The Rambagh Palace is one of India's most famous luxury hotels — a 47-acre palace complex that was built in 1835 as a garden house for the royal wet nurse, expanded in 1887 into a hunting lodge for Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh, and converted in 1931 into the palace home of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II and his wife Maharani Gayatri Devi (one of the most glamorous royal couples of 20th-century India). The palace became a hotel in 1957 and has been operated by the Taj Group since 1972, hosting royalty, presidents, and celebrities from Jacqueline Kennedy to Prince Charles.
Non-guests can visit the palace by booking afternoon tea or a drink at the Polo Bar (decorated with photographs, silver trophies, and memorabilia from the Rambagh Polo Club). The gardens — designed by a British landscape architect in the 1920s with peacocks, fountains, and Mughal charbagh layouts — are one of Jaipur's quieter green spaces and provide the atmosphere of an almost-lost India.
Verified Facts
The palace was built in 1835 as a wet nurse's garden house
It became Maharaja Man Singh II's residence in 1931
The Taj Group has operated it as a hotel since 1972
Maharani Gayatri Devi was one of India's most famous 20th-century royals
Get walking directions
Bhawani Singh Road, Rajasthan Polo Club, Jaipur, 302005, India
