City Palace

Over looking the Floating Palace is the City Palace, which is open to visitors. Its an extensive palace which is still owned by a line of Raj's that ruled Udaipur for over a thousand years. They claim theirs is the oldest unbroken line of succession in India.

it cost 50 rupees to get in, but 200 rupees for a "camera fee" and another 200 for a guide, neither of which I could justify paying. So i don't have any pictures of the inside. It was kind of too crowded to take many good pictures, however, and most people were pushed through by guides in a rather harried manner, so I don't think I missed much.

I couldn't help but overhear a few different guides talk about the same exhibit. There were three different stories, even though these were all supposedly "officially sanctioned" guides. For example, conserning one bath tub made from a single solid piece of marble, one guide said that this was the Raj's favorite bathing place. Another said that the Raj's would fill it with their own weight worth of gold, then distribute the gold to the townsfolk. A third said it was where one unlucky Raj was killed in a failed coup attempt. I suppose all three are possible, it was just strange that none of them mentioned more than one story...

Other than that, the palace is quite impressive and deserving of a look.