While on my small group adventure tour in Northern India in January of 2007 we ventured into "non tourist" territory and visited the small city of Karauli. This was definitely the highlight of my time in India. I will talk about our short time in the city touring the city palace, meeting the children and taking a camel cart ride in an upcoming post but this one is all about my accommodation. We stayed at the Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is owned by the Maharaja and his wife. Sadly they were not in residence while we were there. They rent out rooms in their palace to help pay for restoration of the City palace in the centre of town as well as to help run a local school. Built in 1938, the palace is a bit rough around the edges and probably needs a bit of a reno but that just adds to its rakish charm. I would rather help to support educating children than stay in fancier rooms. It was clean and that's all that matters. The palace viewed from the garden - we enjo
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