We had to deposit both our shoes and camera before entering, my poor feet! The palace is amazing, dating from the turn of the century and fuses Victorian, Islamic and Indian styles. It is amazingly ornate, from the tile floors, to the silver and teak doors and the stained glass with images of peacocks and dual headed eagles, the state symbol. The palace is also covered with 5000 lightbulbs and is lit up on special occasions. On our way out, we stopped and had a glass of chilled sugarcane juice. This is awesome as well, they run the sugarcane stalks through a mangler with ginger and lime and serve it chilled. Delicious! As we got into the car, one of the tourist vendors caught on to Charles and was telling him to tell me to buy his tourist junk. He was very persistent, we drove down half the block with him holding the door open!

The Mysore Palace is a wonderful monument with a dozen temples in the palace grounds, lots of fabulous items on display in the palace which are really worth seeing. There are elephants which you can ride in the palace grounds. Sandalwood and it's other products like oil, soap, etc. are also sold in the shops outside. There is an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) book shop that caters to books, periodicals and brochures on the items on display in the palace. The whole palace is lit up on every Saturday and Sunday evening from 7pm onwards and during the festival of Dussehra every year. The Wodeyar princely family of Mysore who were the traditional rulers before India became independent owned the palace earlier. There is a brass band that plays in the evenings once the palace is closing.

Fantastic architecture! It was a bit of a measuring contest between the Indian and British Royals which was a bit annoying, but none the less worth while seeing. The market in Mysore is also great to get essential oils etc.

I love the place. It was an amazing experience to see such spendour and opulence of the architecture in the palace. It's worth every moment of the time there, to be a part of a piece of extinct monarchy.

this place is one of the best places i visited,,,a palace makes u imagine the life of a king,and puts u in the same position imagining that u were the king..a wonderful feeling