Must see hotels in Sikkim

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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…

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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,…

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Just a kilometre from Pelling yet with a secluded forest setting, this truly exceptional resort blows visitors away with its artfully understated blend of…

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An oasis of birdsong some 2km from central Gangtok, this collection of high-quality, lovingly maintained cottage rooms and houselets is interspersed with…

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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…

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A traditional silk-scarf welcome underlines the high-quality service of this gently luxurious little resort, just 250m steeply down from Kuluk bazaar…

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This friendly family guesthouse is Gangtok's best budget option, with jaw-dropping mountain panoramas from its top-floor deluxe rooms (₹2000 to ₹2500),…

This loveable family hotel in Tadong, 3km below Gangtok, has corridors of botanical prints leading to spotless ensuite rooms. There's a lounge adorned…

Sharing oblique views of Khangchendzonga, Norbu Ghang has two entrances and two personas. The 'Resort' places Sikkimese-style half-timbered duplex…

This erstwhile royal getaway is perched on a hilltop near Pemayangtse Gompa with stupendous views in all directions. Highlights are the manicured lawns…

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…

In a building whose half-timbered exterior has an almost Japanese vibe, upper-floor rooms have floral bedboards, carpets and window-gazing towards…

Family-run with some Tibetan features to the lobby, this welcoming, clean if somewhat-unsophisticated hotel has stand-and-gasp oblique mountain panoramas…

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…

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…

Ravangla's most comfortable getaway, the Buddha Retreat's 18 rooms boast supercomfy beds, ample sitting space, desk and kettle, with lovely views from…

A smart-suited welcome ushers guests into this very well equipped hotel, which adds minor Sikkimese details to oversized, comfortable rooms with rugs on…

Unusually stylish for this price range, Yavachi's comfortably modernist rooms come with ceiling-panel lighting and abstract art, though styles and sizes…

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…

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…