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Orchard
Palace
 Located
in huge complex of fruit orchards, lawns and gardens, the
Orchard palace is a wing of the Huzoor palace(the present
royal residence) where the ruling family of Gondal entertained
personal guests including relatives from other princely states
of Gujarat. The 7 doubles are beautifully furnished and have
modern tiled bathrooms with western toilet fixtures. The
‘room of miniatures’ is a splendid sitting room with a
collection of miniature paintings, brass and antique
furniture.
Facilities :
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18 Huge high
ceilinged rooms, appointed in elegant period furniture
but offering English toilets and hot showers. The
royal railway saloon carriage is now a suite, offering
drawing room, dining room and bedroom, beautifully
finished with inlaid wood, crystal light fittings and
intricate antiques, and bathroom with hot showers and
English fixtures.
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Personalised
hospitality of the royal family, their relatives and
household staff.
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Multi-course
European meals that match the English and French
atmosphere of the heritage hotels. Indian cuisine,
including local flavours of the Kathiawad peninsula,
are offered on prior notice. Both veg and non veg food
is served.
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Swimming
pool, squash courts, rowing at the lake.
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Riverside Palace
Built in the 1880s as the
residence of the Crown Prince of Gondal, the Riverside Palace is a
colonial-style building set in gardens beside the town's river. It has
been converted into a heritage hotel with 11 large and high-ceilinged
rooms appointed with four-poster beds, old dressers and other
colonial—period furniture from the family's heirloom collection. All
the rooms have attached baths with hot-and-cold showers and western
fittings. The galleries are lined with historic photographs, prints
and antique beadwork. The jewel in the crown is Indian Room, a
marvelously appointed sitting room with beadwork and brassware from
the family’s collection. On the rooftop, a glass-walled gallery offers
a view of the river. A variety of birds come into the property from
the reedy shores of the river.
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