Hotel Index
Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Uttarakhand
Every real hotel we book in Uttarakhand — heritage palaces, boutique retreats, and five-star privacy, chosen in person.
Corbett, Uttarakhand
Taj Corbett Resort & Spa
★★★★★
The Taj sits on the Kosi river on the edge of the Corbett buffer zone, close to the Garjia and Dhikuli entry points into the park. The rooms and villas are set among sal forest along the riverbank, most opening onto a private deck over the water, with a spa, a large pool and machans built for evening wildlife-watching over the riverbed. The resort runs its own jeep safaris into the nearer Corbett zones with in-house naturalists. It is the most polished stay in the Corbett area, and its riverside setting, with birdlife and the odd elephant on the far bank, is a draw in its own right beyond the safaris.
Corbett, Uttarakhand
Aahana — The Corbett Wilderness
★★★★☆
Aahana sits on the Kosi river a little further from the park gates, on a wooded plot with its own stretch of riverbank and a resident troupe of langurs in the trees. The cottages are simpler and more rustic than the Taj's, in local stone and wood, several with a private plunge pool. There is a large communal pool, a spa, and a riverside deck used for meals and evening bonfires. Safaris into Corbett's Bijrani and Jhirna zones are arranged through the resort's own naturalists. It is a genuine jungle-lodge feel at a lower key and lower price than the riverside luxury resorts nearby.
Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Haveli Hari Ganga, Haridwar
★★★★☆
The Haveli was built in 1918 as a private house directly on Har Ki Pauri, and it is still the only hotel with its own private ghat stepping into the Ganges. It is furnished as a haveli rather than a hotel: courtyards, carved wooden balconies, and a rooftop restaurant looking straight down the river toward the aarti ground. Guests can watch the evening aarti from the hotel's own steps rather than from the public crowd along the ghat, and the kitchen is strictly vegetarian and alcohol-free in keeping with the setting. It is a five-minute walk from the main ghat and the temples on either bank.
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
JW Marriott Mussoorie Walnut Grove Resort & Spa
★★★★★
The JW Marriott sits on its own ridge outside the main town, among old walnut trees, with the Doon valley falling away on one side and, on a clear day, a line of snow peaks on the other. It is built low and spread out rather than stacked, with an indoor pool, a large spa, and several restaurants. The rooms are large by hill-station standards, most with a balcony onto the valley or the forest. It sits a short drive from Mall Road and Camel's Back Road, close enough for an evening walk but away from the town's crowds, which on a busy weekend is most of the point of staying here.
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
Kasmanda Palace, Mussoorie
★★★★☆
Kasmanda Palace was built in 1836 and later became the summer residence of the Maharaja of Kasmanda, right on Mall Road in the middle of Mussoorie. It keeps its turrets, wood-panelled halls and a small private chapel, hung with old hunting trophies and portraits, and it has featured as a film location more than once. The garden looks out over the town and, past it, the plains. The rooms are large and old-fashioned rather than modern, and the location, a level walk from Mall Road and the Mussoorie library, is hard to beat for anyone who wants to be in the town rather than above it.
Nainital, Uttarakhand
Manu Maharani, Nainital
★★★★☆
Manu Maharani sits on the lake road in Mallital, at the quieter end of Naini Lake from the main Mall Road bazaar. It now operates as Namah Nainital, a member of Radisson Individuals Retreats, under its long-familiar name. It is a modern hotel rather than a heritage one, built up in tiers so that most rooms get some kind of lake or garden view, with a spa, an indoor games room and a restaurant that opens onto the water. It suits travellers who want to be by the lake without the Mall Road crowds right outside, with an easy walk along the water to the boat jetty and the Naina Devi temple.
Nainital, Uttarakhand
Naini Retreat
★★★★☆
Naini Retreat was built as a British summer home on the ridge above Naini Lake, and it keeps the manner of one: a pitched slate roof, wood panelling, and a wide terrace that looks straight down over the water and the town. It is run by the Leisure Hotels Group, and the public rooms are furnished with period pieces and old photographs in keeping with the house. There is a small garden and a bar with the same lake view as the terrace. It is a short walk down to Mall Road and the lake, close enough for an evening stroll and far enough to be quiet at night.
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Ananda in the Himalayas
★★★★★
Ananda occupies the former palace estate of the Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal, on a forested ridge above the Ganges at Narendra Nagar, about forty minutes from Rishikesh. It opened in 2000 as one of the first destination wellness resorts in India, and it is still the name most associated with the idea here: full-time Ayurvedic physicians, yoga and Vedanta teachers, and a spa built into the hillside with views down the valley. Guests generally come on a set programme — detox, weight management, Ayurvedic rejuvenation, or simple destress — built around consultations, treatments and daily yoga rather than a la carte spa visits. The old viceregal palace building holds the restaurant and library. It is priced and run as a serious wellness retreat, not a resort with a spa attached, and most stays run five nights or more.
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa
★★★★★
The Taj sits on a bend of the Ganges at Shivpuri, upstream of central Rishikesh, in the stretch known for white-water rafting. The rooms and cottages step down a forested hillside toward the river, most with a private balcony over the water. There is a spa, an infinity pool, and a rafting base run out of the resort for guests who want the river without arranging it separately. It keeps a quieter, more conventional resort format than Ananda's structured wellness stays — a base for rafting, yoga and the aarti at Triveni Ghat, about twenty minutes downstream.
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