Must-see hotels in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

  • Tala Camp

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This friendly, family-run place in a rural setting just outside Tala village has clean, tiled rooms for an unbeatable price. More than that, a stay here…

  • Lago Villa

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This fab, three-room, up-market homestay is in a quiet lakeside corner of town. The rooms are set below the main house and are large, modern, comfortable…

  • Hotel Surya

    Khajuraho

    There’s quite a range of rooms in this sprawling, well-run, decently kept hotel with whitewashed corridors, marble staircases, replica Khajuraho statues …

  • Narmada Retreat

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This well-managed, MP Tourism–run hotel stands on the riverbank 900m west of the fort (a path links the two), and is a dependable choice with large,…

  • Palash Residency

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This recently renovated, government-run property is impressive. Big, quiet rooms with polished cement walls and a contemporary design are equipped with…

  • Kanchan Recreation Hotel

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Just a few minutes walk from the western edge of the old quarter, this place is a mutation between hotel and homestay and it's all the better for it. The…

  • Glen View

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This MP Tourism property has large, comfortable AC tents and cottages dotted around the shaded gardens of a huge colonial-era cottage filled with period…

  • Hotel Shipra Residency

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This decent MP Tourism hotel has attractive rooms with a certain old-fashioned class, comfy beds, tea/coffee equipment and toiletry kits. There's also a…

  • Hotel Abika Elite

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Ujjain's newest – and best – hotel is a great-value treat. Rooms are palatial in size and painted in pleasing whites and lime greens. All rooms have swish…

  • Hiuen Tsiang Tourist Resort

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This Chhattisgarh Tourism hotel provides big, white AC rooms with comfy beds and large bathrooms with small bathtubs. Simple Indian meals (mains ₹90 to…

  • Tiger 'N' Woods

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Friendly young staff lend this place a relaxed, informal atmosphere and the rooms, in wooden stilt houses, are plain but pleasing, with forest-view…

  • Hotel Kalpana Palace

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    The fanciest rooms in the old city have a lot going for them. The rear-facing rooms in particular are quiet and all have calming colour tones and good bed…

  • Manu Guest House

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This welcoming island guesthouse with inspiring views is the best budget base in town. English-speaking Manu and his family will treat you like one of…

  • Tathastu

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Utterly surreal and more than just a bit kitsch, there's a wide variety of truly enormous rooms here, including three-bedroom villas, each containing two…

  • Gateway Retreat

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This MP Tourism hotel is Sanchi's most comfortable lodging, with average, air-conditioned rooms and bungalows set among well-kept gardens. At the time of…

  • Madhai Forest Rest House

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    On the south bank of the Denwa River, where jungle safaris start, this Forest Department–run rest house has six bare, but quite comfortable rooms with sit…

  • Hotel Ranjeet

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Despite the roadside location, the Ranjeet has fairly quiet, air-con rooms with moderne rectangular washbasins and toilets, kettles and a slight attempt…

  • Rama Rest House

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Extremely basic, but clean rooms in a courtyard leading to the small Rama Temple are marginally more atmospheric than fellow rock-bottom-budget choices…

  • Kipling’s Court

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This government-run property, 2km from Turia gate, wins in both the budget category and the family category (it boasts the best playground in Turia)…

  • Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This friendly, well-run place is primarily geared to Sri Lankan Buddhist pilgrims but also welcomes international travellers unless it's full (most likely…

  • Kanha Safari Lodge

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Decent, but generally unimaginative rooms (the air-con deluxe rooms are a bit jazzier) with firm beds are set in one- and two-storey villas around a…

  • Hotel Ramakrishna

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This cleaner-than-average Subhash Rd hotel has a wide variety of air-conditioned rooms. Smaller, cheaper rooms are old and faded with bucket-only showers…

  • Hotel Saket

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    The wide range of warmly decorated rooms, comfy beds (the circular beds in some rooms are certainly an unusual talking point), bright lobby and dining…

  • Hotel Yogi Lodge

    Khajuraho

    Rooms at this backpacker-favourite cheapie are simple, but they're reasonably neat and well kept, the sheets do seem to have been laundered and the…

  • Tansen Residency

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Not bad at all for a government-run hotel, this MP Tourism offering has large-ish rooms with comfy beds...though we're not sure about the cushioned…

  • Dandami Luxury Resort

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    A dozen spacious, but musty rooms, all with AC and big bathrooms, are set around large, lawned grounds within sight (and earshot) of Chitrakote Falls. In…

  • Ganesh Guest House

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Follow the signs zigzagging off the path down to the ghats from Mamaleshwar Rd to reach Ganesh, with its decidedly budget rooms and thin mattresses…

  • Hotel Polomax

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    If you just want a convenient, comfy and clean place to lay your head, the Polomax, right next to the station, fits the bill. Big, bright, white rooms…

  • Hotel DM

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Rooms are a bit cramped but they're slightly better than other budget options, and the square garden at the back of the hotel is an unexpected patch of…

  • Highway Treat

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    This little MP Tourism place, under shady trees at the Bhimbetka turn-off on the highway, has three comfortable AC rooms, a children's playground and a…

  • Hotel Jyoti

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    The Jyoti is a decent retreat after a long bus journey, on the main road outside Pandri Bus Stand. The basic rooms have flourishes of colour mixed with a…

  • Hotel Chanakya

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Rooms here aren’t as flashy as the disco-lit Shiva miniwaterfall in the entrance hallway would suggest, but they are functional and have a bit of classic…

  • Malwa Retreat

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    The cheaper of MP Tourism’s two Mandu properties, with damp-stained air-cooled rooms and bigger, brighter air-con safari tents that are in serious need of…

  • Hotel Monarch Rama

    Orchha

    Rooms here are cleaner and more appealing than at most of the budget competition, and staff are friendly too. Sheets are clean, the bathrooms don't smell,…

  • Hotel Wardhman

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Rooms aren’t massive, and the sheet laundering isn't the most assiduous, but the hotel has a modern feel with dark wood furnishings that offset the white…

  • Mowgli's Den

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    Mowgli's, 2.5km from Turia gate, has 10 large, comfortable, circular cottages in verdant gardens, all with bamboo furnishings and big bathrooms. The…

  • Aditya Hotel

    Orchha

    Just behind Phool Bagh, Aditya provides clean, medium-sized, all-white rooms. Room prices vary depending on whether they're upstairs or down and are or…

  • Hotel Neelam

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    One of the few budget places near the train and bus stations that happily accepts foreigners. Neelam is well run and if you can close your eyes to the…

  • Hotel Fort View

    Orchha

    This hotel might be less than one star (quite a lot less!), but the views over the Raj Mahal from some of the rooms (rooms 108, 111 and 112 are best) are…

  • Nature Heritage Resort

    Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

    A decent choice for a good price. The adobe-toned rooms verge on jungle kitsch, but are pleasant and comfortable, and set in cottages around a shady…

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