Udaipur Travel Essentials
GENERAL INFORMATION
Area
: 37 sq. km.
Altitude
: 577 metres.
Climate
: Mean Max. Mean Min.
Summer
: 38.3’C 28.8’C
Winter
: 28.3’C 11.6’C
Rainfall
: 61 cms.
Best
Season : September-March.
Clothing
: Summer : light tropical.
Winter
: light woollen.
Languages
: English, Hindi, Mewari.
Banks/Money
Changers : State Bank of India, Hospital Road,
Tel. : 525857; State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, Chetak
Circle, Tel. : 525066; Punjab National Bank, Town Hall
Road, Tel. : 522118; Bank of Rajasthan, Bapu Bazar, Tel.
: 529598; Bank of India, Delhi Gate, Tel. : 525579. Canara
Bank, Hospital Road, Tel. : 527365; Union Bank of India,
Town Hall Road, Tel. : 420047; Andhra Bank, Shakti Nagar,
Tel. : 413415.
Post and Telegraph
Office : G.P.O.,
Chetak Circle, Tel. : 528605; City Post Office, Shastri
Circle, Tel. : 413905.
Photo
Studios : Rama Studio, Bapu Bazar, Tak
Studio Station Road; Kalpana Studio, Bapu Bazar, Shrimal
Studio, Surajpol.
Tourist
Reception Centre : Tourist Reception Centre,
Fateh Memorial, outside Suraj Pole, Tel.: 411535; Tourist
Information Counter at City Railway Station, Platform
No. 1, Tel. : 412984; Tourist Information Bureau, Dabok
Airport, Tel. : 655433.
Entertainment
: Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal Near Chetak Circle,
Tel. : 529296; Meera Kala Mandir, City Station Road, Tel.
: 583176; Shilp Gram, Fateh Sagar, Rani Road, Tel. : 560304.
Clubs
: Clubs in Udaipur that offer various
activities are Field Club, Rotary Club and Lions Club.
Fishing
: For enthusiastic anglers, the Jaisamand
Lake is open for fishing. License can be obtained from
the Fisheries Department. For assistance, please contact
the Dy. Director/Tourist Officer, Tourist Reception Centre,
Tel. : 411535.
Swimming
: Facilities are offered by the Lake Palace
Hotel on prior permission from the Management. Other places
with a swimming pool are Hotel Laxmi Vilas Palace, Shikarbadi,
Lakend Hotel, Hotel Shiv Niwas Palace, Shilpi Restaurant.
