Udaipur

Travel guide and things to do in Udaipur, India: The three-minute guide

Ancient buildings over water, ornamental bridges – there are good reasons this beautiful city has been dubbed the Venice of the East.

• by Jane Richards

Water world

Nina Karnikowski channels her inner Bond girl at Udaipur's historic Taj Lake Palace.

India at its manic, crazy best

If you think India is a crazy place any time of the year, then wait until you see it like this.

Passage through India

Clover Stroud offers the inside track on the country's finest rail journeys

Double-0 heaven

Ute Junker picks the best destinations from 50 years of Bond films. Ute Junker picks the best destinations from 50 years of Bond films.

All in the family

Katherine Russell Rich finds homestays are affordable and a window to real-life Bollywood drama.

Ultimate luxury: the hotel that's an island unto itself

Standing magnificently in the middle of a lake, the Taj Lake Palace is a stellar hotel, writes Christine D'Mello.

Creme de la cleanse

Pampering knows no borders, writes Adriaane Pielou, who picks the world's best spa therapists.

Adventures for groupies

Great life experiences in far-flung destinations are in reach like never before, writes Belinda Jackson.

Romance of rail in a starring role

Trains and railways have provided the backdrop to many great movies. Jon Bryant remembers some classic scenes to get film buffs off the couch and on the tracks.