SIX SENSES FORT BARWARA Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳【4K Hotel Tour & Review】Incredible Restoration!
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Watch this video if you want to see what it's like to sleep inside a 700 year old restored warrior fort in the middle of the Rajasthani Desert. Six Senses Fort Barwara is a luxury five star oasis to the south of Jaipur, India and you will surely love this place!
🎥 In This Video:
-Hotel & Brand Background
-History of Fort & Restoration
-All Common Areas
-Tour of Pool Areas
-Full Tour of Sanctuary Suite
-The Rajput Room
-Dinner at Cortile
-Breakfast at Cortile
-Grounds Tour
-My Three Big Points
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Intro
00:27 Hotel Info
00:57 Driving through Rajasthan
02:39 Arriving at Fort Barwara
03:00 Six Senses Entrance
05:00 Reception & Check in Experience (Men’s Palace)
06:37 Location Details & Layout
07:37 Pool Deck
09:59 Temple View Point
11:15 Heading to my Room
11:44 Full Sanctuary Suite Tour
21:01 Six Senses Spa Full Tour (Women’s Palace)
24:58 Need to Know FAQs
25:08 The Rajput Room (Bar)
27:15 Beautiful Rooftop Sunset
28:23 Evening Facilities
29:41 Dinner at Cortile
30:33 Sunrise Atmosphere
31:26 Breakfast at Cortile
33:38 Final Thoughts & Fitness Center
35:03 The Flip Flop Score
This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!
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The more and more I watch your India videos, I'm convinced that India has the best hotels in the world. The architecture of all these properties is simply spectacular which no other country has.
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As a tourist you can only enjoy India if you visit the RIGHT places. Visiting cities can quickly turn your tourist trip sour as they are not anywhere NEAR European or American infrastructure except for few tier 1 cities especially in the southern side. The ugly side of India is not something which can be digested by everyone. It still needs time to mature and civic sense to prevail. A good itinerary is ESSENTIAL to enjoy India to the fullest.
@@teampunk1356Tier 1 american city like New York 😂 with homeless people
@@teampunk1356then they should keep away. If you visit another country you can't expect the standard of the own country.
Disagree
Absolutely stunning - India, by far, has had the most serene, beautiful, exotic, and architecturally pleasing hotels/resorts of all the nations you've shown us.
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And you from where?
@@tfftis that a slipper at the end? If yes,why?
@@destroyedsoul1791 America
India is clearly headed to be hotel destination of world with so many modern ,party,funky,heritage properties coming up all around.
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Maybe the most visually stunning property you've reviewed so far! So impressed with this place. The room is beautiful and the pool, and just all of it! 😍
Sure is! Thanks for watching 🩴
Each palace/fort speaks a story of its own.
Thanks, Kevin. Your Rajasthan playlist is very helpful for planning our trip. 😊
Glad to help! Thanks for watching 🩴
The property really is stunning but yeah I do agree when they are charging $800 for this, AC should work like you are in Himalayas in winter.
I got chills looking at some parts of the property .
The interiors , restoration works, lightings, all are awe-soothing .
🙏
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I really love your narration vs. other luxury channels that just simply tour the properties and maybe have captions/descriptions. But your voice, from script to insight, really make the videos.
Appreciate that!
KIa Ora Kevin!!! What a Stunning Property!!!! More exclusively, it only has 48 Rooms as you said, which makes it so intimate!!! The Size of your Room is great!!! Also, must mention that I am so happy you have written what Music is being played!! Totally suits the ambience of it!!! Thanks Kevin 🙂
Whakawhetai koe 🙏
I was there recently, they had 3 rooms occupied, all of us stayed in the entry level category. With the property empty it would be nice to have one category upgrade... we also had a problem and duty manager is not able to solve anything. I left with a feeling if this place would be managed by Oberoi, could be one of the best hotels in the world!
