Udai Haveli Guest House, Udaipur

A small, family-run guest house in the Ganesh Ghati neighbourhood of old Udaipur, a short walk from Gangaur Ghat on Lake Pichola and the City Palace.

Rooms are simple, clean and cheap, each with its own bathroom. The rooftop restaurant cooks fresh home-style Rajasthani and North Indian food and has views over the old city rooftops. The family are known for looking after their guests: one traveller wrote about being taken to hospital and cared for when they fell ill. They can arrange cooking classes, car hire and laundry.

The lanes around the guest house are too narrow for cars, so get a tuk-tuk to Gangaur Ghat and walk the last few minutes.