Leh
Three floors of semi-smart, spacious rooms come with large shower heads and soft beds, set around pleasant garden seating. Friendlier than many of Leh's…
Must-see hotels in Ladakh
Ladakh
Once you get to them, the rooms are pleasantly appointed and as yet the best equipped you'll find on Tso Moriri. The public areas are horribly tatty…
Ladakh
Shey's one guesthouse is at the end of a bumpy lane 300m from Shil Khar Restaurant near the base of the palace. It's a friendly family place in an…
Ladakh
Somewhere between a homestay and a guesthouse, Thospaga is a clean, semi-Western house in attractive grounds just 500m south of the palace. One of the…
Ladakh
Alchi's best value digs are at this authentic homestay, where you get to sleep on Tibetan carpets in one of two spacious family rooms. Hot water is…
Nubra Valley
Family-run Issu offers fresh, clean rooms and rooftop seating at the quiet eastern edge of Turtuk Farol. Be sure to try the Balti food for dinner –…
Ladakh
Ser Bhum Tso is the nearest Spangmik comes to a real hotel. Dusty corridors and merely ho-hum rooms wouldn't impress elsewhere but here the simple en…
Ladakh
A slight step up from other Spangmik homestays, this place has several rooms with basic en suite facilities, though some are a tad grungy. The most…
Ladakh
This friendly option is a large house around 400m beyond and above Likir Gompa. Three of the five rooms are accessed off the rooftop beside the family…
Ladakh
Just inside Thiksey's main gate and attached to the monastery restaurant, there are nine plain but comfortable carpeted rooms here, most with a balcony…
Ladakh
This very genuine local family home has seven simple but clean rooms, some with attached bathrooms, plus an attractive Ladakhi dining room and oblique…
Ladakh
At walk-in rates (₹1750 per person) these 16 bedded-tents are a good midrange option. They're ranged over three levels, with attractive views and better…
Ladakh
This simple, concrete place on the west end of Khalsi has hard mattresses and tiny attached bathrooms but the location is pleasant, surrounded by barley…
Nilza Guest House & Restaurant
Ladakh
Set back from the road behind a garden restaurant with colourfully flapping prayer flags, Nilza's guesthouse section has pleasantly repainted rooms with…
Nubra Valley
Shaded by apricot trees and hop vines, the garden courtyard makes a pleasant oasis from the nearby bazaar but is usefully located for public transport…
Ladakh
Rooms 107 to 112 of this low-rise, motel-style place face across the breeding grounds of black-necked cranes. Decor is worn and hot water limited to one…
Nubra Valley
The main attraction of this new guesthouse is its location right at the base of the monastery and next to the Chamba statue. The nine rooms are spartan…
Ladakh
Karu's best choice has 16 big rooms in two buildings. Rooms in the older back block are spacious and the best bet, with OK beds but a slightly drainy…
Ladakh
Four relatively clean rooms with mattresses on the floor. The shared bathroom has a sit-down indoor toilet, but the water (including for toilet-flushing)…
Nubra Valley
At this friendly family mini-hotel, cheaper rooms are at the back and some have rather overindulged fake wood veneer, but the nicest front rooms look out…
Ladakh
Niranjana is owned by the monastery to which it is attached like a limpet. The best rooms (notably 310) have fine views and good bedding, but all 20 rooms…
Ladakh
Other homestays may have more atmosphere but hostel-style Padma is the closest to the lake. It also has en suite tents that are cheaper than most of the…
Nubra Valley
This guesthouse's entrance looks like a shopfront but leads down into a grassy courtyard of modern ensuite rooms. Handy for the bus stand. The dining room…
Ladakh
With real beds and (albeit hard) mattresses fitted with sheets, Dolphin is marginally neater than Korzok's cheaper homestays. Several rooms have en suite…
Nubra Valley
Guide and photographer Jigmat runs a simple but friendly family place. Two rooms have six or seven guest spaces per room on floor pads. There's a shared…
Ladakh
This camp's 15 en suite tents are among the best in Korzok, and the location at the north end of the village is somewhat raised above the lake, meaning…
Ladakh
Spread along two floors in the bowels of the main monastery building are a dozen chilly spartan rooms sharing a single sit-down toilet. Check in at the…
Ladakh
At the southern end of Korzok village, Nomadic Life has en suite bedded tents that are marginally closer to the lakeside than its competitors.
Nubra Valley
Key features here are the open if scrappy rooftop, with lovely views of the Pakistani mountains, and a small garden.
Ladakh
This simple parachute restaurant has two bedded tents with en suite toilets but a charmless roadside location.
Ladakh
Above a very tatty roadside restaurant is an even scruffier guesthouse with humid, boxy rooms. However, it's the cheapest option around if you get stuck…