A shame! Thanks for watching 🩴
Yes Taj or Oberoi would manage heaps better
Love the way you narrate each and every detail 🙏🏽
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
BIG FAN OF YOUR HONEST REVIEWS ✨✨
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
wow, that is a wonderful palace 🩴🩴
Certainly is! Thanks for watching 🩴 🩴
So sorry about the AC problems you had and that’s a bad look for this place not rectifying the situation. It sure is beautiful though. Thank you for your honest reviews, I just subscribed to your channel because of it. 👍🏻😊
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The best food and best hospitality in the world to the best hotels in the world i have seen in only one country. Thats India. ❤❤❤
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love the property and the ambience. I just love heritage properties. And there are so many in Rajasthan. Have you been to Bambora Fort about 20kms from Udaipur. One great property.
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Thanks for the review. Excellent preview as we'll be staying there in February. But please note an error in your graphics - the opening score shows 82/100 but the closing slide shows 92/100
For properties where a penalty is applied, there are two score cards. The first is the "Property Score" (92/100) which is what I think the average guest can expect when everything is working as intended. The second score card (shown right after the first) is "My Impressions" score which takes into account the 10 point penalty for the AC problems during my stay. So my overall impressions of 82/100 is correct. Thanks for watching 🩴
Fantastic property! Thanks for the info + video!
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Tranquil hotels like these which take you back in ancient times are way better than those flashy Dubai hotels.
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Love your honest reviews and detailed insights.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Gorgeous property. Decor is totally to my taste if I had that kind of budget 😊. What I found startling around 04 :24 into the video, it looks like someone spat betel nut juice on the wall and left a stain. Maybe a souvenir from the old ruins days. It is in a desert, and I appreciate the difficulties associated with running an air-conditioned property fashioned from an old fort. However, at $800 a night, they need to try a lot harder. As for not having a specialty Indian restaurant and having the musicians as a background act, I believe it is deliberate as they are trying to cater to a certain demographic.
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Cheers again Kevin this is certainly a stunning property,,,,peace and happiness on your travels ❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Such a lovely place beautifully restored and recreated but the air conditioning not working really a bit of a worry, other than that seems to be really nice hanks for the review
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To travel all the way to this extraordinary location, you would expect to be wowed in all aspects. What a shame they dropped the ball in their recovery service and laissez fair attitude regarding your discomfort. For the price you paid, I might think twice to make the trip down there. Thank you for sharing your experience wards and all! 🙏🏼
That’s a fair point. All too often it comes down to recovery. Here, it just didn’t seem part of the culture. Thanks as always for watching 🙏🏻
Another excellent travelogue....keep it up...
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Une réussite!
Extraordinaire comme rénovation, pour en faire un palace de rêve en plein désert indien, c'est bien agencé avec goût et traditions. 🛫 🇮🇳
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Beautiful rstoration work🤩 Authenticity is very much preserved. Given the limited number of such hotels and rooms available to what extent do you think the letdown service will affect the decision of potential guests to visit the property?
Not much honestly and this is why I introduced the penalty system instead of just deducting from the basic score. In all likely hood, someone at IHG will see this video and at some point all of the ACs will be property checked/repaired if that hasn't already been done. I think there's a big distinction between things that go wrong that are 'fixable' or preventable as compared to a flawed hotel in general. Service needs to be worked on here, but it wasn't a disaster. My own review wouldn't disuade me from going if I really wanted to see it, if that makes sense haha. Thanks very much for the support 🙏
The best part in this resort is the bathroom!!!! Modern yet classic!!
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Thanks Kevin! I am not sure if this message will reach you exactly, I like your channel. And, for beaches- white powder beach with clear awesome water, u may checkout Neil Island in Andaman
I reply to every comment on every video, so I assure you any and all comments will always reach me 😉. Thanks for sharing Neil Island and for the support 🙏
Great review once again - service recovery seems to be somewhat cultural in this instance I believe I may be wrong - a very tranquil respite and I’d love to visit one day - Thankyou
I disagree, recovery at a Leela, Oberoi or Taj is just about as high of a standard as you can get- if anything, the culture in most situations makes recovery better in India, which is why this property stuck out like a sore thumb.
