Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

A Piece of Jaipur History

LOAD TRIPS can get monotonous at times. Long stretches of grey tarmac can lead to melancholy, the mood only exacerbated by a harsh summer sun. Luckily, my five-hour-long drive from New Delhi to Jaipur ends with a burst of colours at Hotel Diggi Palace.

Dating back to 1860, Hotel Diggi Palace was built by Shri Thakur Saheb Pratap Singh Ji Diggi, a member of the erstwhile ruling family of the Diggi

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