"Thirteen colour-themed rooms and home cooking, minutes from the Taj"
Agra is usually a four-hour photo stop. Ekaa Agra is the case for staying the night. Three friends, one of them from a family the hotel says has 160 years of history in the city, opened it in 2018 as a love letter to Agra beyond the Taj. Architect Ipsita Mondal threaded mihrab arches, inlay-work patterns and curved walls through 13 rooms, each themed around a single colour. Breakfast means aloo bedawain and sugar-stuffed chini parathas from recipes collected off aunts and grandmothers, produce comes from farms within 50 km, and the in-room snacks are petha and dalmoth rather than shortbread. Add heritage walks, a Secret Taj high tea and a river safari, and you have a small, personal base camp in a city most visitors never actually meet.
Some facilities and experiences may be chargeable.
The two flagship rooms at 430 sq ft, done in Ekaa's colour-themed style with big windows and a generously sized bathroom. A grand king bed, French press coffee and local petha and dalmoth on the tray. Sleeps up to three.
Three 400 sq ft rooms, each with a proper sit-out balcony under the Agra sky and wide windows for the light. Grand king bed, refillable organic toiletries, in-room safe. Sleeps up to three.
Two 350 sq ft rooms with the hotel's signature curved walls, big windows onto the cityscape, and warm single-colour walls. Grand king bed and French press coffee. Sleeps up to three.
The six entry-level rooms at 250 sq ft, compact but carefully done, with warm, simple furnishings, a king-size bed and the same plastic-free amenities as the bigger categories. Sleeps up to three.
By enquiry A mansion-style stay in Pondicherry's French Quarter where whitewashed arches and high ceilings meet the salt-air bustle of the Tamil coast just outside the door.
By enquiry Sixty four rooms above Hanuman Ghat and the oldest rooftop pool in Udaipur, by the house's own telling. Dusk up there outshines the palace bars.
New Lake Pichola on your doorstep, the City Palace next door, and a rooftop where the tables look straight across the water to the Lake Palace at sunset. Jagat Niwas is a 27-room heritage haveli in the old city of Udaipur: Mewari arches, a mirror-ceilinged lake-view dining room, a rooftop plunge pool and a lakefront spa. A boutique address in the heart of the City of Lakes.
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