli.

During our stay, we were lucky enough to be the only ones staying here! We had a fantastic experience.||Staff - friendly, helpful and attentive, always working their hardest to ensure we had a great stay. ||Cleanliness - everything was sparkling clean, nothing in our room was dirty at all. ||Food - I cannot recommend the food enough! It was all buffet style, freshly cooked. The breakfast was amazing, consisting of things like jams, toast, eggs, banana bred, juice etc, and dinner and lunch were the same - fantastic quality of food. ||Hospitality - Upon arrival, we were warmly welcomed by the staff, had our bags bought up to our room and enjoyed a welcome drink too. The staff ensured we were comfortable and had everything we needed. ||Activities: |Sari draping - this was great fun at a very reasonable price! |Camel cart riding - lovely tour around the village and markets, and well worth visiting the palace also. |Massage - very good quality for very reasonable price ||Overall, if you are thinking about staying here, then book it! Thank you to all the wonderful staff who made our stay so memorable.

Super charming place to stay. Warm welcoming team and outstanding service. Cooking workshop was lovely. Perfect place to stay in Karauli.😍

We were very warmly welcomed at Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is a lovely old palace. We only stayed 1 night during our tour of Rajasthan in December 2024, but enjoyed an excellent dinner and hearty breakfast in the large, richly decorated dining room. The service is really excellent. |Our room was large, very clean and quiet, with rather old-fashioned bathroom fittings.|We had the opportunity to chat with the prince in the evening around a brazier. It was a very pleasant moment.|With a Bhanwar Vilas Palace employee, we visited the magnificent city palace, one of the oldest in the country, and the adjoining temple.

Best Place we stayed and visited in India so far ! Would really recommend to go there!