Sambhar Lake and its Historical Connection with Savista The Sambhar Lake, spread over 220 sq. kms of area close to…
Food Philosophy And Practices: Offerings From Savista RetreatThe term food evokes, at once, reactions ranging from the most basic requirement…
The Pink City: Jaipur Given that Rajasthan is the size of a large European country, where does one begin to…
Exploring The Real Rajasthan Rajasthan – the land of royal trappings, chivalry and romance – is a feast for the…
Jaipur Travel Diary: “Rest for the Restless Traveller” – Jessie Bolin on Finding Moments of Relaxation in the Midst of…
More Signs of Climate Change – The On/Off of Seasons Following our last post announcing the onset of a premature…
Climate Change Must Definitely Be Happening: A Prematurely Early Summer Has Set In Just late last week we were still…
Treewatch: We Are Celebrating! Our Red Silk Cotton Trees Are Finally Blooming! Click edit button to change this text. Lorem…
Guest Stories: “My Other Trip of a Lifetime”. Robin Tama on her long-cherished dream trip to India. Robin is among…
Birdwatch at Savista: The Spangled Drongo Rarely sighted on the Indian subcontinent, we are lucky that this Spangled Drongo –…
Jaipur Seasonal Change: The Short Summer is Here Between the closure of the monsoons and the onset of autumn, the…
A Birthing at Savista We recently welcomed the latest addition to the Savista community. Baiju – the latest lamb to…
Summer Solstice, June 20-24 – Celebrating the Fecundity of Life Forms at Savista Extreme summer has arrived in Jaipur. But…
Guest Stories – Skateboarding as a metaphor for social and cultural change in rural India Girls Skate India Tour. Durgha…
Guest Stories – Quilting Diversities: Priscilla Knoble on how her immersion into blockprinting added a new dimension to her passion…
Guest Stories: A Designer’s Encounter with Savista on her Journey Through Rajasthan and Varanasi I first had the great pleasure…
When Travel Leads to Volunteering: Hedda’s Story “How it all began. I had visited India once before. I spent 4…
Greenwash and Whitewash: The Monsoon Draws to a Close at Savista Our shrubbery and trees don’t get greener and brighter…
Our four-legged residents: Soumya and Sharanya Soumya and Sharanya are our two little girls… Our kids… Our goatsies. Baby Soumya…
Guest Stories: Adriana Velez on How Savista’s Restorative Elixir Changed Her Entire Approach to Travel“I tend to resist relaxation when…
Ode to a Rajasthani Folk Legend: Tejaji A typical village shrine dedicated to Tejaji Today is celebrated as the Tejaji…
BIRDWATCH: The Small Minivet Little Minivet The Small Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) is listed among the common birds of the Indian…
Sun Over Savista Tribute to the sun, solar eclipse, August 21, 2017 Sun over Savista
Organic Farming at Savista At Savista, we are just entering our kharif agricultural season. The Indian kharif agricultural season coincides with the monsoons. It…
Of Monsoon Rhythms and Golden Orioles The delayed heavy rains following upon the first pre-monsoon showers that we reported on…
The rains have arrived! We have been having fairly regular thunder showers through the last fortnight and, from the day following…
Jaipur Travel Diary: An Intense and Memorable Weekend: Sara D writes about her trip to Savista and Jaipur. “One weekend…
Savista’s Guests : Ken and Janine’s Story Last year, it was at around this time, when the rains had set…
Retreating…Tania Han’s reflections on Savista Retreat After two days at the Pushkar Fair, we were desperate for respite from the dust…
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Summer Arrives In Jaipur! At Savista, The Nightingale Starts to Sing! Asian Koel (Indian nightingale) April 14 was celebrated as…
Jaipur Seasons: The Golden Tecoma – Trying to Outshine the Sun? Golden Tecoma Within four days of the spring equinox,…
Savista Salutes the Spring Equinox, New Year, and Nature’s Renewal Over March 20/21 – when the world in the northern…
Jaipur Travel Diary: The Savista and the “Infectious” Nomad! Endorsed by the clatter of the birds in their daily song.…
Soaking in the winter sun Savista’s housekeeping staff – who are all from the surrounding farming households – soaking in…
Jaipur: Colours and textures of the northern Indian winter With late sunrises against cloud speckled backgrounds, velvety orange and crimson…
Jaipur Travel Diary: “Reflections on a Trip to Savista” I went to Savista wanting to time out at a retreat…
Jaipur Flowers: Signs of Early Autumn at Savista It is nearing the end of September, the time of year when…
Jaipur’s Flowering Shrubs:What’s blooming at Savista? Towards the end of the Rajasthan monsoon, for about three to four weeks, the…
Social responsibility at Savista: Symbiotic living with neighbours Savista grounds The pictures here are of women from the farming community…
B.K.S Iyengar (1918-2014) Today we salute the memory of the exemplary teacher of yoga, Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, the man who…
Peacocks have finally come to live at Savista! Two peacocks and two or three peahens have finally taken up residence…
Jaipur monsoonAcross India, the season of annual rains – the Monsoon – enters its peak around the middle of July. For…
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Savista A Farm-to-Fork Destination: Summertime Super Heroes There are some distinguishing features to the lifestyle at Savista Retreat and it’s…
Jaipur Travel Diary: Letting Travel Change You In an effort to see as much of India as possible in the…
Jaipur Travel Diary: When New Orleans came to Savista, All on a Mardi Gras Day When documentary film maker Royce…
Jaipur Travel Diary: Learning hand blockprinting I traveled to India for the month of August 2013, on the National Artist…
