Sariska Palace - Weekend Gateways
Built in 1892, by Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar, this is imposing palace served as a hunting lodge for the maharajas for the years to come. The Palace was designed by a French Architect under the Maharaja's patronage to commemorate the visit of Queen Victoria's son, the Duke of Connaught.
Location: 4 hours drive from Delhi and 3 Hours drive from Gurgaon. Nestled among the Arravalis, Sariska is the closest place from Delhi where one can hope to see a Tiger in it's natural surroundings. Once the hunting grounds of the Maharajas Sariska was made into a forest reserve in 1955 and declared a National park in 1982. Sariska Palace was built in the 19th century.
The place is 180 km from Delhi.
About Hotel: Sariska Palace has now been converted into a heritage hotel with all the modern amenities like swimming pool, huge lawns to relax etc. Sariska Palace retains all it's regal charm and ambience to remind one of the times of Maharajas and the Raj. The Palace is built in a total of 100 acres and has a total of 85 rooms . Steeped in the local Rajasthani culture and heritage the palace at Sariska makes for a perfect weekend getaway for Delhites and is great hit with westerners too. The Sariska Palace is quiet close to the Sariska Wild Life Sanctuary. Also ideal for group outings, Conferences and other Corporate outings.
A special gala dinner or a Shikari evening can be arranged for a group and a village visit can also be done at Sariska Palace.
This hotel is spread in 866 sq. Km. The weather of sarika is good to stay in nights as the nights are much cooler than the day. Best time to go for the place is October to February.
Visiting Places:
Wild Life: Though the tiger sighting is rare in the jungle but you can easily see other animals like chital, hyena, neel gai, wild boar, hyena and leopard. Sambar, jackals and langurs can be seen in large numbers in certain areas.
The forest also has a rich bird life specially around various waterholes and the lakes in the area. Crested Hawkeagle,Goldenback woodpecker,Pied Kingfisher, Lapwings etc are some of the avian population recorde here.
Forts and Temples: The forest is dotted with old forts and temples, most of them now in ruins except the Sariska Palace situated just outside the forest gate and now converted into a five star hotel. Inside the century there is a temple dedicated to Hanuman at Pandupol, which the folklore has it was created by the Gada of Bhima of Mahabharata when he struck it on a cliff to make way for the Pandavas. The huge fort ok Kankanwadi is worth a visit, it was built by Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh was kept a prisoner here. The view from the top of the fort is breathtaking. The temples of Neelkanth are a little ahead of the fort and dedicated to Shiva, though mostly in ruins now.
Rooms at Sarika Palace: Sarika palace has arround 85 rooms and suits, all the rooms are fully air-conditioned and are divided into various blocks like queen’s corner, Lord’s corner etc.
Restaurant and Bars: In Sarika Palace, there are two dining halls serving Indian, Chinese, Continental and the local Rajasthani cuisine. The nonveg dishes in resturant are awesome, and are suggested to try once.
Conference Facility: Sarika Hotel is facilitated with three conference halls which are equipped audio-visual facility. Sarika hotel has lovely lawns to conduct for training programs. Palace makes an wonderful venue for corporate outings. Conference halls can accommodate around 100 people in Theater style. best hotels in kerala
