Palace on the Water

Lake Pichola - one of the oldest artificial reservoirs of modern India and Rajasthan in particular. The lake is located in the city of Udaipur, which is famous for its palaces and lakes. But the palace in the middle of the lake - a local masterpiece.

The Lake Palace, Jag Niwas Island does not float. However, it creates a visual impression. Udaipur is called the city of lakes. It is around a sufficiently large number of lakes. By the way, Lake Pichola is not entirely artificial, just in time, Maharaja has expanded its area of ​​eight square kilometers. Lake System allows you to adjust the water level during the monsoon. Now the palace. It was built in the middle of the XVIII-th century, Maharana Jagat Singh II, the successor to the sixty-second dynasty Meyvar Udaipur. Since 1961, the palace became a luxury hotel. During droughts to the hotel can be reached by land transportation.
























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