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SUJAN The Serai vs Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer

Both properties are rated highly by expert writers. On balance, The Serai scores slightly higher than Fort Rajwada. The Serai comes in at 79 with praise from 3 reviewers including Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler and Concierge.

SUJAN The Serai
SUJAN The Serai
7 / 10
Bherwa, Chandan, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $17 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Concierge Concierge
"Each 1,100-square-foot suite is pitched on a raised stone base, with its own enclosed veranda, in-room seating, and a bathroom with a walk-in shower but no tub."
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A hair dryer has to be requested, as well as the services of a staffer to whisk one's valuables away for safekeeping.
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Twenty-one 1,400-square-foot canvas guest rooms rest on smooth Jaisalmer stone foundations and have spacious covered verandas (five have private plunge pools)." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
Readers' Choice Award
"A 45-minute drive from Jaisalmer’s beautiful pink-sandstone fort city, The Serai has 21 grand campaign-style tents arrayed in two rows like a colonial encampment amid scrubby, featureless terrain." Full review
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A heater, towel warmer, and hot-water bottles keep you cozy in the desert’s chilly night, although other typical basics are oddly absent from the elegantly spare accommodations: A hair dryer has to be requested, as well as the services of a staffer to whisk one’s valuables away for safekeeping.
The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"The Serai offers fantastically luxurious camping in the middle of India’s Thar desert" Full review
Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer
Fort Rajwada Jaisalmer
7 / 10
No 1 Hotel Complex, Jodhpur-Barmer Link Road, Jaisalmer 345001, India
From $68 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Fodor's Fodor's
"It might not be particularly convenient, but the architecture and interior design here are interesting and the suites are quite luxurious." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Two kilometres east of town, off the Pokaran road, this large, modern, but traditional-style, place was built according to the ancient Indian design principles of vaastu, which is similar to feng shui." Full review