Another great video. I love and appreciate your choice of background music in your indian series, they totally transport us there in the moment. Great peoperry, the AC problem, however, is a deal breaker for me.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Nice review kevin
Thanks for watching 🩴
This is my village, i just subscribed, excellent quality content! 👍👍
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That need to know screen around 24:58 is very useful (and much appreciated).
Glad to hear! Thanks for watching 🩴
Woah
What a gorgeous place
Never knew it existed...
😮😮😮
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Thank You ✈️
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I love it❤
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Hey Kevin great job buddy. Honestly can't stop watching your masterpieces. A small suggestion though can you please invest in a drone as it would enhance the videos beauty even more. My best wishes to you. Have a lovely day 🖤🖤
I have a drone, but I don’t use it for content creation. Far too much hassle to navigate all national laws about usage and importation, then to get permission from the resort, most of which ban them, etc.
Thanks a lot Kevin for your reply. Relly made my day ❤️😀
Your channel has started costing me a lot of money 😅. However, I haven't been to Six Senses yet.I stayed at The Anam Cam Ranh, Fusion Phu Quoc. Where the whole thing with your channel started for me! Soon I'm going to Samsara Ubud for three nights. Also Munduk Moding Plantation ( horizontal and vertical private pool rooms ) and Alila Ubud . Thank You 🙏! Cheers from
Berlin !
Fusion Phu Quoc is also where the channel started! (unfortunately it has since shut down). Thanks for watching 🩴
The sleep is the most import part about the stay. If the AC is faulty the room should be compensated
Agreed!
How i wish that i could be there in real life so beautiful greetings from the Netherlands
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What a breath taking hotel ever despite seamless service seemingly impotent. Thanks very much for sharing this enjoyable video! BTW...i like your bgm a lot and could you tell me their credits ?❤
All music titles are in the description. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft
Thanks, appreciated!❤️
You are mentioning Six Sense Koh Yao Noi. Have you already uploaded a video of this resort? Thanks for the amazing content.
No I don't have a video of it on the channel. Thanks for watching 🩴
Great video and gorgeous property. Thanks for amazing content. I’ll be in Bhutan in October 2024 and thought I’d look into staying at their Bhutan property…it was priced at over $2,200 a night…so that won’t be happening. A bit past my budget. On the way to, and returning from Bhutan, I’ll be in Singapore and Six Senses used to have a property there…the Duxton, I think…in China Town. I really wanted to stay there, but it doesn’t seem to be open anymore. Oh, well…I’ll try to find something else interesting.
No longer six senses now Marriott try Google
@@michaelhosie9053 thanks very much for the information!
Yeah, it is an Autograph Collection now... and likely not worth it if I'm honest.
@@tfft thanks so much for the response…I was just checking out their website and I think I probably agree…the Opium suites seem to still resemble the Six Senses rooms a little, but that’s about it.
I have been trying to get a good review of this hotel. Spending such an amount (i am Indian) is difficult when there is a chance that the product sucks.
I have had amazing stays at the 2 Aman hotels in India. Given that the Amanbagh cost around the same, I am still apprehensive of trying out Fort Barwara in its stead. Not sure if you have Aman in your itinerary this time, but do try them out.
It in the cards at the moment. Thanks for watching 🩴
Amazing vid as always Kevin.
I just have a quick question, In your opinion what is the best Koh Samui resort you stayed at. I’m a solo traveler and after a real relaxing vibe.
For relaxing, Six Senses can't be beat in Samui. Thanks for watching 🩴
Now I understand why Vicky kaushal and Katrina Kaif choose this place for there wedding.
