Hotel Index
Luxury Hotels in Kashmir
Real luxury hotels and resorts in Kashmir — every one visited and chosen in person, not picked off a ratings page.
Gulmarg, Kashmir
The Khyber Himalayan Resort & Spa
★★★★★
The Khyber stands at the edge of the pine forest above Gulmarg, at about 2,690 metres, facing Mount Apharwat. It is built of deodar wood and local stone, in a heavy alpine style, and it is about a kilometre from the Gondola base station. In summer the meadow and the golf course are at the door. In winter the snow comes up to the windows and the ski runs start close by. There are 85 rooms, suites and chalets, most with a fireplace and a mountain view. The spa is run with L'OCCITANE, with heated pools and a hammam. Several restaurants cover Kashmiri, Indian and European food, and a fire-lit lounge runs through the cold months. It is the only true five-star resort in Gulmarg, and the reason many travellers add two nights in the mountains to a Kashmir trip.
Pahalgam, Kashmir
Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Pine N Peak, Pahalgam
★★★★★
Pine N Peak stands on a wooded ridge above Pahalgam, among tall pines, looking down the Lidder valley. It is run by ITC's Welcomhotel brand. The rooms are large and well finished, most with a balcony toward the valley or the golf course. There is a restaurant, a bar, indoor games, bicycle hire and long grounds to walk. The eighteen-hole Pahalgam golf course is next door. It sits a short drive above the town, so it is quiet, but Betaab Valley, Aru Valley and the Lidder riverbank are all easy to reach with a car and guide. It is the luxury choice in Pahalgam, and the base for two or three nights in the pine valley on a fuller Kashmir trip.
Srinagar, Kashmir
The LaLiT Grand Palace Srinagar
★★★★★
The LaLiT Grand Palace was built around 1910 as the summer palace of the Dogra kings of Kashmir. It is also known as Gulab Bhavan. It stands on a low rise on Gupkar Road, on the eastern edge of the city. Wide lawns run down toward Dal Lake, with the Zabarwan mountains behind. The old state rooms are still in use, hung with Kashmiri carpets and papier-mache work, and a chinar tree in the courtyard once shaded a meeting between Gandhi and Maharaja Hari Singh. There are over a hundred rooms and suites, plus garden cottages. The grounds hold a nine-hole golf course, a spa with an indoor pool, and long walking paths. It is the grandest address in Srinagar, and the natural base for a lake-and-gardens stay in the city.
Srinagar, Kashmir
Butt's Clermont Houseboats
★★★★☆
Butt's Clermont is a small group of heritage houseboats, run by the same family since the 1940s. They are moored on the quiet western shore of Dal Lake, at Naseem Bagh, beside a Mughal-era garden of old chinar trees. This is the calm side of the lake, away from the busy boulevard, reached by the hotel's own boat. Each houseboat is panelled in carved cedar, with a drawing room, a dining room, a sundeck, and a handful of bedrooms. Meals are cooked on board and served by the family's staff. A lawn on the bank looks across the water to the mountains. George Harrison and Ravi Shankar stayed here in 1966, and the guest book runs through ambassadors, writers and photographers since. It is the classic way to sleep on Dal Lake, and the quietest.
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