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City Palace, Udaipur
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Mewar's palace-of-palaces — built by more than twenty rulers across four centuries, a hillside of courtyards, mirror rooms and windows that frame Lake Pichola like paintings. Allow a half day; the audio route rewards the unhurried.
Fees & timings
Checked against official sources · August 2026
| Museum entry — adults | ≈ ₹400 |
| Hours | 9:30 – 17:30 daily |
| Crystal Gallery | separate ticket, ≈ ₹500 – 550 with audio, verify |
| Pichola boats | from Rameshwar Ghat inside the palace complex · ≈ ₹400 – 1,000 |
| Allow | Half a day, plus the boat |
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The king upstairs, the sun on the wall
The Shambhu Niwas wing remains the royal family's residence, and the golden sun-face on the facade honours the dynasty's claimed descent from Surya — the telling goes that on clouded monsoon days the Maharana took darshan of the emblem in the sky's place.
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