Guest Stories: “Another View of Savista" Even while Ellie was clicking Savista in exhuberant colour and composing her collages (see…
Guest Stories: A Working Holiday at Savista When Ling Choo Tan wrote to us from China to say that she…
GUEST STORIES: WinterSavista 2013 Beautiful memories inserted into the new Chapter of my guide book. Savista always in Winter, 2013: Jaipur…
Guest Stories: Block Printing on Holiday One of the most memorable holiday trips. A 10-day trip that focused on printing…
Guest Stories: Designing for a More Harmonious World Carol Miltimore is one of the many designers travelling through India whom…
Guest Stories: Hiking Trails Around Savista: Art Work by a Young Cartographer Eleven year old Francesca’s contribution to the Savista…
Guest Stories: India-England Cricket Match at Savista Hotel It was England and India playing cricket at Savista! Savista’s brand new cricket…
Guest Stories: Reflections of a Mind-Body Healing Practitioner Stuart Robertson runs a yoga-physiotherapy teaching-studio-cum-therapy practice in Hampshire called 1-2-1 Yogatherapy…
Jaipur Flowering Trees: The Winter Flowering Siamese Cassia at Savista The numerous Siamese Cassia (Senna Siamea) trees on the Savista…
In Jaipur Autumn Sets In. And At Savista The Parijat Begins To Bloom. October and November – the all-too-brief autumn…
Another herald of seasonal change: Rainbow over Savista Yesterday afternoon, the weather changed suddenly. From being hot amd humid with…
Guest Stories: A Journalist’s Reflections on Savista When we asked veteran British journalist Richard Horsman to send us a contribution…
Foot Reflexology at Savista: another wellness feature We are happy to announce that guests staying with us can now look…
Catching the juicy worm – egrets have a field day at Savista! Savista’s annual agricultural calendar has begun. A little…
Monsoon Exhuberance Brings Peacocks To Savista Savista now has its own resident peacocks (well, almost!). This year, the rains arrived…
We’re closed for the summer! Savista went into its annual summer hibernation around the end of April. For around three…
Guest Stories: Shutter-bugging With Little Lamas One of the things that adds vivacity to life at Savista is that a…
Guest Stories: The Joys and Insights of Travel - Olivier Lacheze-BeerA trip to Savista is a meeting, first and foremost.…
Guest Stories: Straddling multiple creative worlds and emotional landscapes Within minutes of their arrival at Savista, it felt like Wendy…
Guest Stories: Woman Of The Year & Restaurant Of The Century For those of you that have allowed Savista to…
Rajasthan’s Local Crafts: Handmade Paper ProductionWith a long history of royal patronage, Jaipur has an impressive tradition of craftsmanship that…
Guest Stories: Rolling into Savista in a 1923 Rolls Royce Guests of Savista come from all over the world, but…
JAIPUR BIRDWATCH: The stork-billed kingfisher and white throated kingfisher Birdwatching never got easier, or more fun. And it couldn’t be…
Spring at Savista and the Spring Festival of Holi in Jaipur In villages and cities the streets come alive with…
The Changing Seasons in Eastern Rajasthan One of our Team@Savista – a native of the U.S.- remarked with wonder at…
‘Earth Living’ at Savista: Following Nature’s Cycles ”We cannot have harmony and balance in our lives if we forget to…
Travellers to India can be assured of finding prompt and quality medical services in Jaipur Last week one of our…
TREEING OFF AT SAVISTA: The Babul When trying to dream up ideas of how we could evoke the atmosphere of…
The Countryside Around Savista A few weeks ago a couple of us set off to visit one of our staff…
TREEING OFF AT SAVISTA: The Hibiscus This handsome hibiscus is both beautiful and useful. Derived from the Greek work ebiskos or ibiskos, it is…
Festivals of Rajasthan: Diwali Today is Diwali, Festival of Lights. Diwali Mubarak! Naya Saal Mubarak! Diwali and New Year greetings…
TREEING OFF AT SAVISTA: The Neem The neem tree is widespread across the plains of India. It is particularly prolific…
To spray or not to spray? Marrying hospitality and sustainability is easier some days than others. Sometimes it is a…
Tour of Bagru’s Block Printing Sector About a month ago we had two lovely visitors from the U.A.E. come to…
Water Bodies Around Savista The rains have been particularly bountiful in Jaipur this monsoon season. And Savista and its environs…
Eid Ul Fitr On August 30th., Muslims in Jaipur celebrate with Muslims across the world, the conclusion of the thirty…
Festivals of Rajasthan: Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi – the festival in adoration of Ganesha – was celebrated all overIndiaon September…
better late than never…. A few posts have been piling up here at Savista. One on Eid, another on Ganesha.…
Sorting at Savista Here at Savista we pride ourselves on our commitment to an environmental ethic. Over the past few…
Krishna Janmashtami Today is one of the most important and loved festivals of the Hindu calendar – the birth of…
TREEING OFF AT SAVISTA: The Khejri The Khejri trees on the Savista estate that were pruned (and some pollarded) last…
BIRD WATCH: The Purple Sunbird Sunbirds, starlings and drongos are outshining each other (and other birds) in our garden these…
Festivals of Rajasthan: Teej in the Pink City The fesitval of Sawan Teej starts tomorrow! Teej is a celebration of…
We’re Back! Although it’s been a while since our last post, Savista continues to thrive in the countryside of Rajasthan.…
India Culture Beat: World’s 2nd-largest mangrove forest at Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu For most of us Indian coastal city-slickers, mangroves are…
Jaipur Hotel : Welcome to Savista Retreat Are you searching for a tranquil place in bustling Jaipur not to far away…