India delivers red carpet treatment

Travel in style through northern India, where an array of heritage palaces, exotic cuisine and architectural splendours await, writes Niamh Connolly.

I am soaking in an aromatherapy bath in the luxurious tent at Vanyvilas, listening to the strange sounds of the night.

I'm so close to nature that I have to check to make sure the crickets are not inside the room. Earlier this evening I was treated like royalty.

I saw a tiger on safari in Rathambore National Park, and the hotel staff presented me with an etching of a tiger, a tradition ...