• Introduction
• 1. Amberley Castle
• 2. Balfour Castle
• 3. Castle on the Hudson
• 4. Château de Castel Novel
• 5. Château de la Bourdaisière
• 6. Kasbah du Toubkal
• 7. Lake Palace
• 8. Palácio Belmonte
• 9. Palazzo Gritti
• 10. Waterford Castle

Lake Palace

If you want to feel like a maharajah, there’s no better place than the romantic white-marble Lake Palace, afloat on India’s Lake Pichola, in Rajasthan. This majestic palace looks so ethereal, you’ll be pinching yourself to see if you’re dreaming. Built as a summer retreat in the mid-1700s for Maharajah Jagat Singh II, the Lake Palace was intended solely for leisure pursuits – rest assured, the same principles apply to the place now that it’s become a grand, 83-room hotel with 17 suites done up in luxurious silks, intricate murals, and rich wood furniture. Distinguished guests to its marbled halls have included Queen Elizabeth II, Jackie O., the Shah of Iran, and the King of Nepal.

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