Heritage Hotels of Neemrana Group in India

Even though history is a record of the past, it lives in the present and waits in the future. Come, enact your private history in real life settings. Where valour, romance, feasting and celebrations have had a history of their own. Our eleven Neemrana 'non-hotels'- from the 14th of the 21st centuries offer a panorama of 700 years! In setting which many a king and queen have called their home. We'd like you to sense that feeling too as you raise a toast to the bygone builders whose creations you enjoy. Travel, give value to the time you are spending on planet Earth.

Neemrana Fort Palace (Neemrana Group) , Alwar, Rajasthan, India
The Neemrana Fort Palace is situated on a majestic plateau concealed in a horseshoe formation of the Aravalli ranges, considered the oldest fold mountains in the world. The beginnings of this rugged architectural jewel which rises to nine levels, date back to 1464 AD

The Hill Fort (Neemrana Group) , Kesroli, Alwar, Rajasthan, India
The origins of the seven-turreted Hill Fort of Kesroli are traced back to over six centuries. It is reputed to have been built by the Yaduvanshi Rajputs, descendants of Lord Krishna, who converted to Islam in the mid - 14th century to be called Khanzadas. It subsequently changed hands, being conquered by the Mughals and the Jats before reverting to the Rajputs in 1775 when the princely state of Alwar was founded. It saw its golden period under the Ranawat Thakur Bhawani Singh (1882-1934), renowned for his equestrian skills

The Glasshouse on the Ganges (Neemrana Group) , Rishikesh, Uttaranchal, India
The Glasshouse on the Ganges is one of the Neemrana Hotels, each of which honour extraordinary historical or natural sites-or-even both! The Glasshouse is set in a lychees orchard with a garden of tropical plants, are birds and butterflies. It has a sand beach of its own. This secluded property has four cotages overlooking the Ganges and the mountains beyond. Its private spring water matches the qualities of the famed Evian mineral water from France, and you even bathe in it! The property offers a relaxed atmosphere replete with leisure, reading, log fires and even a barbecue near the banks of the river.

Hotel De L'Orient (Neemrana Group) , Pondichery, Tamil Nadu, India
Hotel De L'Orient opens its doors to discerning travellers as it captures the essence of coastal Pondicherry, once a French comptoir in les Indes which caught the imagination of the whole Occident.

The Ramgarh Bungalows, (Neemrana Group), Ramgarh, Nainital, Uttaranchal
In the foothills of the Himalayas, The Old Bungalow- 1830, and The Writers' Bungalow -1860, are located in the fruit basket of the Kumaon region. These heritage structures once housed the British and Indian officers as well as their wives who travelled on horseback and palanquins........

Wallwood Garden, (Neemrana Group), Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India
Wallwood is situated in the heart of upper Coonoor, was built over a 100 years ago by a Scottish Major General, hailing from the village Blair Athol in Scotland (the Duke of Athol still lives in Scotland in his own castle)........

The Bungalow On The Beach, (Neemrana Group), Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu
Tranquebar, 15 km south of the ancient Chola port of Pumpuhar, and 15 km north of the former French comptoir of Karoikal, was a Danish settlement from 1620 to 1845........

The Piramal Haveli, (Neemrana Group), Jhunjhunu, Shekhavati, Rajasthan, India
This was the home of Seth Piramal Chaturbhuj Makharia (1892-1958) whose fortune was made in Bombay, trading in cotton, opium, silver and other commodities. Built in the Rajasthani-colonial style of the 1920's, The Piramal Haveli is an 8-room'non-hotel.' It is 250 kms.from Delhi and 100 kms. from Neemrana and is run by the same management. Here, the famed traditional........

Verandah In The Forest, (Neemrana Group), Raigarh, Maharashtra, India
Raised like a dream in the Sahyadri ranges - a new path in the forest clears up in Matheran, the last British hill station. Chug up in a toy train or walk, trot, dandi in palanquins past the gigantic mansions built by the British, the Parsis, and the Bohras - for Matheran is Asia's only pedestrian hill resort........

Villa Pottipati, (Neemrana Group), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
A garden home in Malleswaram, once the vegetarian-Brahmin stronghold of Bangalore. The name Pottipati derives from a village in Andhra Pradesh from where its owners, the Reddy family, originally migrated here........