Karakoram Highway
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture has overseen the remarkable restoration of this stunning fort-palace into a singular historic getaway and informative…
Must-see hotels in Karakoram Highway
Gilgit
This excellent guesthouse with five spick and span rooms is run by trekking guides Abdul Bari Rana and Ty Gordon, who also run Lost Horizon Treks & Tours…
Karakoram Highway
This hotel boasts an attractive garden and a knowledgeable and helpful host. The rooms in the old wing are quite comfortable but those in the new wing …
Gilgit
Gilgit Serena is the best hotel in town, superbly sited above town and giving views across the valley to Rakaposhi peak. The cosy, plush rooms have TV,…
Karakoram Highway
The best and biggest option for travellers in these parts is set on a bend of the KKH, about 2km south of Pattan. The hotel has bright, clean rooms with…
Karakoram Highway
The best accommodation is provided by Diran Hotel, in a walled orchard east of a large mosque. Rooms vary in comfort and size, and prices vary with the…
Karakoram Highway
The attractive and low-key Hunza Baltit Inn is managed by the very professional Serena Hotels group. The spotless rooms are surprisingly tiny but do have…
Karakoram Highway
Perched on a ledge up above Chirah, with postcard-perfect views of Diran and the Hinarche Glacier, the basic Bagrote Sarai is literally at the end of the…
Karakoram Highway
The budget rooms are overpriced as they lack a view and show wear and tear. The deluxe rooms are rather similar but do have wire-screened verandas and a…
Karakoram Highway
The best accommodation is here on the KKH, 2km south of the bazaar. Geared towards Japanese tour groups, the hotel features a Japanese bathhouse…
Gilgit
With the perennially obliging Yaqoob managing it, the Madina remains the international travellers' favourite. Rooms vary but all are kept spotless. There…
Karakoram Highway
This motel 2.5km south of town suffered some serious damage in the 2005 earthquake and has a new 110 megawatt hydro power station as a neighbour, and yet…
Gilgit
As well as the cheap rates, one of the best aspects of this place is the tranquil overgrown garden. The rooms here are basic affairs with huge bathrooms…
Karakoram Highway
The best accommodation in Dasu, although that isn't saying much. Dodgy wiring and plumbing and diabolical stairways hint at 'works in progress' but there…
Karakoram Highway
This friendly hotel is one of the few in Skardu to remain open year-round. The plush, carpeted rooms are warm and comforting with satellite TV and…
Karakoram Highway
The Hotel Serenity can be found at the back of a shopping arcade - apparently the only large building to remain standing, and displaying some impressive…
Karakoram Highway
The Indus, west of Yadgar Chowk, is a great value midrange hotel with spotless doubles, some with squat toilet and others with sit-down flush toilet…
Karakoram Highway
The Lakeside also has a new hotel under construction, and it's next door to the Lakeview Motel on Deosai Rd. In the meantime it is using a few shabby…
Karakoram Highway
Most of the rooms are huge and comfortable, though the plumbing is diabolical so check the shower before you settle in. The location is remarkable, off…
Gilgit
This large 48-room hotel is clearly designed for tour groups and makes for an exceptionally comfortable stay - all the better if you negotiate a discount…
Karakoram Highway
This is a poorer cousin of the big bold PCs elsewhere, but it has very comfortable, well-appointed rooms and the high-quality Nadia restaurant (see Eating…
Karakoram Highway
A little further from the bazaar and with a similar view of the Indus River to the PTDC, Concordia has good-value standard rooms, though check the…
Karakoram Highway
This conspicuous hotel has wonderful views from the lobby, restaurant and roof down the valley. The 40 spacious rooms, some with double beds, have TV,…
Karakoram Highway
The staff here are also very helpful and informative and there's a gift shop in the foyer. The rooms of this recommended hotel are air cooled and there's…
Karakoram Highway
The new building with four double rooms and a soon-to-be-completed restaurant is above the lake on Deosai Rd, but at the time of research it was still…
Karakoram Highway
Rooms here are large and comfortable, though this is one of the very few PTDC motels where you may find dirty bed linen, unswept carpet and a hot water…
Karakoram Highway
This hotel was recently refurbished and is looking splendid with lots of carved wood softening the concrete construction. Both standard and deluxe rooms…
Karakoram Highway
Friendly Batura Inn, 800m north of the village on the KKH, has some very tired, threadbare rooms. There's no running hot water but you can request it by…
Karakoram Highway
The friendly staff here are happy to help foreigners visit the petroglyph sites and Chilas village. While local assistance or advice may not be necessary,…
Karakoram Highway
The NAPWD Resthouse is good, but very popular in summer. Other NAPWD resthouses are east of Chilas at Jalipur, Gonar Farm and Gini (off the Highway), and…
Karakoram Highway
Out on the link road, the Gulmit Continental, formerly Shatuber Inn, has excellent value doubles - too cheap to last and perhaps reflecting the recent…
Karakoram Highway
The most reliable (in terms of being open in the shoulder seasons) and friendly accommodation is the modest Hilltop Hotel with three, very unpretentious…
Karakoram Highway
Word of mouth up and down the KKH keeps this little place humming even in the lean shoulder seasons. Rooms are simple but clean and comfortable with…
Karakoram Highway
This is easily the best hotel in town, and though clearly targeted at tour groups the management welcomes all-comers. The rooms are spacious, spotless and…
Karakoram Highway
In Zood Khun, Pamir Serai offers traditional accommodation in the house of Alam Jan Dario. This means you eat and sleep with the family in the traditional…
Karakoram Highway
The Panorama's aspect over the valley is very pleasing and the wide, wire-screened verandas are comfortable vantage points. All rooms are air cooled, and…
Karakoram Highway
This friendly inn is right by the KKH bus stand and close to the small village shops. The rooms are comfortable, spacious and clean, with the more…
Karakoram Highway
The small rooms have new bedding which makes them better than the average, but the precarious stairways don't impress, neither do the tiny bathrooms…
Karakoram Highway
Just north of town, this welcoming hotel is another very comfortable option with clean rooms arranged around a spacious communal area. Bathrooms are…
Golden Peak Hotel & Restaurant
Gilgit
The ramshackle Golden Peak occupies the garden and old summer house of the mir (traditional ruler) of Nagyr. Unfortunately, the rooms in the old wing are…
![Derawar fort was first built in the 9th century AD by Rai Jajja Bhatti, a Hindu ruler of the Bhatti clan,[2] as a tribute to Rawal Deoraj Bhati the king of Jaisalmer and Bahawalpur.](https://lp-cms-production.imgix.net/2022-03/iStock-1188794818%20RFC.jpg?auto=format&fit=crop&w=360&ar=1:1&q=75)