Must-see hotels in Karakoram Highway

  • Eagle's Nest Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Duikar's Eagle Nest has stupendous views from all its comfortable rooms plus first-rate Hunza food. It's open from March to the end of October and can…

  • Khunjarab Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Khunjarab has a lovely rural setting amid orchards at old Sost. However, when we visited all the rooms with hot showers were occupied on a…

  • Sky Bridge Inn

    Karakoram Highway

    The Sky Bridge is pretty good value though you have to pay an extra Rs200 for the rooms with TV and sit-down flush toilet. All rooms are carpeted and have…

  • Park Hotel

    Gilgit

    These rates make the standard rooms good value but rooms in the old wing can be a bit gloomy so inspect a few. Most rooms have TVs and are well kept. The…

  • Gilgit Continental Hotel

    Gilgit

    The rooms here are spacious, cool and clean, and some boast river views. There is a restaurant and occasional rooftop barbecues with entertainment by…

  • Mashabrum Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Mashabrum makes quite a statement in Skardu, especially the impressive lobby with adjoining restaurant and gift shop. The numerous rooms are…

  • Silk Route Lodge

    Karakoram Highway

    Geared for tour groups, the carpeted rooms are comfortable with tiled bathrooms and plenty of hot water. There are million-dollar views from the balconied…

  • Hotel Riveria

    Gilgit

    This welcoming hotel is agreeably located down by the river in its own compound. The high-ceilinged older-style rooms have been renovated and are great…

  • Sarban Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The best place to stay in town, the Sarban is between the bazaar and the Cantonment and close to transport options. There's a multicuisine restaurant and…

  • Canopy Nexus

    Gilgit

    The 'resort over the river' has funky cabins right on the riverbank. The cabins are lavishly decorated and almost luxurious but something doesn't seem…

  • Hotel Continental Besham

    Karakoram Highway

    This hotel is large (40 rooms) and central with a loquacious and friendly manager. It is the only place in Besham that can boast reliable air-con, and the…

  • PTDC Motel Satpara

    Karakoram Highway

    Dominating the north end of the lake, the large motel looks finished but was not open for business at the time of writing. The word is it will open soon,…

  • Balakot Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Naran Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Sarhad Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Zero Point Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Pakistan Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Frontier Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Snow View

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Zam Zam Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Shalimar Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Paradise Inn Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Kohitoor Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500 for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Kunhar View Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of numerous hotels in the budget category that will charge Rs300 to Rs500for a room either side of the summer season but will happily treble these…

  • Karakuram Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Mansehra's best place to stay, with clean though rather solemn rooms and capable management. Aimed at tour groups, there is a recommended restaurant, and…

  • Passu Tourist Lodge

    Karakoram Highway

    This comfortable, well-run lodge, 2.5km north of Passu on the KKH, is under the same management as the Silk Route Lodge in Gulmit and is aimed at tour…

  • Village Guesthouse

    Karakoram Highway

    By the polo ground, with a large walled garden, this place can be good value, though some doubles have shared toilet and iffy hot shower and all can be a…

  • Space

    Karakoram Highway

    Follow the signs towards the Indus River from Shigar village for 2km to this hotel and camping ground. It's rather remote and, with just three basic rooms…

  • NAPWD Resthouse

    Karakoram Highway

    On the west side of the valley is a very popular NAPWD Resthouse. Gujar kids with sticky fingers means the hotel gardens are the safest place for camping…

  • North Inn

    Gilgit

    Travellers once gave high marks to the North Inn, but lack of patronage has seen standards slip. The once pleasant garden is a shambles and overall there…

  • Grace Continental Hotel & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    The Grace Continental has small air-cooled rooms with squat toilets and cold shower. The rooms are poorly ventilated and rather smelly and overpriced. The…

  • PTDC Khapalu Motel

    Karakoram Highway

    This comfortable motel overlooks the river just beyond the turn-off to the village. The rooms are clean and spacious, and there's a reliable if boring…

  • Mir's Lodge

    Gilgit

    The TV-equipped rooms are downstairs and so are considerably cooler in summer; in addition, some downstairs rooms have double beds. All rooms have a…

  • Hill Top Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Hill Top, with its wide verandas and manicured garden, has a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. The rooms with views are good value and so is the restaurant…

  • PTDC Chinar Inn

    Gilgit

    The hospitable Chinar Inn has a range of older-style, large, comfy fan-cooled rooms with TVs set in a private and peaceful compound. There's a standard…

  • Errum Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Errum has clean, good-value doubles with hot shower, TV and phone. There's a rooftop patio plus very welcoming hosts. On the downside, the singles…

  • Hunza View Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Situated below the telephone exchange, Hunza View has rooms with satellite TV and valley views and, with its souvenir shop, is geared for groups. It has a…

  • PTDC Hunza Motel

    Karakoram Highway

    This motel is not very conveniently situated in Garelt, 1.5km west of Ganish along the KKH. The spacious rooms with modern bathrooms enjoy wonderful views…

  • Prince Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Prince is a rather miserable choice, for the financially embarrassed only. The basic rooms are grotty, as is the small restaurant, but the management…

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