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Falaknuma opening delayed
Every good thing is worth waiting for, including Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India
In good faith, we have already written about this fabulous palace (see here). Anyway, as so often happens there has been a slight delay, but now the ‘Mirror in the sky’ palace opens as a 60-room luxury hotel, one of the best in India, in February 2010.
Falaknuma opening delayed
Once the home of the ruling Nizam Mehboob Ali Khan, Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces has spent ten years sensitively infusing new life into a palace that is replete with priceless art and artifacts.

A blend of Italian and Tudor architecture, this scorpion-shaped palace hotel is made entirely of Italian marble and features furniture from Kashmir, French tapestries, Venetian chandeliers and intricate frescos. You can experience the imperial lifestyle of the dynasty that once governed the legendary city of Hyderabad. What were the haunts of such visiting royalty as King George V and the last Russian Tsar,
Nicholas II? Dine on royal Hyderabadi specialties, andsavor the finest Italian cuisine beneath the stars. Taj's Jiva Grande Spa complements the royal experience at Falaknuma Palace, with signature ancient Indian therapies in exclusive treatment rooms overlooking cascading gardens.


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