City Palace |
 The splendid City Palace, posing over the fascinating Lake Pichola, is one of the most beautiful palatial structure. The elegant palace originally built by Mahrana Uday Singh II rises 30 meters above Lake Pichola and extended up to 244 meters.The balconies of the palace provide panoramic view of "Jag Niwas" (Now world wide famous Lake palace hotel), Jag Mandir on one side and on the other the city of Udaipur. It's main entrance is through the triple-arched gate-The tripolia, built in 1725. The way now leads to a series of courtyards, overlapping parations, terraces, corridors and gardens - a harmonic profusion hard to describe.
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Fateh Prakash Palace |
 Now run as luxury hotel and inaccessible to public viewing has a crystal gallery that consists of crystal chairs, dressing tables, sofas, tables, chairs and beds, crockery, table fountains which were never used. There is also a unique jewel studded carpet here.
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The Lake Palace |
 Lake Palace was built in 1743- 1646 under the direction of the Maharana Jagat Singh II of Udaipur, Rajasthan as a royal summer palace and was initially called Jagniwas or Jan Niwas after its founder. The palace was constructed facing east, allowing its inhabitants to pray to the Sun god at the crack of dawn.The successive rulers used this cool haven as their summer resort, holding their regal durbars in its courtyards lined with columns, pillared terraces, fountains and gardens.Now converted as a luxury hotel,the Lake Palace is one of the most romantic hotels in the world .
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Lake Pichola |
Lake Pichola, situated in Udaipur city Rajasthan, is an artificial fresh water lake, created in the year 1362 AD. Lake Pichola is one of the several contiguous lakes, and developed over the last few centuries in and around the famous Udaipur city.Two islands, Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir are located within Pichola Lake, and have been developed with several palaces to provide views of the lake.Three of the numerous lakes found in the vicinity of Udaipur which connect with the Pichola lake.
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Fateh Sagar Lake |
 Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in Udaipur city , it is an artificial lake constructed by Maharana in north of Lake Pichola in 1678 and to the north-west of Udaipur.Within the confines of the Fateh Sagar Lake, there are three small islands.; the largest of these is the island called the Nehru Park , which is a popular garden with a restaurant and a zoo.Blue waters of the lake and the backdrop of green has given the soubriquet of 'the second Kashmir' to Udaipur town..
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Jaisamand Lake |
 Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is Asia's second-largest artificial lake.The lake, built by Maharana Jai Singh in 17th century when he built a marble dam across the Gomati River.The Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary protects 162 kmē area, mostly teak forest, on the shore of the lake. The Sanctuary is home to Panthers, Wild Boars and Deer. There are 3 Islands in the Lake.The summer palaces of the Queens of Udaipur surround Jaisamand Lake on all sides.
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Rajsamand Lake |
 Rajsamand Lake is located 66 kms in the north of Udaipur and lies between Rajnagar and Kankroli. Rajsamand Lake was built by Maharana Raj Singh in 1660 and stretches to the length of 6.4 kms and 3 kms in width. This lake also boasts of a glorious dam that was built in the 17th century. On the southern end of the lake there is huge embankment all made in white marble. It has marble terraces and stone steps that touch the waters of the lake.
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City Palace Museum |
 The main part of the city palace is now preserved as a museum displaying a large and diverse array of artefacts.One can enter inside the museum through the Ganesh Deori meaning the door of Lord Ganesh which leads to royal courtyard. All the apartments of the palace complex have exquisite embellishments of beautiful paintings, inlay glass work, rare imported furnitures and conspicous enamels.
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Shilpgram Museum |
 West Zone Cultural Centre in Udaipur, Rajasthan has set up an artisan's village called - Shilpgram, 3 Kms west of Udaipur. It is a living ethnographic museum depecting life style, traditions, customs and folk arts of the rural and tribal people of the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujrat, Goa, Daman, etc. The West Zone Cultural Centre celebrates "Shilpgram Utsav" at Shilpgram, Udaipur every year during last ten days of December, which attracts thousand of visitors from within the country and abroad. It is a national annual art and craft fair organised in rural surroundings. The ethnic atmosphere of shilpgram provides new gesture to the festival.
