Hotel Index
Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Himachal Pradesh
Every real hotel we book in Himachal Pradesh — heritage palaces, boutique retreats, and five-star privacy, chosen in person.
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
Grand View Hotel, Dalhousie
★★★☆☆
The Grand View has stood above the Dalhousie bus stand since 1906, and it is the town's heritage hotel. It is a long white building on the edge of the ridge, and the name is earned: the terrace and the front rooms look straight down the Chamba valley to the Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal snows. The rooms are large and old-fashioned, in wood, with sitting areas and heaters. There is a restaurant, a bar, a lawn and a small pool. It is a short walk to the Mall, the churches and the walking circuits, and Khajjiar is a half-hour drive. It is the comfortable, characterful base for a night or two in Dalhousie.
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Fortune Park Moksha, McLeodganj
★★★★☆
Fortune Park Moksha is a modern hotel in McLeodganj, upper Dharamshala, run by the Fortune group of ITC. The rooms are comfortable and well kept, and the better ones face the Dhauladhar range across the valley. There is an outdoor pool, a small spa, a sauna and a restaurant with Tibetan and Indian menus. Being in McLeodganj is the point. The Dalai Lama's temple, the monasteries, the Tibetan market and the cafes are a short walk, and the Bhagsu waterfall and the Triund trailhead are close. It is the premium option for a stay in the middle of Little Lhasa itself, rather than down the hill.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh
The Himalayan, Manali
★★★★★
The Himalayan sits on a slope at Hadimba Road in Manali, built to look like a Gothic castle in stone and dark timber. It is the work of a single owner-architect over many years, full of carved wood, stained glass, turrets and a private art gallery. The rooms are individual, warm and richly finished, and the orchard rooms look straight up at the Dhauladhar peaks. There is a spa, a heated pool and gardens among the apple and cherry trees. The Hadimba temple and its cedar grove are a short walk. Old Manali and the Mall are a few minutes by car. It is the most characterful luxury stay in the Kullu valley, and the one to book for a Manali leg with a sense of place.
Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Span Resort & Spa, Manali
★★★★☆
Span Resort sits on the bank of the Beas, on the road between Manali and Naggar, about fifteen kilometres from the town. The cottages are set in lawns and orchards along the river, and the sound of the water carries into the rooms. It has been run by the same family for decades, and it shows in the gardening and the service. There is a spa, an indoor pool, a fishing beat on the river, and a bonfire most evenings. It is a little way out of Manali, which trades the town's bustle for quiet and river frontage. The resort arranges the drives to Solang, the Atal Tunnel and Naggar. It is the premium choice for a Manali stay that puts the river and the calm first.
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
The Oberoi Cecil, Shimla
★★★★★
The Cecil is a heritage hotel at the quiet end of the Mall in Shimla, a few minutes' walk from the Ridge. It opened in the 1880s and kept its Raj-era bones: a tall glass-roofed atrium with a fire, wood floors, old photographs. The rooms are warm and traditional, and the valley-side ones look across the pines to the hills. There is a heated indoor pool, a spa, and a good restaurant. Being in the town is the point here, as against Wildflower Hall's forest. Christ Church, the Gaiety Theatre and the shops are a short walk, and the toy train station is close. It is the premium choice for a Shimla stay built around the colonial town itself.
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Wildflower Hall, an Oberoi Resort, Shimla
★★★★★
Wildflower Hall stands in twenty-three acres of cedar forest at Chharabra, about a dozen kilometres above Shimla, at twenty-five hundred metres. It was once the residence of Lord Kitchener, and the house is grand: panelled halls, log fires, deep verandas. The rooms are large and warm, and most look out over the deodars to the snow line. There is a heated indoor pool that seems to run into the forest, an outdoor jacuzzi in the trees, a spa, and terraced gardens. It is set well away from the town, which is the point. The staff arrange the drive into Shimla, the toy train, and walks straight from the grounds. It is the finest stay in the state, and the reason many trips base in Shimla at all.
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