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The large placid Naini Lake is cocooned within a 360 degree swoop of steep hills around it. The Palace Belvedere, once the summer retreat of the Rajas of Awagarh looks down on this spectacular view. Built in 1987 by Raja Balwant Singh OBE, CIE of Awagarh in 1897, a century of family history still echoes in the walls of the palace, and in the many relics and mementoes of that era in this heritage hotel that is run with all the graciousness of past royalty.
The pristine beauty of Nainital, the largest hill settlement in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas, enthralled the early visitors, leading to its swift adoption as a favoured hill station by the British. Its popularity never waned and it continues to captivate large numbers of tourists to date. |
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