Buddha Retreat

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 some upper-floor options. Bathrooms are smart with big-head showers, corridors have Sikkimese ceiling motifs and service is understatedly professional.

It's on the road towards the Buddha Park.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Sikkim attractions

1. Buddha Park

0.14 MILES

With a breathtaking backdrop of Himalayan peaks, the gigantic, 41m-tall Buddha statue is one of Sikkim's most iconic sights. Finished in 2013, it's…

2. Palchen Choeling Monastery

2 MILES

A spectacular feast of coloured walls and gilded roofs, this 1995 monastery temple is set in a wide courtyard with swastika-patterned tiling and contains…

3. Yungdrung Kundrakling

2.91 MILES

Beside the main Legship road, 5.5km from central Ravangla, very modest Yungdrung Kundrakling is one of only two Bon monasteries in India.

4. Drakar Tashiding

3.92 MILES

If you're visiting Tashiding Gompa, a minor 'extra' sight is this tiny prayer cave, accessed via 250m of mossy stairs down to a small, tin-roofed hut…

5. Chorten 'Forest'

3.95 MILES

At the southern end of the Tashiding Gompa complex, this unusual compound contains a 2008 dharma bell, two giant Kashmir cypress trees and a series of…

6. Tashiding Gompa

3.96 MILES

The ridge between Ralang and Yuksom ends with an upturned promontory (1450m) on which sits the multibuilding complex of Tashiding Gompa, an important…

7. Silnon Gompa

4.88 MILES

Like Tashiding Gompa way, way below, Silnon (see-non) was founded by Ngadhak Sempo Chempo. Its fairly modest central temple has a spectacular backdrop of…

8. Temi Organic Tea Factory

6.5 MILES

Set at 1720m, with groomed green mazes of terraces rising above, this 1969 factory complex processes Sikkim's most famous teas.