# Ahilya Fort Maheshwar, India · Mapped: on the map. It has not cleared the selection standard yet, so read it as coverage, not a recommendation. - Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/in/madhya-pradesh/wellness-retreat/ahilya-fort - Book direct: https://ahilyafort.com/contact-us/ - Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=22.1765,75.5873 ## Our read Ahilya Fort is worth the journey because the stay is the Holkar house on the Narmada, with a printed kitchen, rampart yoga and Nimadi massage, not because Maheshwar needed another heritage listing. ## Come here for - Travellers who will leave Indore for the wada above the ghats, a fixed daily menu, and rooms without television - Adults who want sunrise yoga on the ramparts, sound healing, and Nimadi massage as the hotel prints them, not a spa list in a city palace - People who want a named room such as Narmada Suite or Hawa Bangla, and five slow days in Maheshwar rather than a one-night stop ## Skip it if - You want a city palace with a spa menu, room service choices, and a television. The hotel prints a fixed menu and no TV. - You cannot manage stairs. Many rooms are reached by 10 to 15 steps. Ground-floor rooms are printed as available on request. ## The place Ahilya Fort sits above the Narmada in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. ahilyafort.com names Prince Richard Holkar, descendant of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar, as the host who opened Ahilya Wada as a guest house in 2000. The same homepage prints info@ahilyafort.com. The hotel has 19 rooms of character in six 18th-century buildings, linked by about three acres of courtyards, fountains and gardens. Contact-us prints a drive of about two hours, 95 km, from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Indore. This is a house on a river, not an Indore palace hotel with a spa list. The Body and Soul section on ahilyafort.com prints sunrise yoga on the ramparts, sound healing with a resident yogini, and village-style Nimadi massage in the Lingaarchan treatment room. The five-day summer stay, printed as valid through 31 July 2026, names a day of rest with morning yoga, guided meditation, sound healing, one Nimadi massage, and a boat on the Narmada. Confirm dates and what is included on ahilyafort.com. Meals have no a la carte menu. Prince Richard sets a fixed daily menu from the organic house garden and farm. Rooms do not have televisions. Official photographs show the wada on the river wall, courtyards under neem, and rooms with timber ceilings and open windows onto the gardens. Named rooms include the Narmada Suite with a private terrace over the river, Hawa Bangla with a bay window onto the ghats, and Rang Niwas with 18th-century wall painting. Write to info@ahilyafort.com to enquire. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking. ## What it is like - The wada on the river: Official photographs show the fort wall, the pool in the garden, and the Narmada below. The homepage prints 19 rooms in six 18th-century buildings. - The host is named on the same page as the mailbox: ahilyafort.com names Prince Richard Holkar as host. The footer prints info@ahilyafort.com. - A kitchen without a menu card: There is no restaurant list. Prince Richard sets each day's meals from the organic garden and farm. - Yoga on the ramparts: The homepage Body and Soul section prints sunrise yoga, sound healing with a resident yogini, and Nimadi massage in the Lingaarchan room. - Rooms with names, not numbers: Narmada Suite looks over the river. Hawa Bangla has a bay window onto the ghats. Rang Niwas keeps 18th-century wall painting. Confirm on ahilyafort.com. ## Ways to stay - Five-day summer stay · Starting at INR 78,000 for two adults, printed till 31 July 2026. Confirm with the hotel. · https://ahilyafort.com/contact-us/ - Narmada Suite · Confirm with info@ahilyafort.com. · https://ahilyafort.com/contact-us/ - Hawa Bangla · Confirm with info@ahilyafort.com. · https://ahilyafort.com/contact-us/ - Body and Soul · Confirm with info@ahilyafort.com. · https://ahilyafort.com/contact-us/ ## Getting there Rajwada, Ahilya Fort, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. About two hours from Indore airport, 95 km, as printed on ahilyafort.com/contact-us. Email info@ahilyafort.com. Phone +91 82919 35722. ## Questions **Who runs Ahilya Fort?** Prince Richard Holkar is named on ahilyafort.com as host. The same page prints info@ahilyafort.com. The contact page names the hotel as a division of Tiger Tops Cultural and Adventure Tours Pvt. Ltd. **What kind of stay is it?** A guest house inside Ahilya Wada, the 18th-century Holkar residence above the Narmada. Nineteen rooms in six historic buildings. Meals are a fixed daily menu. Rooms have no television. **What rooms are printed?** Named rooms include Narmada Suite, with a living room and a private terrace over the river, Hawa Bangla, with a bay window onto the ghats, and Rang Niwas, with vestiges of 18th-century wall painting. Confirm on ahilyafort.com. **Is there a public rate?** The five-day summer stay is printed as starting at INR 78,000 for two adults, applicable till 31 July 2026, with a minimum of two nights. Confirm the current rate by writing to info@ahilyafort.com. **What wellness is printed?** The homepage Body and Soul section names sunrise yoga on the ramparts, sound healing with a resident yogini, and village-style Nimadi massage. The five-day summer stay includes those sessions and one Nimadi massage. Confirm on ahilyafort.com. **Where do I book?** Write to info@ahilyafort.com or use ahilyafort.com/contact-us. MindReach does not take the reservation. ## How far to trust this Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book. MindReach Getaways does not take the booking. You book with the property.