Travel trends may come and go, but bucket-list destinations like the Taj Mahal tend to go the distance. That may explain why our readers chose Oberoi Amarvilas in Agra, a fixture on any high-end Golden Triangle tour, as their favorite Indian resort hotel.
The property offers grandstand views of India’s most iconic monument from all 102 rooms and suites. “Absolutely stunning grounds,” remarked one fan. “It was a treat to stare at the Taj all day.”
Every year for our World’s Best Awards survey, T+L asks readers to weigh in on travel experiences around the globe — to share their opinions on the top hotels, resorts, cities, islands, cruise ships, spas, airlines, and more. Hotels were rated on their facilities, location, service, food, and overall value. Properties were classified as city or resort based on their locations and amenities.
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts are regularly high achievers on T+L’s survey of our readers’ favorite travel experiences around the globe (the company itself is No. 4 on our list of the top 20 hotel brands in the world). For 2018 the brand secured the top two spots among Indian resort hotels, with its Jaipur property, Oberoi Rajvilas, coming in second. “We stayed in a huge, beautifully furnished tent,” said one fan. “The staff was particularly nice.” Taj’s Rambagh Palace, a sprawling heritage building in the heart of the city, placed third. Rajasthan’s capital is in fact having something of a moment, with cultural events like the Jaipur Literature Festival drawing a bigger, more global crowd each year and new attractions like the contemporary sculpture park at Nahargarh Fort enlivening the city with a new creative energy.
Taj’s supremely romantic Lake Palace in Udaipur (the No. 1 city in Asia this year) ranked at No. 4, proving that an unbeatable location — in this case, an island in the center of Udaipur’s Lake Pichola — is hard to upstage.
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