Hotel Springfields

Shimla


The erstwhile summer retreat of the Raja of Sheikhupura (near Lahore), now run by his charming descendants, Springfields features neatly trimmed lawns with great panoramas and 11 mostly bright and spacious rooms with appealing heritage-style furnishings, tea and coffee equipment and large, marble-floored bathrooms. It's a 30-minute walk or ₹200 taxi ride from Shimla centre.

Buses to Chotta Shimla get you close.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Shimla attractions

1. Shimla Heritage Museum

1.02 MILES

This small, one-room gallery displays enlargements of a few historic photos of old Shimla, with cursory explanations, but you can see it all in five…

2. Jakhu Hanuman Statue

1.08 MILES

A 108ft (33m) vermillion-pink statue of monkey-god Hanuman pokes his head above the treetops on Shimla’s highest hilltop. Appropriately, hundreds of…

3. Rothney Castle

1.31 MILES

On the way up to the Jakhu temple, you can peep through the gates to see the glass verandas of this 19th-century mansion that was built for colonial…

4. Christ Church

1.32 MILES

This 1840s square-towered church would turn few heads in an English market town but in Shimla it's a treasured landmark, prominent at The Ridge's east end.

5. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara

1.32 MILES

This major Sikh temple isn't a particular attraction but makes a useful landmark beside busy Cart Rd below the bazaar area.

6. Ripon Hospital

1.35 MILES

One of Shimla's most atmospheric timber-framed buildings, the green-and-white Ripon Hospital building (1885) has a couple of exterior wooden stair-spirals…

7. The Ridge

1.36 MILES

Along the central ridgetop, this broad pedestrian esplanade diverges from The Mall at Scandal Point, guarded by a fancifully hatted policeman. Thronged…

8. Gaiety Theatre

1.38 MILES

Lovingly restored between 2004 and 2009 and hoping for Unesco status, this remarkable 320-seater theatre opened in 1877, originally as part of a bigger…