Jag Mandir is a quite wonderful and very different hotel experience. It is a beautiful property in the middle of the lake, with no more than about 8 rooms. Mostly it is a place for holding weddings or for the daily visitors who come by boat for an hour or two to have lunch and visit. The most wonderful part of staying on Jag Mandir is the night, when all the visitors have left there is only the staff and you, the dining room is tranquil and the city that surrounds the lake is alight. That moment of complete escape lets you feel why the summer palaces were built in the lake in the first place.