Perfect Inspiration -The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel / Mumbai / India

House & Hotel Magazine features The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, it was a landmark creation when it opened in 1903.

This monument is a jewel in the crown of India’s hospitality industry. It is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, next to the Gateway of India.
Part of the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, this building is considered the flagship property of the group and contains 565 rooms. From a historical and architectural point of view, the two buildings that make up the hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower are two distinct buildings, built at different times and in different architectural designs.

The Taj Hotel is on such a scale of magnificence and luxury that at first it rather took one’s breath away. There is no other hotel in India which will bear comparison with it, as it is in a rank of its own.

When it opened the Taj was perhaps the only place in the world where staunch Congressmen could debate with defenders of the British Empire, and where sailors on shore leave could flirt with Pompadour follies.
During World War 1 the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital. The Taj had Mumbai’s first-ever licensed bar, the Harbour Bar (bar licence No 1), India’s first all-day dining restaurant, and the country’s first international discotheque called “Blow Up”.
In 1947, independent India’s first speech to industry was made at the hotel.
Today the Taj Group of Hotels has 53 hotels in 34 locations across India, and 12 international properties. The Taj Mahal Palace hotel has hosted distingueshed guests like The Beatles, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Bill Clinton, Jacques Chirac, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, Roger Moore, Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Deep Purple, Michael Palin, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama & Michelle Obama e.g. Wow.

We love it.

If you travel further up north in direction Pakistan, you should not miss the border ceremony.