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Jaipur, India

The Leela Palace Jaipur

A palace at Kukas, 60 minutes from the airport, where Jamavar sits in a hall of more than 350,000 hand-cut mirrors and dinner starts with a handwash.

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The place

The highway

Kukas, NH 11. An hour from the airport. Not the Pink City gate.

The mirrors

More than 350,000 hand-cut Thikri pieces, and 18-carat gold leaf, in Jamavar.

The handwash

Dinner begins with a court ritual. The service team is all women.

The acres

Eight acres and 191 rooms and suites, in their October 2025 note.

The villa

A plunge pool is on the Royal Villa that names one.

Our read

The palace is not in the Pink City. It is at Kukas, on NH 11, about an hour from the airport, on eight acres. The reason to make that drive is the room they used to call Mohan Mahal and now call Jamavar: more than 350,000 hand-cut mirrors, gold leaf, a handwash before the meal, and an all-women service team. A plunge pool belongs to the Royal Villa that says so. Come if the mirrored dinner is worth an hour from the airport and a further ride to the old city. Skip it if you wanted to walk to the City Palace, or if you wanted Lake Pichola. That is Udaipur.

Come here for

  • Jamavar, in the mirrored hall, with the handwash before dinner
  • The Royal Villa if a plunge pool is the room
  • The Aravallis at the hotel, and the old city as a separate morning

Skip it if

  • You wanted a hotel inside the walled city. This is Kukas, 60 minutes from the airport.
  • You wanted the lake. That is The Leela Palace Udaipur.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

The Leela Palace Jaipur is on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway, NH 11, at Kukas, Jaipur 302028. The phone on the page is +91 142 6350 000. They put the international airport at 60 minutes. Their 6 October 2025 release describes eight acres and 191 rooms and suites, against the Aravalli hills. A Royal Villa with Plunge Pool is a named category. The city palaces and the old town are a drive, not the garden. On that date they turned Mohan Mahal into Jamavar. The room keeps more than 350,000 hand-cut Thikri mirrors, which they write as 3,50,000, and 18-carat gold leaf. Dinner starts with a handwash taken from a 16th-century court ritual, and the service team is all women. Live instruments play in the evening. Jamavar here is the only Jamavar in Rajasthan. Udaipur is the lake hotel. This one is the highway palace with the mirrored hall. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    Kukas, on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway. About 60 minutes from the international airport. The old city is a further outing.

  2. Live here

    Jamavar, in the mirrored hall, with the handwash before dinner

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

Palace room

A room on the eight acres at Kukas. Jamavar is a separate reservation.

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Royal Villa with Plunge Pool

The villa that names the pool. The old city is still a drive.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

Kukas, on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway. About 60 minutes from the international airport. The old city is a further outing.

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Is the hotel in the old city?

No. It is at Kukas, on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway, about 60 minutes from the airport.

What happened to Mohan Mahal?

On 6 October 2025 they reopened it as Jamavar, keeping the mirrored hall.

How many mirrors?

They say over 3,50,000 hand-cut Thikri pieces, which is more than 350,000.

Does every room have a plunge pool?

No. The Royal Villa with Plunge Pool is the category that says so.

06 · Go

The Leela Palace Jaipur

Jaipur, India

The palace is not in the Pink City. It is at Kukas, on NH 11, about an hour from the airport, on eight acres. The reason to make that drive is the room they used to call Mohan Mahal and now call Jamavar: more than 350,000 hand-cut mirrors, gold leaf, a handwash before the meal, and an all-women service team. A plunge pool belongs to the Royal Villa that says so. Come if the mirrored dinner is worth an hour from the airport and a further ride to the old city. Skip it if you wanted to walk to the City Palace, or if you wanted Lake Pichola. That is Udaipur.

Getting there
Kukas, on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway.
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The Leela Palace Jaipur

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