Best hotels and hostels in Srinagar

Taking houseboat luxury to a new level, Sukoon is impressive for its levels of service, excellent food, secluded location and fabulous rooftop terrace with sun loungers. Most impressive is the biological sewage...

One of India's friendliest family guesthouses, the Swiss isn't showy but offers high-quality, spacious en suite hotel rooms decorated with plush carpets and set around a sunny lawn. It's handy for the lake, yet...

At the 'corner' of Dal Lake Second Row and the access channel from Ghat 9, 'super deluxe' Young Beauty Star has a superb view of lake life from the front sun deck, which has parasol seating. Decor is sober, with...

This trio of deluxe boats has a pleasant shared deck and rooftop, and the fourth-generation family-owners are gracious and helpful. In 1975 they hosted Indira Gandhi and her two sons: Sanjay signed the guest...

Reached from a lakeshore path by a plank-and-stilt walkway, John Friends' signature attraction is its apple-tree garden and direct access to backwater canals (albeit somewhat stagnant). The 12 bargain-value rooms...

Super-friendly family owners have seven boats ranging from super deluxe to 'D' class, meaning there's something here for every budget. The boats lie parallel to the bank, allowing for views from each room. Most...

This 1910 former Maharaja’s palace is set in hectares of manicured lawns with many historical heirlooms dotted about the suave interior. Only suites occupy the original palace building, but modern rooms in the...

From the minute you pass through the entryway under wooden butterfly wings, you know you are on a very different kind of houseboat. Each room is unique, hand painted in funky, fanciful, almost psychedelic...

Set amid the manicured lawns of a rose garden, Green Acre's centrepiece is a 1942 classic-Raj mansion with a perfect reading perch on the 1st-floor common balcony. It's a quiet retreat, but inconveniently away...

Butts Clermont moors a handful of genteel old houseboats (dating from 1940) beside its own private Mughal garden. This is where Ravi Shankar taught George Harrison sitar and where many ambassadors and...

These two very professionally presented houseboats have boutique hotel–style beds with decent mattresses, striking wall hangings and the odd round shield on the walls. The rear suite, with four-poster bed, costs...

Well-chosen elements of designer style make this 13-room boutique hotel one of the Boulevard's most appealing options. Rooms 107 and 108 have private lake-facing balconies and get snapped up quickly.

Moon of Kashmir's three boats have attractive balconies and a pleasant location. Two boats are comfortable A-category places; the third is a no-frills B-category with two bedrooms sharing one bathroom and without...

Largely rebuilt in 2015, this popular if slightly cramped little backpacker favourite has communal balconies with partial lake views, and helpful extras such as a shared kitchen, laundry service and bicycle...