Start from 26 curated places around Udaipur, IN, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Ambrai Restaurant
A lake-level restaurant on the Hanuman Ghat shore with tables almost on the water and a head-on view of the City Palace across the lake. The Rajasthani and tandoori cooking is solid, but the setting is what fills it nightly.
Jagat Niwas Palace Rooftop
The rooftop of a converted 17th-century lakeside haveli, serving careful Rajasthani and Indian dishes above Lal Ghat with a sweeping lake view. A more refined version of the old-city rooftop dinner without the tourist-canteen feel.
Trails & outdoors
Neemach Mata Temple
A hilltop temple above Fateh Sagar reached by a stepped path up the ridge, with a wide view over the lake and the city spread below. A short, sweat-worthy climb that locals do for the temple and the sunset both.
Bahubali Hills
A rocky ridge above Badi Lake on the city's outskirts, scrambled up for an open sunset view over the water and the surrounding Aravalli hills. The young-Udaipur sunset spot, more rough hillside than built trail.
Things to do
Dharohar Folk Dance Show
The nightly folk performance in the courtyard of Bagore Ki Haveli, a fast hour of Rajasthani dance, puppetry, and the famous balancing act of a dancer spinning under a stack of pots on her head. The city's best-value evening of living culture.
Vintage and Classic Car Collection
The Mewar royal family's garage of pre-war Rolls-Royces, Cadillacs, and the open Shell-pump-era fittings, displayed in the old state motor garage. A small, oddly charming stop, even for people who don't care about cars.
Landmarks & sights
City Palace
The vast Mewar palace rising straight off the eastern shore of Lake Pichola, a four-century pile-up of courtyards, mirror rooms, and balconies built by successive maharanas. The terraces frame the lake and the island palaces in the views the whole city is known for.
Lake Pichola
The man-made lake at the heart of Udaipur, ringed by palaces, ghats, and temples and dotted with the white island palaces that make the city's reputation. A boat across it at sunset is the single most worthwhile hour in town.