Mountain View Lodge
The Mountain View doesn’t actually have mountain views, but rather it looks out to the soaring Pokhara valley. Most importantly, it’s comfortable, quiet and welcoming.
The Mountain View doesn’t actually have mountain views, but rather it looks out to the soaring Pokhara valley. Most importantly, it’s comfortable, quiet and welcoming.
If you’ve come to Nepal for views of the Himalaya, this is your place. Basic rooms and hard beds are a small sacrifice to wake up with the Himalaya peering right into your window. Rooms 201 and 202 are the best picks.
Perched above the lakeshore on a small bluff, this charming guest house has only three basic rooms, but they are clean and have unbeatable gorgeous lake views. Call before heading out to see if rooms are available.
Up a small track at the north end of the lakeshore development, this spick-and-span guest house has small, bright rooms and balconies full of pot plants looking out over the lake.
The most inviting of several cheap places on a track leading inland by the Panorama Restaurant. Don't expect the Ritz - rooms contain just a bed and a fan.
Green Peace has two buildings, a rustic lodge overlooking the lake and a larger guesthouse set amongst t...
Much smarter than the surrounding hotels, this tidy pink brick guest house is owned by the same people as Chhetri Sisters Trekking.
The best and brightest of the budget guest houses, Banana Garden benefits from genial owners and a lovingly maintained garden. There are two shared solar-heated showers and the owners provide home-style Nepali meals.
Namaste offers simple rooms with two or three beds and ceiling fans, facing the lake. Rooms are smarter upstairs than down.
This long-standing hotel of 20 years has large, spotless rooms with great lake and mountain views. Rooms on the 3rd floor (US$20) are the best value. The swing chair upstairs is a lovely spot to read a book looking out to the lake.
Just north of Camping Chowk, Blue Heaven is a monumental blue building that gets the best of the views by being taller than all its neighbours.
This modern, white four-storey building is fitted out with spotless rooms (many with lake views) with soft beds, a desk, a bar fridge and satellite TV. Some also have a bath tub. Ask for discount internet in the cafe downstairs.
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