Sikkim
If you'd like to escape from techno-modernity, yet unwind with highly educated, thoughtful hosts, it's hard to imagine anywhere better than this isolated…
Must-see hotels in Sikkim
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Sikkim
Great for meeting fellow travellers, Pelling's backpacker classic is very hard to beat across several categories, with great-value rooms, good free wi-fi,…
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Sikkim
Just a kilometre from Pelling yet with a secluded forest setting, this truly exceptional resort blows visitors away with its artfully understated blend of…
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Sikkim
This fabulous, low-key resort feels like a pseudo temple and is set gloriously alone amid trees and terraced organic gardens 200m off the Rumtek road …
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Sikkim
All alone at the western end of Khecheopalri Village, around 10 minutes' walk from the stupa, this delightful wooden homestay has four attractive rooms…
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Gangtok
An oasis of birdsong some 2km from central Gangtok, this collection of high-quality, lovingly maintained cottage rooms and houselets is interspersed with…
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Gangtok
Quiet yet central, Netuk House is a luxurious B&B with a dozen rooms in three very different buildings. The most visually exciting is a two-storey temple…
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Sikkim
Tashiding’s smartest rooms and most attractive restaurant (preorder only) are in this unpainted new concrete building tucked behind the central petrol…
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Sikkim
A traditional silk-scarf welcome underlines the high-quality service of this gently luxurious little resort, just 250m steeply down from Kuluk bazaar…
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Gangtok
This friendly family guesthouse is Gangtok's best budget option, with jaw-dropping mountain panoramas from its top-floor deluxe rooms (₹2000 to ₹2500),…
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Sikkim
Our favourite budget digs in Lachung, the Kalden Residency is based around a local-style timber house, with a couple of newer buildings around a yard…
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Sikkim
This special but very simple ridge-top place is home to Tibetan-Lepcha brothers, a monk and an incense-maker. They're descended from Gangyap's semi…
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Gangtok
This loveable family hotel in Tadong, 3km below Gangtok, has corridors of botanical prints leading to spotless ensuite rooms. There's a lounge adorned…
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Sikkim
This excellent budget option high above Mangan is backed by a lush fruit garden and has dazzling dawn views of Khangchendzonga from the two bright, fresh…
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Sikkim
One of Sikkim's most memorable getaways, Mayallyang is run by youthful host Gyatshe, an energetic anti-dam campaigner who sees homestays as an important…
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Sikkim
Sharing oblique views of Khangchendzonga, Norbu Ghang has two entrances and two personas. The 'Resort' places Sikkimese-style half-timbered duplex…
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This erstwhile royal getaway is perched on a hilltop near Pemayangtse Gompa with stupendous views in all directions. Highlights are the manicured lawns…
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Sikkim
This cooperative consists of 10 homestays, available on a rotating basis to ensure that the benefits of tourism reach more families in the five widely…
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Gangtok
Checking into the Nor-Khill is like time travelling back to the pre-Independence era, when this stately property served as the royal guesthouse. Countless…
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Gangtok
In a building whose half-timbered exterior has an almost Japanese vibe, upper-floor rooms have floral bedboards, carpets and window-gazing towards…
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Sikkim
Family-run with some Tibetan features to the lobby, this welcoming, clean if somewhat-unsophisticated hotel has stand-and-gasp oblique mountain panoramas…
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Sikkim
Like an overgrown Darjeeling mansion but filled with Sikkimese detailing, this charming, very peaceful hotel has partly wood-panelled rooms in four…
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Sikkim
Hidden away opposite the primary health-care centre, Limboo's compact new rooms have little decor but they are unusually clean with good water heaters…
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Gangtok
Nestled amid exotic greenery and set around pretty lawns, this lovely oasis of peace and quiet has a dozen large, well-kept rooms that are partly wood…
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Gangtok
If you're looking for international-style luxury with quality service and elements of local atmosphere, Keepsa is a great choice – raised above the centre…
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Sikkim
This brand-new, six-room building has large, modern bathrooms, comfortable beds and view-balconies from the top three units. It's good value by Lachung…
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Sikkim
Mangan's top option goes for a certain 1930s Raj-era feel, with large framed Sikkim photos to add colour. The location feels semirural despite a couple of…
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Sikkim
Above a family house right at the start of the village, Dragon has three simple but clean ensuite rooms, two of them with little balconies. There's also a…
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Sikkim
Ravangla's most comfortable getaway, the Buddha Retreat's 18 rooms boast supercomfy beds, ample sitting space, desk and kettle, with lovely views from…
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Gangtok
A smart-suited welcome ushers guests into this very well equipped hotel, which adds minor Sikkimese details to oversized, comfortable rooms with rugs on…
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Sikkim
With a minor cult following, Sanu's place has very simple bare floorboard rooms but great food, fine views and it's shaded by papaya trees, halfway up the…
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Sikkim
The most luxurious offering in Lachung, Yarlam greets new arrivals with tea in the part-Tibetanised lobby lounge or serene library. Indulgent rooms have…
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Gangtok
Unusually stylish for this price range, Yavachi's comfortably modernist rooms come with ceiling-panel lighting and abstract art, though styles and sizes…
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Sikkim
Rooms are bare-boards but this wonderful homestay has a magic that entrances, with games to play, great organic food and a library of books in assorted…
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Sikkim
Some 4km from Namchi, above the first hairpin bend as you climb to Char Dham, this family guesthouse has seven very clean if unsophisticated rooms. The…
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Sikkim
Though several storeys high, Ejam feels more like an overgrown home than a hotel. Its great delights are its manicured lawn, a superfriendly welcome and…
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Sikkim
Southwest of Namchi, 1.8km towards Char Dham, Namchi's swankiest option has smart if somewhat-formulaic top-end rooms. Some, but by no means all, have…
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Gangtok
This neat little eight-room guesthouse has simple rooms with Nepali curtains and hand-painted Sikkimese cabinets adding a little colour.
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Sikkim
Though lacking much style, this inconspicuous new place has rooms that are unexpectedly comfortable for the off-season price (from ₹2000), with good…
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Sikkim
Half-timbered inside and out, the Tashi Gang has an old-fashioned heritage feel that is comfortable rather than luxurious. Beyond the fireplace lounge,…
