Shahpura House - another palace!

We are feeling very spoiled with a stay for a couple nights in ANOTHER palace, this one in a smaller overall footprint but more rooms. I’m feeling like I can see where the McMennamin brothers might have gotten their inspiration for the decorative details in their wonderful hotels. This hotel is another heritage building, being maintained by the descendants of the royal family of Shahpura. We learned that this state, Rajasthan, used to be made up of 19 separate kingdoms which eventually combined into one state, the largest in India. We’ve now stayed in two of the kingdoms!

While we were eating in the rooftop restaurant, a musical duo played Indian love songs for us! ❤️Read more