One of the greatest benefits of the democratization of travel is the entrée mere mortals have been given to lives and cultures that previously were inaccessible to all but a select few. So it is with ...

India’s palace hotels are living links to the era of the maharajahs, the 200 years prior to independence when semi-autonomous princes ruled much of the country. The best-known are in the state of ...

This palace hotel is tipped to be the grandest of all palace hotels in India. The 19th century's magnificent Falaknuma Palace, a gem in the royal legacy of the Nizams of Hyderabad, is completely ...

Travel Agent is still spinning over our very indulgent stay at the Taj Falaknuma Palace, the newest palace hotel from Taj Hotels in Hyderabad, India. There's luxury, and then there's Falaknuma. A stay ...

When the palace was being turned into a hotel, and no stone was left unturned to ensure that the future of Falaknuma was as regal as its past, one of the conditions laid down, it is said, by the first ...

On the gleaming black banister of the Falaknuma Palace’s marble staircase, holding lit lamps in their right hands, statues of the nine muses stand on pedestals. In Greek mythology, the daughters of ...

300. The exquisite carpets were dyed as many times to match the colour of the now withered carpet that the Nizams of Hyderabad laid their feet on. The sparkling cutlery at the exclusive 101-seater ...

Bhumi Pednekar is in work-cation mode and for that, the actress has arrived at the Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. In between work and play, Bhumi enjoyed Sufi music played at the property, a ...

There’s more than the 101-seater dining table at the Falaknuma Palace that is awe inspiring. The library done in rosewood and mahogany is a place that will force anyone to pause, if only to admire the ...

A royal entourage leading a cart with guests arrive at the Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. The palace's construction started in 1884 and was completed in 1893. It was first occupied by the local ...