Hotel Basant Vihar Palace is a heritage hotel in Bikaner. This hotel was built due to the ‘fanciful desire’ of His Highness Maharaja Sri Ganga Singhji, the master of architecture. This palace was designed by him to be a separate pleasure garden adjoining the Zanana Bagh (Royal Ladies Garden) of Lalgarh Palace. In 1993, the House of Bikaji converted this masterpiece of architecture into a heritage hotel. This hotel offers tourists a true flavor of history and royal living. This hotel is centrally located in a very secluded area and surrounded by well laid out gardens, fragrant flower beds and soothing lily ponds.
Rooms:
The Hotel Basant Vihar Palace is completely furnished from inside and great care has been taken to preserve the original character of the rooms. There are about 21 royal deluxe rooms in the hotel including 3 suites. The rooms are fully air conditioned, with a color satellite television, telephone, refrigerator and an attached bathroom with the hot and cold running water supply.
Restaurant:
In the Hotel Basant Vihar Palace, there is a multi cuisine restaurant. In this restaurant the chefs raised the food to an art form. This restaurant serves some mouth watering Mughlai, Chinese and Continental delicacies and as well as the Rajasthani cuisine.
Facilities:
24 hour room service, Laundry, Safety locker, Money exchange, Travel counter, Doctor on call, ISD, e mail, Fax, Internet services, DG set, Parking are the various facilities which are available in the hotel. The conference and banquet facilities are also available in the hotel. Hotel Basant Vihar Palace also offers its lush green palace garden for exclusive theme parties, weddings, receptions, etc. It forms the perfect setting for all occasions when decorated and fully lit up. This hotel offers an ethnic festive atmosphere with royal Rajasthani sitting, cuisine, folk music and dance. In the evening musicians dressed in traditional Rajasthani outfits entertain the guests with the local Rajasthani melodies played on authentic instruments.
Location:
Hotel Basant Vihar Palace is situated on the National Highway 15, about 4 kms. from the Bikaner railway station, and 1 kms. from the Lalgarh Junction bus stand.