Catching up now with blog.
We were very interested to see what the next place of residents was like as the pictures and description were outstanding but we have learnt to not believe all you see.
Mysore (Mysuru) is a major city situated in Karnataka South India and is actually the capital of this region. It boast a magnificent palace which we saw lit up with thousands of lights last time we visited two yrs ago. This time we would be staying also in a palace built for the Viceroy visit by the then Raj. This was in 1921. Approaching up the drive the first impressions was that it was truly palatial and the Viceroy must have been impressed.
Taken over by “Jungle Resorts” approx 18months ago they have started on a major refurbishment programme. The building is showing its age but with its restaurant, conference hall, banquet suite and marble staircase entrance it is still very grand. The original building was basically made of sand!! So how it is still standing is a miracle. It had an extension a few years ago which was reinforced and plans are to support the rest. When they took it over a lot of the original furniture came with it and so retaining lots of character and history. We could imagine the reception and dances held in the beautiful rooms.
When we arrived a major filming crew were there and we got involved with selfies with some of the crew. They actually left that night and you should have seen the mess they made. Do hope the hotel was getting very good money for their bad manners. Took staff all of two days to make some headway clearing up.
Our room looked over the pool where the attendant had the best job. He looked after the pool and garden. Garden we didn’t see him do anything but pool he swam at least twice a day and said he was cleaning the walls. He did have a cloth in his hand as he swam up and down. He was a good swimmer. I wonder if it’s all the practise !!!!
Tea in bed we decided to open the outside door of the balcony and leave grill door shut. VERY bad move. Within seconds a rather large male monkey was pushing the grill to get in and being it opened inwards that was not good. Will not be doing that again. All the balconies in the building are completely open so monkeys are a bit of a prob at night when we were all tucked up in bed.
We wish “Jungle Resorts” all the best with their endeavours to get this magnificent building back to its former glory. Only prob it was only £39 per night b/b so expect that will change.
We were very interested to see what the next place of residents was like as the pictures and description were outstanding but we have learnt to not believe all you see.
Mysore (Mysuru) is a major city situated in Karnataka South India and is actually the capital of this region. It boast a magnificent palace which we saw lit up with thousands of lights last time we visited two yrs ago. This time we would be staying also in a palace built for the Viceroy visit by the then Raj. This was in 1921. Approaching up the drive the first impressions was that it was truly palatial and the Viceroy must have been impressed.
Taken over by “Jungle Resorts” approx 18months ago they have started on a major refurbishment programme. The building is showing its age but with its restaurant, conference hall, banquet suite and marble staircase entrance it is still very grand. The original building was basically made of sand!! So how it is still standing is a miracle. It had an extension a few years ago which was reinforced and plans are to support the rest. When they took it over a lot of the original furniture came with it and so retaining lots of character and history. We could imagine the reception and dances held in the beautiful rooms.
When we arrived a major filming crew were there and we got involved with selfies with some of the crew. They actually left that night and you should have seen the mess they made. Do hope the hotel was getting very good money for their bad manners. Took staff all of two days to make some headway clearing up.
Our room looked over the pool where the attendant had the best job. He looked after the pool and garden. Garden we didn’t see him do anything but pool he swam at least twice a day and said he was cleaning the walls. He did have a cloth in his hand as he swam up and down. He was a good swimmer. I wonder if it’s all the practise !!!!
Tea in bed we decided to open the outside door of the balcony and leave grill door shut. VERY bad move. Within seconds a rather large male monkey was pushing the grill to get in and being it opened inwards that was not good. Will not be doing that again. All the balconies in the building are completely open so monkeys are a bit of a prob at night when we were all tucked up in bed.
We wish “Jungle Resorts” all the best with their endeavours to get this magnificent building back to its former glory. Only prob it was only £39 per night b/b so expect that will change.
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