Lotus Hotel

Leh


Apart from the parasol tables out the front, you might think you'd arrived at a colourful Tibetan monastery as you enter this photogenic two-storey feast of Ladakhi detail.

The 19 rooms continue the theme, with ornately carved bedheads and chokse (low, colourfully painted tables). Mattresses are comfy, but some bathrooms are cramped. A great delight is sipping tea amid the rose bushes and apple trees in the paved garden that has fine views of Tsemo Fort.


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