Karni Fort Bombora is a peaceful haven with superb views. We gazed from our oriel window across layer upon layer of Aravallis Hills - so familiar with the moghul miniaturist of long ago.

This heritage hotel has been thoughtfully restored and enlarged, and each room has a view across the hills and is decorated with unique cut glass mosaics. The bathrooms were clean and the marble swimming pool crystal clear and cool. Food was excellent and service hospitable. The room boy found and brought me my lost diamonte pin for which I was very grateful. Fresh flower fromes where left in our room each day.

Well worth staying here - we are contemplating a return visit for a week or so - to paint, relax and unwind..

We stayed here for a couple of days to unwind after travelling. It served this purpose well.

We had a lovely turret room - air conditioned. The water worked fine.

Room could have been cleaner - quite a few insects and a big ant problem.

Staff were friendly enough, and the food was Ok if not outstanding. Very big portions and too much to eat. The chance to take part in an after dinner traditional "dance" was fairly excruciating.

The views from the fort are superb, as is the swimming pool at the fort.

We had the place to ourselves most of the time. SOme other people arrived but left early due to absence of TV.

There is nothing to do nearby - the local village is not friendly, scenic or especially interesting.

The drive from Udaipur is not short, and the roads are poor. We enjoyed our stay but probably wouldn't hurry back.

It is 60kms from Udaipur along a very difficult road, there is literally nothing except the Fort there. It is very badly kept and our room stank of urine , the toilet leaked and did not flush, the shower was a horse trough with a handheld shower hose. The mattress stank of urine The sheets were urine stained. Other rooms were in similar condition however we had to use our friend's bathroom and it was better. The other rooms smelt damp and the mattresses were 2 inches thick, great if you like sleeping on the floor. Such a dissappointment. Unless you want a backpacking holiday, not recommende! It is good for back packers who know what they are getting. It has no star rating. If you do not get the turret, then you chance only getting a mildew smell although some other toilets did not flush and leaked from the base. but there are a few better rooms with a real Indian flavour. Unfortunately, we did not get them and the long jarring bus ride made us find alternate accommodation for the next night even though we were promised a better room. Careful the keys fit all the room locks. My husband became very sick from this place.

My husband and I stayed at the Karni Fort for 2 nights this November (2006), based on the recommendations from TripAdvisorees. It's a fantastic old fort, beautifully and comfortably redone, with lovely management and staff ~ the stuff fairy tales are made of...but please note it is a drive outside of Udaipur. (Approximately a 1.5 hour drive on an Indian country road - an interesting drive; but not necessarily just outside the city)

We stayed two nights and had the hotel to ourselves except for tour groups that arrived late at night and left in the morning ~ a relaxing start to our India escape. They set up a romantic dinner for us and even gave us a private tour of the local village - Bambora. They have great local musicians play during breakfast and dinner... We stayed in a large suite with a round bed and loved the views - it was cool so air conditioning wasn't an issue. Karni Fort would make an excellent spot for a remote, romantic wedding!