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$800 USD ☑️
3 hour drive ☑️
Crappy AC☑️
Stunning property, but I think I’ll pass 😅
Thanks for TOFTT 😊
Great video as always 🎉
Yah when you put it that way, it's a bit harder to see the appeal 😅 Thanks for watching 🩴
Looks in photos and video to have been ‘aged’ using spray paint. Does it look like that in person? Great video
Not at all. Thanks for watching 🩴
You're so plagued by AC problems -- I'm frustrated by it and I just get to sit back and watch. I think I've found my new favourite property -- what was occupancy like when you were there? Do you find it's easy to reach it from Jaipur, and if so, how would you do so? Private ground transport? Cheers!
Yes, I had a car for my time around Jaipur. Google maps time estimate was accurate.
Super. Just curious , what did you do for a living to afford this full time? Given the attention to detail in your videos I’m assuming this is your full time gig now ;)
This is what I do for a living now 😉 Before and through covid I was in the restaurant industry.
They should actually make the rooftop sundowner a thing
Agreed
For the sneak peek: ANA’s first class suite from HND to JFK?
✅ I think you’re the first to get it completely correct haha.
@@tfft thank you for the appreciation :) *so* in love with your videos, genuinely love when I get a notif that you’ve posted!!
Minor correction: Soneva, not Sovena.
Oh wow, that brand has existed in my head as Sovena for years 😂 Thanks for that! haha
Were there any hotels in India you wanted to stay but didn’t because it was out of your price range? Amanbagh for example is always priced high.
Individually? No. Moving some hotels around and leaving some behind in order to keep the full trip on budget? Sure. During the time of my stay Amanbagh was just around $100 more than Six Senses and SS looked a whole lot more interesting to me. Thanks for watching 🩴
Hi Kevin can you list a few differences and similarties between this and alila fort Bishangarh in terms of hard product. It helps in decision making 😊
Did the hour plus of footage not already do that? haha
I think their is difference between experience and footage real feel of being there, so I asked
India is an amazing contrast. Filthy waters with heaps of plastic rubbish roadside. Stunning scenery and craftsmen so skilled. Children emerging from huts in muddy tracks beside the highway in pristine school uniforms with shirts so white they almost glow. The smell of cow dung and spices and petrol all mixed together. Go and be shocked and dazzled but never bored. Just go!
Thanks for sharing ✈️
India has got everything which any travelers can wish in their tour itinerary:- Snow Capped Mountains Peaks and Hills, Glaciers, Cold Desert, Frozen Valleys, Frozen Waterfalls, Frozen Lakes, Frozen Rivers, River Islands, Coral Oceanic Islands, White, Black, Clay Beaches, Caves (Historical Man Made and Stalactites, Stalagmites), Canyons, Hot Desert, White Desert, Red Desert, Waterfalls, Table Mountains, Hillocks, Rocky Hills, Plateaus, Plains, Ravines Badlands, Active Volcanic Peak, Mud Volcanoes, Forests-Alpine, Temperate, Sub Tropical, Evergreen, Rain, Mangrove, Lakes (Freshwater, Saltwater, Backwaters, Artificial Man Made), Cascades, Gorges, Estuaries, Lagoons, Swampy Marshlands, Grasslands, River Basins, Diverse species of Flora and Fauna, Wettest Place on Earth, Asia's Cleanest Village, Heritage Gardens, Tulip Gardens, 2nd Coldest Inhabited Place on Earth, World's Highest Motorable Road Network, 3rd Highest Village on Earth, Prehistoric Sites, Dinosaurs Fossil Sites, Ancient Temples & Monuments, Ancient Civilization Archeological Sites, Paleontological Sites, Geological Sites, Sea Forts, Hill Forts, Riverside Forts, Island Forts, Hill Palaces, Royal Palaces, Historical Heritage Buildings, Museums, Nature Parks, Historical Heritage Hotels, Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Diverse Regional Cuisines, Mysterious Sites, Creepy and Haunted Sites, Abandoned and Ruined Sites, Adventure Sports, Apricot, Apple, Saffron, Tea Plantations, Coffee Plantations, Herbs & Spices Plantations, Vineyards, Water Sports, Hiking, Mountaineering, Trekking, Spas, Golf Courses, Super Malls, Luxury Trains, Many Modern developed cities and towns. There are 54 Wildlife National Parks, 553 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 31 Marine Sanctuaries, 6 Marine National Parks, 75 Wetlands, 72 Bird Sanctuaries, 13 Butterflies Parks, 122 Botanical Gardens, 164 Zoological Parks, 40 UNESCO Heritage Sites. Unfortunately hatemonger propaganda setters foreign youtubers and western media seldom highlight positive aspect of India.
