Although I've been to Udaipur before, one place I've never been to is the Monsoon Palace, high up on a hill overlooking the city. The palace was built to watch the monsoon clouds. It's now under the control of the Forest Department, and it's difficult to get to without your own car as taxis won't drive up there (basically you have to get a minibus from the gates). The sanctuary is a reserve for reptiles, tigers, deer, wild boars, hyenas, panthers and jackals.
The palace provides a beautiful view of the Fateh Sagar Lake and of the sunset over the hills. Although it's quite run-down now, it was used for the filming of the James Bond film Octopussy in 1983.
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