A stand out highlight hotel on this trip. We paid a lot ($220) for their “honeymoon suite” but it was well worth it. It’s such a great spot inside the Fort itself anyway, but our room also had its own balcony over-looking the entire hotel, terrace, Fort and beyond. You quickly fall into the easy pace of the hosts - two cousins - Manu and Manesh - who then introduce you to their two cousins - Bharat and Banu - who run KB Lodge over the other side with a view to the Fort (a cleverly priced and charming cheaper alternative for people like us who can only afford to splash out for one night of their trip). Jaisalmer gets full marks in my books as still relatively parochial and unspoilt, compared to somewhere such as Jodhpur. Plenty of jocular local guides/opium dealers, who will cater to your every need, but generally who are not too pushy and seem genuinely happy just making small talk with you, even if this doesn’t result in them making any money off of you.

Well it's not always that you don't just see the monument but stay in one. The bhawan is on one part of the suryagarh fort. The hotel is just 8 rooms overlooking the other part of the fort and the city and the terrace on the top floor is magnificent. The rooms are also very coZy and quiet spacious.

We stayed in this hotel for one night. It has a welcoming staff and they help you in any way they can. Breakfast was nice and plentiful. Rooms are located in an old fort so the room arrangement is quite interesting, one negative aspect for our room was the separate bathroom - it was shared between one another room.