Просмотрела 2 раза видео очень необычный отель убранство его необыкновенно. Жаль, что так произошло с кондиционером.
Agreed! Thanks for watching (twice!) 🩴
Excellent, please price of room should mention
Price is in the description of every single video.
2:21 something happend there😅
Not the first I saw, just the first I got on film 😅
Always check AC before occupying rooms in hotels, nany privately owned hotels don't bother to gave their AC serviced on time
I wouldn't expect a brand new Six Senses to have such service issues lol
My old bones couldn’t handle the heat and my sense of entitlement after spending all that money couldn’t accept the other flaws you mention. Proof that appearances can be deceiving.
True! Thanks for watching 🩴
Do you usually stay just 1 night, Kevin? From the videos it's not immediately clear how many nights you spend at a place.
Depends on a number of factors. This property was one night, but it's not always the case. Thanks for watching 🩴
Another great video Kevin, But at 600 in low season in the middle of nowhere in India with no working air condition, I think this is a way overpriced property. Pool looks lovely but even at high end hotels, tranquility in pools while staying in India is luck of the draw. No thank you.
To each their own! Thanks for watching 🩴
Did you visit the temples? Did you like it? Did you go on a tiger safari
I'm here for the hotels 😉
Everyone is praising about what they see... but the problem he faced after paying such a high amount was just the matter that should be in limelight...
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All good but AC problems does get to me as well😩you don’t pay $500 to have an uncomfortable hot night and no sleep ..I will not go here until we get assurance from hotel
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Stunningly beautiful, but ... as soon as you mentioned the lack of air conditioning in the bedroom and the poor attempts at service recovery, I lost interest in this property. I cannot imagine driving three hours for a room where I cannot sleep well with that kind of heat (110F, 43C).
Fair enough! Thanks for watching 🩴
you should contact the owner he might not be knowing what managers are doing and their should be inhouse qualified repair guys they have be given this advice somejust become hoteliers converting their forts . its bad name for them you share this video yo them at least it will open the eyes of the owner
If the owner doesn't monitor social media and hasn't seen this video yet, I'd say that's a sad state of affairs. Thanks for watching 🩴
It's time we got a face reveal.
No it's not lol
Isn't that the one where Katrina got married?
🤷🏼♂️ The only Katrina I know was a hurricane.
the level of service is going down in Indian luxury hotels. i have worked for six senses in another country and this is not what they are known for
Thanks for sharing ✈️
Who owns this? Espire hospitalality? Whether they have leased it or they are the owners?
In conjunction with them. Thanks for watching 🩴
The trouble is all these hotels stand out like an Oasis in the middle of chaos that is India. Most streets are so dusty with dilapidation and rubbish all around I really feel suffocating just looking at them. Unless they develop like SE Asian countries all this sounds meaningless.
There are quite a few generalizations in there but I'll leave it be. To each their own!
No people ! Lonely. Feet of people, distant shot of people. Nope
No people is on purpose. I film off peak times so I don't disturb guests.
That pizza looked terrible!? Why do these hotels serve cuisine that is way below the expected standard?
You're the one saying it was way below standard, I said it was a great meal.
No excuse for high end hotels to have crap service (from the top down). There are meems about Indian service...
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Such a shame 😰
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That’s crappy service! Sorry you had to deal with that .
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Fake leather straps and handles as an aesthetic device are such a turn off.
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This is not your moneys worth.
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Before around 50 to 60 year when this was originally fort my grandmother (mother's mother) used to go there to one of last Queen and she had some beautiful stories regarding this fort. 😊😊😊
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