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SUJAN The SeraivsGorbandh Palace
Both properties are rated very highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, The Serai is preferred by most professionals compared to Gorbandh Palace. The Serai comes in at 79 with praise from 3 publications such as Travel + Leisure, Concierge and Condé Nast Traveler.
SUJAN The Serai
Concierge
Travel + Leisure
Condé Nast Traveler
The Telegraph
Bherwa, Chandan, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $17/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"Each 1,100-square-foot suite is pitched on a raised stone base, with its own enclosed veranda, in-room seating, and a bathroom with a walk-in shower but no tub."
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A hair dryer has to be requested, as well as the services of a staffer to whisk one's valuables away for safekeeping.
"Twenty-one 1,400-square-foot canvas guest rooms rest on smooth Jaisalmer stone foundations and have spacious covered verandas (five have private plunge pools)." Full review
Readers' Choice Award
"A 45-minute drive from Jaisalmer’s beautiful pink-sandstone fort city, The Serai has 21 grand campaign-style tents arrayed in two rows like a colonial encampment amid scrubby, featureless terrain." Full review
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A heater, towel warmer, and hot-water bottles keep you cozy in the desert’s chilly night, although other typical basics are oddly absent from the elegantly spare accommodations: A hair dryer has to be requested, as well as the services of a staffer to whisk one’s valuables away for safekeeping.
8.0
"The Serai offers fantastically luxurious camping in the middle of India’s Thar desert" Full review
Gorbandh Palace
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
1, Tourist Complex, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $39/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"This expansive retreat run by the royal family of Udaipur's effiicient hotel company Historic Retreat Hotels is a good option if you're looking for a break from the city center." Full review
"Two kilometres west of Hanuman Circle, this grandiose modern hotel with large if unimaginative gardens is a good bet for families." Full review