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Hotel Roop MahalvsSUJAN The Serai
Hotel Roop Mahal and The Serai are both endorsed by those who travel for a living. On balance, The Serai is the choice of most writers compared to Hotel Roop Mahal. The Serai has a TripExpert Score of 79 with recommendations from 3 reviewers like Concierge, Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure.
Hotel Roop Mahal
Lonely Planet
Near Fort 1st Gate and Behind Shiv Road, Near Fort 1st Gate, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
"A solid budget choice with clean spacious rooms, trustworthy management, fort views from the rooftop cafe, and free wi-fi throughout." Full review
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