Leh
If you're looking for an international-style experience, the Grand Dragon remains Leh's most professionally run big hotel. Rooms are stylish (some come…
Must-see hotels in Ladakh
Ladakh
Taking camp resorts to an unprecedented level of luxury, the tents here look like yurts on steroids; they contain a hotel-style room, including four…
Nubra Valley
A melodious stream runs directly behind this guesthouse's eight-room block that overlooks a garden with oblique views of Diskit Gompa high above. Upstairs…
Nubra Valley
In a small, tidy garden with three apple trees, simple older-style rooms share a bathroom with geyser, while newer versions are fresh and clean with…
Leh
A couple of cheaper rooms are inside the owners' wonderfully authentic original house that is dominated by a splendid shrine room. The rest are nicer,…
Leh
This luxurious family guesthouse has six capacious rooms with standards better than most hotels (two have balconies). It's slightly hemmed in by bigger…
Ladakh
The Takshos's newer upstairs rooms are huge, though the modern bathrooms smell a little like a drain. A new deluxe block is under construction. Its garden…
Leh
Ten spacious rooms with modern bathrooms have big windows facing out onto the vegetable garden. Downstairs rooms are carpeted and cost around ₹200 less…
Leh
The Kunzang's 12 rooms have an understated boutique quality, with fresh, pale decor, large shower heads, excellent beds and fine linens. Balconies look…
Leh
Rooms in this traditional farmhouse are simple but huge – most are on the upper floor beside a magical shrine room; a corner room one floor down is…
Leh
An enticing foyer and restaurant beckon you in with artfully mounted artefacts, old stoves and chess sets on tall stands. Rooms aren't nearly as…
Ladakh
'Love Each Day', says an Insal motto stone summing up the attitude of this super-obliging family guesthouse. Far better than you'd guess from the run-of…
Leh
A couple of simple rooms are reached via wobbly stairways in a genuine Ladakhi home; the rest are in a modest little extension. Shared bathrooms have…
Nubra Valley
This impressive traditional-style Ladakhi building is set in farm-size grounds and boasts its own bakery. Rooms are let down a bit by simple bathrooms but…
Ladakh
Yokma is our favourite Man homestay thanks to its authentic vibe (you might end up helping milk the goats) and its view-filled location at the back of the…
Nubra Valley
This well-run and popular guesthouse has a dozen rooms with attached bathrooms and two garden sitting areas; it also serves up good food. It's a definite…
Leh
This excellent-value family-run guesthouse has a range of sparkling-clean, airy budget rooms with log ceilings. It's set behind a flower-filled, walled…
Yangdrol Schangtuk-pa Homestay
Ladakh
Set in a large garden and with views back up towards the palace-monastery from rear windows, this excellent homestay has a rooftop shrine and super clean…
Ladakh
This camp has what's currently the most appealing sweep of lake view, deckchairs from which to enjoy it and very comfy tents with unusually good bathrooms…
Ladakh
Korzok's neatest homestay (marginally), Crane has in-room toilet booths, towels and the rare bonus of an English-speaking host (contact Choktup). Room 5…
Leh
A well-kept modern-traditional family home with views from the roof-shrine terrace, an enclosed garden and an amazing grapevine dominating the glassed-in…
Ladakh
At the edge of Thukje, Lotus has fairly standard bedded tents with en suite bathroom facilities in a small camp that's primarily aimed at birdwatchers…
Leh
Simple but clean family-run accommodation of six rooms serenaded by the sound of rushing water. Great mountain views from the rooftop and from upper…
Leh
Spick-and-span carpeted rooms in a new but traditionally styled family house with a prime location just behind Wonderland restaurant. The shared family…
Ladakh
The area's best hotel is this guesthouse just below Takthog monastery. The best features are its super-comfy mattresses and attractive valley views…
Nubra Valley
Among Hunder's bedded tent camps, Kora is hard to beat. Its central knot of prayer flags frame a gorgeous mountain panorama. It's also very competitively…
Nubra Valley
All 16 rooms in this new three-block hotel are suites with modern bathrooms, balconies and sitting rooms of carpeted mats at Ladakhi chokse tables. It has…
Nubra Valley
The lush green grounds of this bedded tent camp are its big draw, with a stupa pond, labelled vegetable plots, hammocks and wicker chairs dangling from…
Ladakh
Ever-smiling matriarch Tsiring Yandol gives this roadside place a jolly family feel, serving dinners in a particularly homely communal dining room. All…
Leh
Even the simplest rooms are appealing, with geyser-heated water in shared bathrooms, while the plush, newer section is almost hotel standard, adorned with…
Nubra Valley
Luxuriously spacious tent rooms and cottages ooze a whiff of style at this camp 2km south of Sumur. It's one of the best options around, though the barren…
Ladakh
The upper four of seven rooms here are small but of guesthouse standard, sharing a wide terrace with views and a large bathroom with solar shower. Meals…
Ladakh
A dozen two-unit wood-roofed bungalows are arranged around a central gazebo in a somewhat overgrown garden of apple trees, making for a relaxing retreat…
Chotak Guest House & Tent Camp
Ladakh
In addition to an unusually clean, neat guesthouse, Chotak offers three en suite bedded tents with closable porch seating. It's 300m down the road to…
Ladakh
The six modern rooms here are clean and spacious with en suite hot water bathrooms and a fine dining room, all set in an apricot orchard. One of the best…
Ladakh
Set a reasonable way back from the lake, the first row of 10 brand-new tents have excellent panoramic views, but the second row looks out only on the…
Ladakh
The second house as you drive into Timishgan village offers great value from its three rooms. The family are very obliging and there's an indoor sit-down…
Ladakh
The 16 modern and immaculate rooms here are worth booking in advance if you need a bit of rural luxury on the Shams trek. It's 1.5km south of Hemis…
Nubra Valley
Of several back-lane mini-guesthouses, Galaxy is one of the friendliest. It's run by a local family and is assiduously clean, set behind a typical garden.
Ladakh
Just 100m beyond Likir Gompa, this recently renovated house has seven rooms, most with attached bathrooms and some with monastery views.
