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SUJAN The SeraivsWelcomHeritage Mandir Palace
Both The Serai and WelcomHeritage Mandir Palace are rated highly by experts. Overall, The Serai scores slightly better than WelcomHeritage Mandir Palace. The Serai scores 79 with accolades from 3 reviewers such as Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Concierge.
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
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.
Travel + Leisure "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
Condé Nast Traveler 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.
The Telegraph8.0
"The Serai offers fantastically luxurious camping in the middle of India’s Thar desert" Full review
WelcomHeritage Mandir Palace Concierge
Lonely Planet
Gandhi Chowk, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $190/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Concierge "If you want to stay in a real Rajasthani palace without having to pay a king's ransom, then look no further than the Mandir Palace."
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Be sure to visit the roof terrace to catch a terrific view of the Jaisalmer Fort at sunset.
Lonely Planet "Jaisalmer’s erstwhile royal family still lives in this sprawling 18th-century palace just inside the town walls." Full review
