Sikkim
If you'd like to escape from techno-modernity, yet unwind with highly educated, thoughtful hosts, it's hard to imagine anywhere better than this isolated…
Must-see hotels in Sikkim
Sikkim
Great for meeting fellow travellers, Pelling's backpacker classic is very hard to beat across several categories, with great-value rooms, good free wi-fi,…
Sikkim
Just a kilometre from Pelling yet with a secluded forest setting, this truly exceptional resort blows visitors away with its artfully understated blend of…
Sikkim
This fabulous, low-key resort feels like a pseudo temple and is set gloriously alone amid trees and terraced organic gardens 200m off the Rumtek road …
Sikkim
All alone at the western end of Khecheopalri Village, around 10 minutes' walk from the stupa, this delightful wooden homestay has four attractive rooms…
Gangtok
An oasis of birdsong some 2km from central Gangtok, this collection of high-quality, lovingly maintained cottage rooms and houselets is interspersed with…
Gangtok
Quiet yet central, Netuk House is a luxurious B&B with a dozen rooms in three very different buildings. The most visually exciting is a two-storey temple…
Sikkim
Tashiding’s smartest rooms and most attractive restaurant (preorder only) are in this unpainted new concrete building tucked behind the central petrol…
Sikkim
A traditional silk-scarf welcome underlines the high-quality service of this gently luxurious little resort, just 250m steeply down from Kuluk bazaar…
Gangtok
This friendly family guesthouse is Gangtok's best budget option, with jaw-dropping mountain panoramas from its top-floor deluxe rooms (₹2000 to ₹2500),…
Sikkim
Our favourite budget digs in Lachung, the Kalden Residency is based around a local-style timber house, with a couple of newer buildings around a yard…
Sikkim
This special but very simple ridge-top place is home to Tibetan-Lepcha brothers, a monk and an incense-maker. They're descended from Gangyap's semi…
Gangtok
This loveable family hotel in Tadong, 3km below Gangtok, has corridors of botanical prints leading to spotless ensuite rooms. There's a lounge adorned…
Sikkim
This excellent budget option high above Mangan is backed by a lush fruit garden and has dazzling dawn views of Khangchendzonga from the two bright, fresh…
Sikkim
One of Sikkim's most memorable getaways, Mayallyang is run by youthful host Gyatshe, an energetic anti-dam campaigner who sees homestays as an important…
Sikkim
Sharing oblique views of Khangchendzonga, Norbu Ghang has two entrances and two personas. The 'Resort' places Sikkimese-style half-timbered duplex…
Sikkim
This erstwhile royal getaway is perched on a hilltop near Pemayangtse Gompa with stupendous views in all directions. Highlights are the manicured lawns…
Sikkim
This cooperative consists of 10 homestays, available on a rotating basis to ensure that the benefits of tourism reach more families in the five widely…
Gangtok
Checking into the Nor-Khill is like time travelling back to the pre-Independence era, when this stately property served as the royal guesthouse. Countless…
Gangtok
In a building whose half-timbered exterior has an almost Japanese vibe, upper-floor rooms have floral bedboards, carpets and window-gazing towards…
Sikkim
Family-run with some Tibetan features to the lobby, this welcoming, clean if somewhat-unsophisticated hotel has stand-and-gasp oblique mountain panoramas…
Sikkim
Like an overgrown Darjeeling mansion but filled with Sikkimese detailing, this charming, very peaceful hotel has partly wood-panelled rooms in four…
Sikkim
Hidden away opposite the primary health-care centre, Limboo's compact new rooms have little decor but they are unusually clean with good water heaters…
Gangtok
Nestled amid exotic greenery and set around pretty lawns, this lovely oasis of peace and quiet has a dozen large, well-kept rooms that are partly wood…
Gangtok
If you're looking for international-style luxury with quality service and elements of local atmosphere, Keepsa is a great choice – raised above the centre…
Sikkim
This brand-new, six-room building has large, modern bathrooms, comfortable beds and view-balconies from the top three units. It's good value by Lachung…
Sikkim
Mangan's top option goes for a certain 1930s Raj-era feel, with large framed Sikkim photos to add colour. The location feels semirural despite a couple of…
Sikkim
Above a family house right at the start of the village, Dragon has three simple but clean ensuite rooms, two of them with little balconies. There's also a…
Sikkim
Ravangla's most comfortable getaway, the Buddha Retreat's 18 rooms boast supercomfy beds, ample sitting space, desk and kettle, with lovely views from…
Gangtok
A smart-suited welcome ushers guests into this very well equipped hotel, which adds minor Sikkimese details to oversized, comfortable rooms with rugs on…
Sikkim
With a minor cult following, Sanu's place has very simple bare floorboard rooms but great food, fine views and it's shaded by papaya trees, halfway up the…
Sikkim
The most luxurious offering in Lachung, Yarlam greets new arrivals with tea in the part-Tibetanised lobby lounge or serene library. Indulgent rooms have…
Gangtok
Unusually stylish for this price range, Yavachi's comfortably modernist rooms come with ceiling-panel lighting and abstract art, though styles and sizes…
Sikkim
Rooms are bare-boards but this wonderful homestay has a magic that entrances, with games to play, great organic food and a library of books in assorted…
Sikkim
Some 4km from Namchi, above the first hairpin bend as you climb to Char Dham, this family guesthouse has seven very clean if unsophisticated rooms. The…
Sikkim
Though several storeys high, Ejam feels more like an overgrown home than a hotel. Its great delights are its manicured lawn, a superfriendly welcome and…
Sikkim
Southwest of Namchi, 1.8km towards Char Dham, Namchi's swankiest option has smart if somewhat-formulaic top-end rooms. Some, but by no means all, have…
Gangtok
This neat little eight-room guesthouse has simple rooms with Nepali curtains and hand-painted Sikkimese cabinets adding a little colour.
Sikkim
Though lacking much style, this inconspicuous new place has rooms that are unexpectedly comfortable for the off-season price (from ₹2000), with good…
Sikkim
Half-timbered inside and out, the Tashi Gang has an old-fashioned heritage feel that is comfortable rather than luxurious. Beyond the fireplace lounge,…
