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But these days, trends are changing, and we’re beginning to see a new flowering in contemporary Indian hotel design. From renovated palaces that mix the classical with the contemporary to breezy beachside hotels that borrow their aesthetics from street art, these beautiful stays...

LA VILLA With just six bedrooms, the stylish La Villa in Pondicherry is one of the most intimate boutique hotels in India. It’s also one of the most desirable. Renovated by architects Tina Trigala and Yves Lesprit and opened in 2014, the hotel occupies a 19th-century...

AMANBAGH Though it’s an accessible, 90-minute drive from Jaipur, the resplendent Amanbagh feels like a distant oasis in the Rajasthani desert, surrounded only by the ruins of a 17th century heritage village and adjacent to Sariska Tiger Reserve. All the better for travellers...

THE TAJ LAKE PALACE The jewel of Udaipur, the Taj Lake Palace is both a hotel and one of the Venice of the East’s most iconic attractions. That’s thanks to its splendid white marble façade, its regal past, and the fact that it sits poised in the middle of Lake Pichola. Upon...