Neemrana Fort Palace



Neemrana Fort Palace, Alwar, Rajasthan

Information on Neemrana Fort Palace (Alwar, Rajasthan) - History & Architecture


Neemrana Fort Palace is located on the hill top of Neemrana Village, Alwar District of Rajasthan in India. This is one of the oldest forts built in 1464 AD by Raja Dup Raj. This is a large fort and a palace surrounded with scenic beauty. This palace is converted in to a royal luxury hotel from 1986. It serves the world class aristocratic comforts never match by any other heritage hotels in the world. Tourists come here to see this very old fort and stay in palace hotel to get a heritage experience. Alwar is well connected by the railways, Jaipur Delhi highways passes through Alwar. Its nearest airport is New Delhi which is 99 mile away. From Jaipur the distance is 94 miles and from Mumbai it is 877 miles away. It is an all season tourist place.

Neemrana Fort Palace Architecture

Neemrana Fort Palace is the 15th century built fort in Alwar. It occupies nearly three hectors of land. This palace and fort are well built in such a way that, it foresees the natural beauty when on palace. The building materials used is red sandstone, marbles and granites. This fort palace was build for luxury and comforts. It has two swimming pool surrounded by beautiful gardens. It has large pavilions, rooms and halls. There are wide terrace and wide windows to see the natural beauty from the palace. This fort is built in layers and in fragments which are in a cluster of huge structures. All together its looks like a magnificent fort from the ground level view. Inside the fort the craftsman's works a mind blowing. The marbles used here are well polished and still not faded in time. The carving works on marbles and woods are nearly fascinating. This palace is now 550 years old and still strong enough to last another 1000 years to come.

Neemrana Fort Palace History

Neemrana Fort Palace was the initiative of Maharaja Dup Raj 1664. He was the great Alwar ruler who shifted his capital to the Neemrana Village and established his kingdom here in 1647. After the rajas resided over here the rural settlement also started to surround by his palace. This place name was named after a tribal chief named Nimol Meo. This fort was later occupied by the Chauhan clans and took a long procession for this fort in the India history. This fort is nearby Delhi and was many time under the suppression by politic vows.

Neemrana Fort Palace Tourism Significance

Neemrana Fort Palace is of massive tourist attraction. Since, it serves the world class heritage hotel of royal luxury. Most of the foreigners come here to have a feel of this fort palace. It is the place for corporate events and meetings. Many high class marriage functions are held here for a pride and prestige. It is an exuberant place for the riches. Here flying fox is available and lot of people comes here for adventure sports. There are also air balloon surfing in this area, which gives you the glimpses of entire Alwar region. The forts are amazing to view from air balloon and flying fox rides. Alwar is an all seasonal tourist place. Apart for Neemrana fort palace hotel, there are other budget hotels found here. Locally there are camel ridden craft to go round the tourist spots, which will be a traditional experience. Locally there are cabs and travels facility which will connect your to New Delhi in a short time. The official language spoken here is Rajasthani. Locally peoples here know Hindi and English. Next time you plan for a heritage luxury, this fort palace is the excellent place to explore the royal richness. It's open to public from 9 AM to 5 Pm with an entry fee of Rupees 100.