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solopes Says: There is not much to see and do at Mandawa. Being so, the castle provides a complimentary ride on camels (at least we had it). It's a trip with about one hour, across the town and surrounding fields, where the most interesting thing is, really, the fun of the group joking...
Hui-Hui Says: It's a hotel run by the same king who owns the Castle Mandawa. The building structures are very special all in color of soil and white-line decoration. (desert style!) Especially the rond houses with grass roof and a tree in the middle are very lovely.
solopes Says: The highlights of the Shekhawati region are the thousands of typical residences (havelis) with naif paintings. In Nawalgarh one palace has been carefully restored, and is now a museum. Without the splendors of the maharajah's palaces, it surely deserves the trip, showing...
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: Chokhani Double Haveli with two gates. The haveli has monumental façade of elephants and horses. Some of its frescos are in bad shape.
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: Painting
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: Famous painting & glass work.
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: Banshidhar Nevita Haveli has some curious paintings on its outer eastern wall-a boy using a telephone, and a European woman in a car driven by a chauffeur.
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: soon
miketrudeau Says: There are many decrepit old houses here in Mandawa, and they are fun to explore. There are many hidden little details that make great pics, too. However, I feel sad for how the once magnificent houses have run down. They are now inhabited by very poor families who cannot...
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: Panting Haveli
Hui-Hui Says: In general 4 people share a vehicle. Friends could enjoy talking and seeing around together... But as the vehicle goes slowly and the seats are not as high as ones on camel, beggars follow and bother you easily... The caste Mandawa offers service to arrange camel-drawn...
Hui-Hui Says: It's a must-do activity in Rajasthan. Camels are huge animals and they have to knee down for people to get on/off. They are also the hardest moments because the big shakes could make people lose balance... But as camels are very mild animals, you wouldn't have to be scared....
Sara Vilas: Regal ambience of a bygone era
tntet Says: Opened sometime in October 2007, we were probably one of the first few guests at this spectacular getaway, set in idyllic acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, decorative fountains and pavilions.We arrived at the hotel very late into the night, as it was a new hotel, and...
Hotel Castle Mandawa: 1001 Nights
solopes Says: We were worried, when we were told that we had to leave the bus, because it couldn't reach the hotel. The luggage was moved to a jeep, and we walked a little, across town, before entering a 1001 nights castle. We understood the hard work needed to transform the place in a...
Garden Restaurant: Mandawa Castle
RAJASTHANBYCAR Says: This restaurant situated in the inner garden of the Mandawa castle hotel, is one of the town's.Main attractions, together with the many ancient painted havelis.In a very pleasant and elegant environent, you can choose delicious foods from the Buffet, where both Indian and...
Castle Mandawa restaurant: Enjoy good food in desert area
Hui-Hui Says: The decoration of the restaurant is purely Indian! There are fine pattern of flower on the wall and waiters are all in traditional dressing. My favorite dishes are curry mutton/curry vegatebles with nan/rice and Indian sour pancake. The food served in the castle Mandawa is...
miketrudeau Says: Getting around Mandawa...that's easy! Your choices are...walk...maybe bicycle? The area of havelis is pretty small in my experience, so you don't have to worry about getting around. Unless of course you dislike walking. In which case, you should actually worry quite a bit.
Hire a driver...I think that's the only way
miketrudeau Says: You can hire a driver for relatively little in Delhi, and he'll take you wherever you'd like to go...for the most part. We had one great guy drive us all around Rajasthan for two weeks, and Mandawa was included as part of the trip. I don't know how else we would have gotten...
miketrudeau Says: It's likely that any haveli tour you take will end up in one or more "antique shops," maybe owned by a friend of your guide. Please, do not buy anything from these shops. The stuff is ripped from the havelis, and supporting this will encourage the further deterioration of...
Additional charges for haveli tours
miketrudeau Says: On our walking tour of the havelis, the guide continuously asked for more money to cover the entry fees of the havelis. When we objected and said that we'd paid for an all-included tour, he said that would then only bring us to three of the havelis. By this point we were...
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Panting Haveli
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Situated in the silk's route this area is less monumental and opened to tourism, but it has plenty of naif paintings that are starting to attract visitors. And that means... development.
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Mandawa was our first stop in India. We arrived at around 9:00am and when I got off the bus, I felt a little uncomfortable with bright sun. The sun in India in Oct. was still so big. We first had...
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Mandawa is situated in the north Indian state of Rajasthan around 220 km off Jaipur, the capital of the state.Thakur Nawal Singh, the Rajput ruler of Mandawa, built a fort in 1755 to protect this...
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We rolled through Mandawa on the second night of our two-week Rajasthani leg of our journey. We were just getting to know our driver and from experience were hesitant to trust him too much. We both......
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We travelled with a group of 15 people from different parts of the world on a tour with Imaginative Traveller...It started in Delhi.We drove in a bus down bumpy roads until we arrived in Mandawa where...
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