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Somewhere in South India, an 18th-century palace was dismantled, carried into the hills and rebuilt without a single nail. It’s one of the 15 most extraordinary stays in South India. Not even the most extravagant.
A palace where the Nizam once entertained. A cottage on a strip of sand between a river and the Arabian Sea. A palace-style retreat in the shadow of Hampi’s lost empire. A thousand-petal lotus set in granite. Old Kerala homes, some over 150 years old, taken apart and rebuilt beside a backwater lake.
Then there are the less expected ones. A treehouse among jackfruit trees. A rope bridge through the rainforest. A waterfall filling the windows. A banyan spreading its roots above a safari lodge pool. And a rice barge that turns the backwaters into your own private world.
Stays that could only belong to South India, where the architecture, the landscape and the stories behind them are as memorable as the rooms themselves. From Hyderabad and Hampi to the plantations, backwaters and quieter coastlines of the south.
Save this for the trip you haven’t planned yet. Send it to the person you’d take.
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Planning a journey through South India? DM “SOUTH INDIA” and we’ll build an itinerary around the places that stay with you.
A LocalHi guide.

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