Alila Fort Bishangarh

From atop a granite hill, the Alila Fort Bishangarh hotel surveys the rolling hills below. Due to open in July 2017, it"s the first internationally managed property in the Aravalli mountain range, about an hour"s drive southwest of Jaipur, in northern India.

Built inside the 230-year-old Fort Bishangarh, this heritage address took nearly a decade to complete. It"s the kind of place where you expect to find a hidden trapdoor or a spiral staircase leading to a secret lair — a mix of raw history and mystery.

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