Bengaluru · Race Course Road
A 10-room inn from 1887, grown into 117 rooms and suites across 20 acres of garden in the middle of Bengaluru.
Taj West End sits on Race Course Road, a 10-room inn when it opened in 1887 and now 117 rooms and suites across 20 acres of garden in the middle of Bengaluru. The drive in runs past white colonnaded wings under red-tiled, gabled roofs, palms and bougainvillea pressing close on both sides, and the noise of the city drops away before the car stops. Cycads that are centuries old still stand in the grounds, alongside Bengaluru's second-oldest known rain tree.
Every room here opens onto the gardens one way or another. Luxury Room Heritage Wing and Luxury Grande Room Heritage Wing, at 45 and 46 square metres, keep the early-20th-century colonial style of the Heritage Wing, with their own access to a terrace garden; Luxury Room Garden View and Luxury Grande Room Garden View King Bed, the same two sizes, sit in the garden blocks further into the grounds, each with a private balcony, verandah or portico of its own. Taj Club Room With Balcony, at 47, is the first grade with Taj Club Lounge access, its balcony looking over the Prince of Wales Lawn. From there the ladder runs through 3 suites — Executive at 69 square metres, Luxury at 115, Grande Luxury at 140 to 148. The Tata Suite, named for the hotel's founder, Jamsetji Tata, tops the ladder. It keeps a plunge pool of its own in a walled courtyard, reached straight from the bedroom, and a dining room besides.
J Wellness Circle runs the spa on Ayurvedic lines, its treatments built around the 5 elements of Indian wellness — jal, vayu, agni, prithvi and akash: water, air, fire, earth and space. A separate fitness centre runs to 150 square metres, split between a gymnasium and a studio kept for yoga and stretching. The Chambers is the house's own business club, on the same grounds. A naturalist leads a guided walk through the gardens and their history, back to the hotel's own opening in 1887.
The Outdoor Pool. The pool sits under a run of mature trees on the lawn side of the house, tiled deep blue with white loungers and umbrellas along both edges. It is the only pool on the property outside the Tata Suite's own, and it keeps its shade well into the afternoon.
J Wellness Circle. The spa runs on Ayurvedic lines, its treatments organised around the 5 elements of Indian wellness — jal, vayu, agni, prithvi and akash: water, air, fire, earth and space. Vishrama, the signature treatment, opens with a hot herbal compress and works through the muscle groups with alternating palm and thumb strokes. A separate yoga and meditation programme gives equal weight to postures, breathing and meditation.
The Fitness Centre. The fitness centre runs to 150 square metres, split between a gymnasium with treadmills, cross-trainers and free weights, and a separate studio room kept for yoga, aerobics and general stretching, with its own resistance bands and mats.
The Chambers. The Chambers is the house's own business club, reflecting the same heritage as the hotel around it and offering its members signature services on the property.
Prince of Wales Lawns, and the Estate's Event Spaces. The Prince of Wales Lawn holds intimate celebrations in the open air, one of several outdoor spaces for an event. Indoors, a pillarless ballroom and rooms named Cycad, Gulmohar Hall, Tamarind and Plumeria hold everything from a board meeting for a handful of people to an indoor wedding for hundreds.
Heritage Walk, and the Gardens. The estate runs to 20 acres, and a naturalist leads a guided walk through it, past a rain tree that has stood here more than 200 years and Karnataka's oldest operational post box. The cycads themselves are centuries old.
Luxury Room Heritage Wing is 45 square metres, in the Heritage Wing's early-20th-century style with its own terrace garden access.
Luxury Room Garden View is also 45, in the garden blocks, with a private balcony, verandah or portico instead.
Luxury Grande Room Heritage Wing and Luxury Grande Room Garden View King Bed repeat the same choice one size up, at 46 square metres each.
Taj Club Room With Balcony is 47 square metres and the first grade with Taj Club Lounge access — breakfast, afternoon tea and evening cocktails included, plus an earlier check-in and a later check-out where the room is available. Every suite above it carries the same lounge access.
Executive Suite - 1 Bedroom Garden View is 69 square metres.
Luxury Suite - 1 Bedroom Garden View is 115, with separate living and dining areas and its own private verandah.
Grande Luxury Suite runs 140 to 148, adding a private study and a portico of its own.
The Tata Suite, named for the hotel's founder, keeps a private plunge pool and its own dining room, set apart from the rest of the house in a walled courtyard. No other grade here has water of its own.
It keeps a plunge pool of its own in a walled courtyard, reached straight from the bedroom, and a dining room besides.
No. 41, Race Course Road
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
India
A child is 12 or under.
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Room
45 m² · Sleeps 3
The terrace garden
Luxury Room Heritage Wing is 45 square metres in the Heritage Wing, with its own access to the terrace garden.
Room
45 m² · Sleeps 3
The gardens, from a private balcony, verandah or portico
Luxury Room Garden View is 45 square metres in the garden blocks, with a private balcony, verandah or portico looking onto the lawns.
Room
46 m² · Sleeps 3
The terrace garden
Luxury Grande Room Heritage Wing is 46 square metres, with taller ceilings than the standard Heritage rooms and the same terrace garden access.
Room
46 m² · Sleeps 3
The gardens, from a private verandah
Luxury Grande Room Garden View King Bed is 46 square metres, with polished wooden floors and a private verandah over the garden.
Room
47 m² · Sleeps 3
The Prince of Wales Lawn, from a private balcony
Taj Club Room With Balcony is 47 square metres, with a private balcony over the Prince of Wales Lawn and access to the Taj Club Lounge.
Suite
69 m² · Sleeps 3
The gardens
Executive Suite - 1 Bedroom Garden View is 69 square metres, with a separate living area and access to the Taj Club Lounge.
Suite
115 m² · Sleeps 3
The gardens, from a private verandah
Luxury Suite - 1 Bedroom Garden View is 115 square metres, with separate living and dining areas and a private verandah over the gardens.
Suite
140 m² · Sleeps 3
The gardens, from a private portico and verandah
Grande Luxury Suite runs 140 to 148 square metres, with a private study, a portico and a secluded verandah of its own.
Suite
Sleeps 2
A private courtyard, with its own plunge pool
The Tata Suite is named for the hotel's founder, Jamsetji Tata, with a private plunge pool and its own dining room in a walled courtyard.
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