Lake Palace

Lake Palace (formerly known as Jag Niwas) is a luxury hotel, of 83 rooms and suites featuring white marble walls, located on a natural foundation of 4 acres (16,000 m2) rock on the Jag Niwas island in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India. The hotel operates a boat which transports guests to the hotel from a jetty at the City Palace. It has been voted as the most romantic hotel in India.

The palace was used as shooting place for several movies :
1959 : the couple of movies by Fritz Lang The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb as palace of Chandra, the maharajah of the fictitious town of Eshnapur.

1983 : the James Bond film Octopussy, as the home of titular character Octopussy (played by Maud Adams). The films was also shot in the other palaces of Udaipur Jag Mandir and Monsoon Palace.

1984 : the British television series The Jewel in the Crown as guest house of the Nawab of Mirat.

2001 : the Bollywood Indian film Yaadein directed by Subhash Ghai.

2006 : film The Fall directed by Tarsem Singh.