Fateh Garh began as an 1880s haveliHaveliA traditional townhouse or mansion built around one or more internal courtyards.Read in the glossary near Bhilwara that was facing demolition. Its stone, pillars and architectural elements were moved and reassembled on a hilltop at Bujara outside Udaipur — a transplant the owners call Heritage Renaissance, built out with recycled wood and stone and laid out to vastu.
The result is a building with genuine nineteenth-century bones on a site no nineteenth-century builder would have been able to choose: fifty-one acres of Aravalli foothill, with Lake Pichola, the City Palace and the ridges all in view and no city pressing in around it.
Why We Place Guests Here
- The view is the argument — you are above Udaipur rather than in it, with the lake and the palace complex laid out from the terraces and pools.
- It runs seriously off-grid for a hotel of this size: its own windmill and solar, rainwater harvesting, water recycling.
- Seven kilometres out means quiet nights and an easy run into the old city — the right answer for guests who find lakeside Udaipur too busy.
The Table
- Baradari — multi-cuisine with the lake view
- Prasadham — multi-cuisine
- Private dining at Sky Walk, Suraj Ghokra and Chandra Ghokda
The Elevated India Signature
A vintage car brought round for the run down into the old city, and the hilltop kept for the return at dusk.
Questions, Answered
Is Fateh Garh an original heritage building?
The structure is a genuine 1880s haveli, but not on its original site: it was dismantled near Bhilwara and reassembled stone by stone on the Udaipur hilltop it now occupies.
How far is Fateh Garh from Udaipur city?
About seven kilometres, on Sisarma Road at Bujara. Close enough for the City Palace and Lake Pichola on a short drive, far enough to be properly quiet.
Journeys That Take You There
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Photography: Photograph courtesy Fateh Collection