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Ahar Museum |
 Ahar, a small town in Udaipur, is a place where all the rulers of Mewar were cremated. The town is famous for a museum called 'Ahar Museum' which is named after it. Each Cenotaph of the respective rulers have their own brave story to tell. The museum boasts of around 19 cenotaphs which are decorated beautifully. The cenotaph of Maharana Sangram Singh seems to be most interesting because of its carvings.
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Vintage Collection of Classic Car Museum |
 The Vintage & Classic Car Collection is a landmark in the city of Udaipur ever since it was inaugurated in February 2000. The grand limousines and cars showcased in the Collection belong to the House of Mewar and are still in perfect running condition. Visitors are privy to the display of the magnificent Rolls-Royce, 1939 Cadillac open convertibles, rare Mercedes models, 1936 Vauxhall and 1937 Opel models. The Collection has been curated for the benefit of vintage car-lovers from India and all over the world; it is probably the only collection of its kind in India about which the global and indian press has written reams. Awe-struck visitors to the Collection are narrated innumerable stories and anecdotes about the Maharanas of Mewar and their preferred Rolls-Royce or Mercedes customised at their request.
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Eklingji Temples |
Eklingji is located about twelve miles to the North of Udaipur in Rajasthan. Eklingji (Shiva) whose temple is located here, is said to be the guardian deity of Mewar.The existing structure, is one built out of the ruins of a previously destroyed structure and it dates back to the 15th century CE.The town of Eklingji is full of temples. There are about 70 temples in all.Mention must be made of the Sas-Bahu marble temple, dating back to the 11th century. It is a fine specimen of ancient art with sculptural details.
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Nathdwara |
 Nathdwara, means the gate of God.It is located in the Aravalli hills, on the banks of the Banas River just north of Udaipur.This great Vaishnavite shrine was built in the 17th century on spot exactly identified by the Lord himself. The legends have it that the idol of the Lord Krishna was being transferred to safer place from Vrindaban to protect it from the destructive wrath of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
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Jagat Temples |
 Being located at the village called Jagat, at a distance of 58kms in the south-east of Udaipur. Built in 961 A.D, the Jagat Temple is renowned for its intricate carvings in the exteriors.The village Jagat is popular with the term of 'Khajuraho of Rajasthan' and the place is particularly famous for its well-preserved temple of the 10th century.
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Nagda |
 Located besides Bagela Lake at a distance of 23 kms in the north-west of Udaipur on the way to Nathdwara.The famous temples of Sas-Bahu are enviable specimen of fine texture of the material that dictates more care for details than the buff and red sandstone of Rajasthan. The mastery over the material and the difficulties of chiseling granite have paved the way for similar sculpture elsewhere. There temple, as the legend goes, are the result of a healthy emulation between the Sas (mother-in-law) and the Bahu (daughter-in-law) to construct a finer temple.
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Rikhabdev Pilgrimage |
 Rikhabdev Jain Temple is situated 40 kilometers from Udaipur in Rajasthan. It is dedicated to Lord Rikhabdev (aka Kesariyaji), the first Jain Tirthankara. It belongs to the Svetambara sect of the Jainism. A large procession of the Lord proceeds to the temple of Pagliyaji (2 kilometers away) in the month of March/April on the birthday of Lord Rikhabdev. It is also called Kalaji (black) by the tribal people due to the black color of the idol. It is believed that Ravana had carried this idol to Ceylon (presently Sri Lanka) but Lord Rama brought it back after his conquest. Such is the influence of the idol that pilgrims, whose wishes have been granted, smear the idol with kesar (saffron) often equal to the weight of the child born.
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