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A landmark amidst Mansarovar

A Jaipur stay with jharokhas, North Indian delicacies and experiences plenty

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Amidst the architectural blanket of the Pink City lie umpteen destinations that intrigue and command attention, all at the same time. Take a few turns into and through the alleyways to reach the Mansarovar neighbourhood in Jaipur where stands another marvel — with architecture, design and experiences plenty — Hyatt Regency Jaipur Mansarovar. Wearing a regal, regional but contemporary crest in the city of palaces, the property evokes a constant feeling of grandeur fused with a familiar scent of home. With a sophisticated design language seen throughout the hotel that transcends fleeting gazes, one finds themselves pausing and absorbing the intricate details that make the facade and the interiors. 

Beyond the facade, Hyatt Regency Jaipur Mansarovar reveals a series of orchestrated spaces, echoing a different side to Jaipur’s architectural and cultural finesse. At its heart lies the central courtyard, contoured by carved pillars, jharokhas and water features, designed to slow the pace and invite quiet observation. Corridors open up from here like cloisters, offering shifting perspectives of light, shadow and ornament as the day progresses.

A postcard of Rajasthan featuring a vast courtyard with luminous arches and lush greens softening into night

Steps to discovery

Under the design directions  of Douglas Grieco, Hyatt’s Regional Vice President of Design Services in India and Southwest Asia, the hotel balances heritage with modern ease, crafting a space where details reflect local ways of living: how people gather, eat, celebrate, all translated with an astute intention. “Hidden bars or speakeasy-style venues can create an element of discovery,” Grieco shares, revealing the secret that luxury today is not just what you see, but what you stumble upon, remember and return to.

The hotel becomes a living gallery where jaali screens filter the light like leheriya pleats and jharokhas become continued silhouettes. With sandstone surfaces carrying the warmth of hands that shaped them, every detail hints at nostalgia. Craft learned by ancestors is glorified  allowing them to evolve and breathe through contemporary geometry. 

This property expands to wide arched corridors, imperial rooms that offer quiet grandeur and a lobby reminiscent of ceremonial durbars.

Culinary venues, Shrot offer authentic north Indian delicacies while Royal Bakery and Bar tempts guests with plump desserts. You can even wine and dine at The North Club, serving indulgences that go far beyond traditional hotel dining.

Douglas Grieco, Regional Vice President – Design Services, India & Southwest Asia, Hyatt
A modern darbar like lobby where the chandelier crowns a room steeped in craft

Integrating modern design aspects, technology and AI will now read habits, anticipate preferences and shape personal experiences in real time. Not cold or robotic, but spaces that learn you as you learn them. As Grieco explains, “The goal is a seamless dialogue between a hotel’s personality and the guest experience, creating environments that feel authentic, dynamic and unmistakably aligned with the brand.”

Borrowed from the Pink City

Grieco’s concepts for Hyatt carry a familiar trademark that responds to the local practices and behaviour. Modern heritage, as he frames it, is about the social energy that lives around the hotels, acting as cultural pods where mornings begin with rituals and nights unfurl into conversation. And that is why no Andaz feels like a Grand Hyatt and no Hyatt Centric mirrors another, they simply grow from their cities like stories.

What to do near Hyatt Regency Jaipur Mansarovar? Beyond its boundaries, the hotel opens out to the city’s layered cultural landscape. From the calm of City Park and the ISKCON temple nearby to the Amber Fort and City Palace, a short drive away. While the buzzing Thadi Market and the fascinating Jhulelal Tibetan Bazaar are at a distance of 15minute drive.

The Imperial room gilded with crystal cascades
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