A 139-room luxury resort spread across five acres on its own hill near Sajjangarh Monsoon Palace — Lemon Tree Hotels' flagship Aurika luxury-brand property and Preferred Hotels & Resorts member, with Aurika Suites including private plunge pools.
"Lemon Tree Hotels' luxury statement — the flagship of the Aurika brand and the Indian-domestic-luxury answer for Udaipur. Where the Taj, the Oberoi, and the Leela compete in the international five-star segment, Aurika competes in the Indian-five-star tier with a stronger value proposition and a hilltop position near Sajjangarh."
Aurika Udaipur is the flagship of Aurika — Lemon Tree Hotels' luxury sub-brand introduced in 2018. Lemon Tree Hotels is India's largest mid-market hotel chain by room count and an Indian-stock-exchange-listed company; Aurika sits at the top of the group's brand pyramid alongside two other properties (Aurika Mumbai Skycity at the airport and Aurika Coorg) and is the brand's most-decorated luxury statement. The Udaipur property is a Member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts within the Lifestyle Collection — the only Lemon Tree property to hold Preferred recognition.
The site is roughly five acres of its own hilltop at Kala Rohi in the Sisarma area — a fifteen-minute drive west of Lake Pichola and the City Palace, in close proximity to Sajjangarh Monsoon Palace and the entrance to the Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary. The hotel is approached via a long single-track entrance road that climbs the hillside; the buildings are arranged across the upper terraces with the spa and the bar at the top, the rooms in two wings descending the north and south slopes, and the pool on the southern terrace facing the Aravali range. The architectural register is contemporary Rajasthan — sandstone facades, jali screens, geometric balustrades — but the interior register is more contemporary-luxury than heritage-Rajasthani.
The 139 rooms run across seven categories: Deluxe Room, Deluxe Vista Room (with view), Premium Room with Private Terrace, Premium Vista Room with Private Terrace, Aurika Suite with Private Plunge Pool, Presidential Suite, and a Differently-Abled accessible room. The Aurika Suite is the headline category — a one-bedroom suite with separate sitting area and private outdoor plunge pool, the only category at the property's price point with that configuration. The Presidential Suite handles the milestone variant. The food-and-beverage programme runs across two principal rooms: Mirasa is the all-day Indian and continental kitchen, and Ariva is the rooftop bar and lounge with sundowner programming. The Araya Spa runs eight treatment rooms, an outdoor heated pool, and the property's wellness centre with a yoga programme.
The Aurika's central proposition is contemporary luxury at the Indian-domestic price point. The room product is current-generation, the F&B is solid if not Michelin-starred, the spa is well-developed, and the price point is roughly 35–50% below the Oberoi Udaivilas, the Leela, and the Lake Palace. For travellers who prioritize new-build five-star polish, larger and more contemporary rooms, and a hilltop position over heritage palace context, Aurika is the right answer. The trade-off is that the property is fifteen minutes from the lakefront and that the Lemon-Tree-Group operating template runs slightly less deep than the Oberoi, the Taj, or the Leela. The library — a quiet upstairs reading room — and the Rumpus Room games-and-billiards lounge are pleasant programme additions that the international-chain competitors generally don't bother with.
For Udaipur family holidays at the calibrated-luxury level Aurika is one of the city's strongest answers. The Premium Room with Private Terrace and the Aurika Suite handle larger family parties; the Rumpus Room with games and billiards is the city's only such kid-friendly indoor programme; the Mirasa all-day kitchen handles every variant of family-food preference; the heated outdoor pool runs October through April. The hilltop position is genuinely quieter than the lakefront alternatives.
An Udaipur anniversary at Aurika is the right call when the brief tilts toward "private-plunge-pool intimacy at a calibrated price point." The Aurika Suite with Private Plunge Pool is the working booking; the Presidential Suite is the milestone version; the Mirasa private dinner programme runs in-suite or on the suite terrace with 24-hour notice; the Ariva rooftop handles the sundowner. The hilltop sunset over the Aravali is one of the city's most photographable.
For a calibrated Udaipur wellness stay the Araya Spa programme handles the brief — the morning yoga programme on the spa terrace, eight treatment rooms with Ayurvedic and contemporary therapies, calibrated diet from Mirasa. Stay 5+ nights for the full programme; longer stays unlock the Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary morning walks (10-minute hotel transfer to the trailhead) which are the city's best non-pool wellness day-programme.
01, Kala Rohi
Sisarma
Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001
India
Sajjangarh Monsoon Palace 5 minutes' drive; City Palace and Lake Pichola 15 minutes; Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary entrance 10 minutes; Maharana Pratap Airport 30 km / 45 minutes
139 rooms across seven categories
Deluxe Room from INR 9,500/night
Deluxe Vista from INR 12,000/night
Premium with Terrace from INR 16,500/night
Aurika Suite (plunge pool) from INR 32,000/night
Presidential Suite from INR 65,000/night
Check-in: 2:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Lemon Tree Hotels / Aurika luxury brand; Preferred Hotels & Resorts (Lifestyle Collection); Lemon Tree Loyalty programme
Private-plunge-pool Aurika Suites
Mirasa all-day Indian + continental
Ariva rooftop bar
Araya Spa with 8 treatment rooms
Heated outdoor pool
The Library (quiet reading room)
Rumpus Room (games & billiards)
From INR 9,500/night. Aurika Suites with Private Plunge Pool book three to four months ahead for the October-to-March high season; one to two months for the April-to-September shoulder. Lemon Tree Loyalty programme members receive standard brand benefits; Preferred Hotels & Resorts I Prefer points accrue automatically.
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