Kalimpong, West Bengal · luxury

Elgin Silver Oaks, Kalimpong

★★★★☆

Silver Oaks is a colonial-era cottage hotel set in its own gardens on Rinkingpong Road, one of Kalimpong's older addresses. It is run by the Elgin group, which keeps a small collection of heritage hill hotels across Darjeeling and Sikkim, and the house style carries through here: low, slate-roofed buildings, open fires, and gardens planted with the region's orchids and cacti, a nod to Kalimpong's nursery trade. It is quiet and unhurried, a short walk from Kalimpong's small Mall and the Durpin monastery road, and it suits a two-night stop rather than a longer base.