Orchha
Thanks to this successful and popular homestay program, started by the non-profit organisation Friends of Orchha in 2009, travellers have a wonderful…
Must-see hotels in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This riverside lodge 2km from Madla gate is a superb base. Eight large, very comfortable cottages are spread around the grounds, with thick, cooling mud…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
A wonderful, laid-back wildlife lodge owned by one of India’s most dedicated tiger campaigners: film-maker, photographer and writer Belinda Wright. It’s…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This award-winning, luxury homestay, the beautiful, spacious home of a couple who are experts in wildlife and travel, makes a great base for the park's…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Live like royalty in this grand 1880 building with expansive gardens that was built as a guesthouse for the Prince of Wales (later King George V). Every…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
It's as if the designers of this exemplary place read a handy guide to creating the ultimate bush-chic safari lodge and complied exactly. Superplush…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
It's hard to top this intimate safari camp for bush-chic luxury. The setting, beside a swampy lake surrounded by forest, is perfect and the six well…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Taj Hotels has luxury properties at all of MP’s major tiger parks, but this discerning choice is the most jungly and jaw-dropping. Twelve massive bamboo,…
Khajuraho
This bright hostel painted with murals of cold penguins in woolly scarfs and a tie-dyed Jimmy Hendrix is perfectly positioned overlooking Shiv Sagar lake…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
When you were little did you ever fantasise about living in a big tree house? Well, now you can. The five massive tree houses here are 5m off the ground…
Khajuraho
This fantastic hotel, along a quiet dirt road 1.5km south of town, is perfect for flashpackers and backpackers. The sparkling-clean rooms vary according…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Faults are hard to come by in this professionally run and extremely friendly business hotel. Classy and slightly old-fashioned rooms, in mint condition,…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Rolling across 10 acres of green, forested riverside land, this sublime wildlife lodge is easily the best place to stay in the Madhai area. The eight…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Mick Jagger, Demi Moore and Sting have all indulged in this heritage hotel in Maheshwar Palace owned by Prince Shivaji Rao (Richard) Holkar, an Indian…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This former 19th-century palace lost none of its colonial-era charm through conversion into a top-class hotel. Pillared walkways and immaculate lawns lead…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Offering exceptional value for money, the Hansa Heritage is a budget boutique hotel with mud-and-grass-daubed walls stencilled in bright colours, antique…
Orchha
Live the life of a maharaja in this oriental fantasy hotel with its glittering courtyards, pillars and ponds, as well as luxurious rooms with wood-carved…
Orchha
Literally palatial and like sleeping with history, this hotel occupies an 18th-century former royal guesthouse adjoining the Jehangir Mahal. The eight…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
A gorgeous colonial-era building, whitewashed Rock-End overlooks the fairways of the army golf course. It's well managed and the six spacious rooms have…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
If you're in this price bracket, don't waste time looking any further than the bright, friendly, efficient Le Roi, right beside the station. Spotless,…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
The best Chhattisgarh Tourism property in the state. There are 12 well-kept stilt-cottage rooms beside a small lake on the south side of Barnawapara…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
One of MP Tourism's nicest properties, the Kalchuri is located in the quieter Civil Lines area just south of the train station. Rooms are large and modern…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Blurring the line between a small boutique hotel and an upmarket homestay, the elegant Ten Suites has huge rooms with dark wood furnishings, tasteful…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
For a real treat check into this high-end, boutique safari camp with 12 well-spaced safari tents with wooden floors, a desk on which to write in your…
Orchha
MP Tourism's main Orchha property is a pretty good choice. Accommodation and a good pool are set amid well-kept gardens with views to the river and the…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Great-value, spacious, primrose-coloured cottages, 700m off the main road in Khatia, are bright, airy and decorated with dry branches and tiger images and…
Khajuraho
Sweeps aside all other five-star pretenders with immaculate rooms, impeccable service and high prices. Rooms have marble bathrooms, carved-wood furniture…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This MP Tourism hotel on the bank of the Banjar River, 5km west of Khatia, is a solid choice. Accommodation comprises large villas each with three rooms…
Orchha
Owned by the grandson of Orchha’s last king, this hotel feels authentically heritage, although the main building is less than 20 years old. Antique-style…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Laboo's is not only a delightful cafe in a tree-shaded courtyard, but also has six wonderful air-conditioned rooms. Each is different, being part of the…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
One of the better options in Mandu, this MP Tourism property, 2km south of the village, has large, lake-side gardens containing comfortable rooms in…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Excellent-value hotel with cheery, bright rooms decorated with explosively loud wall murals and pictures. Rooms come with thoughtful extras such as decent…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Right by Madla gate, MP Tourism's Jungle Camp had just been renovated when we passed by and the results are impressive. Accommodation is in large, timber…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
A bit different to most other options, this terracotta-roofed, blue-and-white tiled building with shady verandahs is hidden away on the fringe of a small,…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This stylish 11-room lodge sits under the nose of the surrounding hills in a peaceful spot 3.5km northwest of downtown Tala. The rustic-chic cottages …
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
High up on the hill overlooking the river and the island, this MP Tourism property has rooms in two separate blocks. Those in the older block are well…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Superb, well-priced hotel that's just 200m from Khatia gate, Chandan has modernish rooms set around a courtyard garden, and the eight-bed dorm is the area…
Khajuraho
Cosy rooms off marble corridors are tastefully decorated and come with mostly effective mosquito screens and cable TV. The cheapest rooms are equipped…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
There's solid value for money at this small hotel with compact, tidy rooms, and bedding that is better than at many much more expensive hotels. Most rooms…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Behind the budget Hotel Jyoti outside Pandri Bus Stand, all-AC Saatvik is a solid choice with good, clean, comfortable rooms, many of which are decorated…
