The Palace Hotel also called Bikaner House because it is the converted summer palace of the Maharaja of Bikaner. There were several of these converted palaces in Mount Abu. At Bikaner’s they had not yet done Any refurbishment in the main building. They told us people like to feel they are in the palace as it was. It wasn’t ‘as it was’ because they hadn’t done one bit of maintenance for what seemed 100 years. The rooms were huge but everything was terribly run down and peculiar.
The servant’s quarters on the other hand, were beautifully redone in classic style, big rooms with great shapes, wonderful floors, modern bathrooms, and Air-Con. We were very pleased to stay there.