EST. 1574 · RESTORED 2019
26°04'N, 73°01'E — MARWAR
24 SUITES · ONE STEPWELL

A Desert Lake Resort · Rajasthan

Baori

Built around a five-hundred-year-old stepwell on the edge of Jaswant Lake, where the desert has always kept its water in steps, in shade, in patience — and where twenty-four suites now keep that same quiet arithmetic.

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The Site

Every stepwell in Marwar was a public work before it was ever beautiful — a way of reaching water that fell further each year.

Baori is built around one such stepwell, cut into sandstone on the dry edge of Jaswant Lake in the sixteenth century and left to silt over for two hundred years. The restoration, finished in 2019, kept its descent intact: seven landings, cool at the bottom even in May. The resort was arranged around that logic rather than against it — rooms cut from the same stone, water drawn and held the way it always was, and a pool that continues the stepwell's terraces rather than interrupting them. Nothing here was built to impress the desert. It was built to agree with it.

The dunes beyond Jaswant Lake, at rest

Five levels, one descent

The resort is arranged the way the stepwell was — each level a little cooler, a little closer to the water, than the one above it.

Ground Terrace

Fitness Pavilion & Yoga Deck

Open-air, sandstone-shaded, facing the lake at sunrise. Weighted equipment, a resistance studio, and a dawn yoga session held on the deck daily.

First Descent

Jal Spa

Six treatment rooms cut into the stone, built around a warm stepped bathing pool fed by the same aquifer as the original well. Named for water — jal.

Second Descent

The Long Table

A single 20-metre sandstone table under a vaulted ceiling, serving a nightly regional tasting menu drawn from Marwari households, not hotel kitchens.

Third Descent

Poolside Bar & Cabanas

Eleven shaded cabanas set into the stepped terrace above the water, with a bar built directly into the stone, pouring from noon until the last swimmer leaves.

Water Level

The Baori Pool

The final terrace — a 42-metre stepped infinity pool that continues the stepwell's own geometry down to the level of the lake beyond it.

First Descent

Jal Spa

Six treatment rooms cut into stone, drawing from the same aquifer as the well above them. Here the water is not a feature — it is the whole argument, warmed, stepped, and left to do what it has always done to tired bodies in the desert.

Water Level

The Baori Pool

Three stepped terraces, each a little deeper than the last, ending in an infinity edge that sits level with Jaswant Lake beyond it. Heated to 28°C through the winter months, lit from below after dark — the closest the desert comes to offering you a horizon of its own.

The Descent

Depth by terrace

Terrace 1

Shallow shelf for children and loungers, cut level with the cabana terrace

0.4 m

Terrace 2

Mid-pool, swim-up bar and sunken lounging benches along the stone edge

1.2 m

Terrace 3

Infinity edge, level with the lake horizon beyond it

1.8 m

Length

Full stepped span, sandstone coping throughout

42 m

28°C

Year-round temperature

42 m

Full stepped length

06:00–22:00

Open daily

Shaded cabanas

Pool timings

Three sessions a day, each suited to a different terrace and a different pace.

06:00 – 09:00

Morning Lap Swim

Terrace 3 reserved for lengths · quiet, uncrowded, cool water

Adults

09:00 – 18:00

General & Family Swim

All three terraces open · poolside bar and cabana service running

All Guests

18:00 – 20:00

Golden Hour

Lighting shifts warm, snacks served poolside, best light for the infinity edge

All Guests

20:00 – 22:00

Evening Swim

Underwater lighting on, Terrace 3 only, quieter pace

Adults

Rooms cut from the same stone

Twenty-four suites, none facing the same view twice — lake, well, or dune.

Riverbed Room

Ground Floor, Lake-Facing

42 sqm. Sandstone floors, a private courtyard, and a soaking tub set into the wall facing Jaswant Lake.

Sleeps 2From ₹28,000/night

Sandstone Suite

First Floor, Well-Facing

58 sqm. A private balcony overlooking the original stepwell, carved jharokha windows, and a reading nook.

Sleeps 3From ₹41,000/night

Baori Pool Villa

Water Level, Private Terrace

96 sqm. Opens directly onto the lowest terrace, with a private plunge pool fed from the same stepped water system.

Sleeps 4From ₹78,000/night