Must-see hotels in Karakoram Highway

  • PTDC Motel

    Karakoram Highway

    One of a number of better-quality lodgings with room tariffs starting at Rs800 for a single room and Rs1000 for a double. To stay here in summer you will…

  • Al-Zahra Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Next door to the more obvious Ramlina Hotel is the almost grandiose but neglected Al-Zahra. Spacious, adequately clean rooms and a shady veranda provide a…

  • Sky Camping Site & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    This option has beds in tents set up in a potato field. There are two cold-water bathrooms and room to pitch your own tent. The restaurant is a couple of…

  • World Roof Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The comfortable double rooms with balcony have great views and satellite TV; the budget rooms are not as appealing. There's a decent multicuisine…

  • Chalt Tourist Inn

    Karakoram Highway

    Chalt Tourist Inn is located in Chalt Chowk Bazaar and is easily the best option in Chalt, with clean rooms, a reliable restaurant and a friendly manager…

  • Taj Mahal

    Karakoram Highway

    The friendly Taj Mahal boasts clean rooms with hot showers, cable TVs and some even have a fridge. Rooms vary in size so it's worth inspecting a few…

  • Passu Ambassador Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Another comfortable option aimed at groups, with carpeted rooms and reliable hot water, plus satellite TV in the lounge. The lodge is 2km north of the…

  • Tourist Park Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Has a warren of rooms, some better than others, around a quiet courtyard garden. It's worth inspecting a few and making an offer. The restaurant can be…

  • Haider Inn

    Karakoram Highway

    This is one of the original hotels in Hunza and the friendly owner is happy to show you the one-room original Hunza Inn and the original travellers' menu…

  • Baltistan Tourist Cottage

    Karakoram Highway

    Easily the best budget hotel in town with clean rooms, good food and manager Mohammad Iqbal, a great source of budget-minded help. This is also the home…

  • Rock City Hotel & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    Rock City has adequate though rather pricey rooms overlooking a raging torrent. Back rooms have the river views (and noise). The clean-looking restaurant…

  • Ramlina Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Ramlina has grotty singles though the bigger rooms get more care. There's running hot water and a bare-bones restaurant, but its best feature is that…

  • Top Moon Hotel

    Gilgit

    The manager will probably be quite surprised if you take one of his shabby, easy-on-the-pocket rooms. All have bathrooms, but the hot water plumbing is…

  • Pineview Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Pineview is a fine chaikhana (teahouse) with a lively location but it's a barely satisfactory hotel. The poky rooms surprisingly boast cable TV. Mind…

  • C&W Resthouse

    Karakoram Highway

    Under the jurisdiction of the executive engineer in Mansehra, but you might be able to get help from the Besham PTDC. Arrange meals with the chowkidar …

  • Hunza Continental Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The best of the three foreigner-friendly hotels bunched together near the 'Gilgit 100km' road marker is the Hunza Continental Hotel with rooms equipped…

  • Asia Star Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Asia Star's rooms are probably the pick of the cheapies in terms of cleanliness and comfort. There's running hot water, friendly management and a good…

  • K-7 Hotel & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    On the track up to Chakhchun, an aching hour's walk from the road, this hotel is open from June to September with clean and comfortable rooms, basic food…

  • Park Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Park has clean carpeted rooms, all of which are inexplicably crammed with three single beds, making it hard to get to the bathrooms. Definitely good…

  • Al Faiz Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    You can be sure of a friendly welcome at Al Faiz; however, since our last visit the rooms have deteriorated, the prices have sky-rocketed and the…

  • Four Brothers Hotel & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    The rooms at Four Brothers are overpriced even with these modest rates. Rooms and beds are very bottom end, as are the bathrooms, though some have running…

  • Hotel Sarai Silk Route

    Karakoram Highway

    This small, six-room hotel, 1.5km south of the village, has delightful carpeted rooms with bathtubs in the bathrooms. The front-facing rooms have views of…

  • Karimabad Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The Karimabad's new rooms overlooking the NAPWD resthouse are good value with great views and working plumbing. The owners are friendly and the restaurant…

  • Shisper View Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    This hotel is 1.5km south on the KKH and although some rooms have great mountain and glacier views, their gloominess and the dark restaurant let this…

  • JSR Hotel

    Gilgit

    The unadorned JSR is not the worst budget choice, with basic and bearably grungy rooms and a smile at reception. But that's about as much as can be said…

  • Hilton International Hotel & Restaurant

    Karakoram Highway

    The cheekily named Hilton is not quite five star and the rooms have deteriorated and are overpriced. Be careful of the switches and wiring if you do stay…

  • Hotel Taj Mahal

    Karakoram Highway

    Next door to the Abasin, Taj Mahal is even gloomier and most of the rooms are poky. The better rooms are on the top floor, with sit-down toilets and hot…

  • Garden Lodge

    Karakoram Highway

    The best feature here is the quiet garden where you may be able to negotiate a camp site, as well as a few basic rooms that are adequately clean and…

  • Conservator of Forests

    Karakoram Highway

    A forestry resthouse at Lake Saiful Mulk can be booked at the Conservator of Forests in Abbottabad, or you could even sleep on the porch with a sleeping…

  • Karakoram Lodge

    Karakoram Highway

    This large hotel boasts magnificent views in addition to its spacious rooms and better-than-average restaurant. It's a 10-minute walk uphill from the…

  • Shimshal Tourist Lodge

    Karakoram Highway

    This hotel was undergoing a major expansion at the time of research. New rooms under construction boast tiled bathrooms and potentially running hot water.

  • Pakistan Youth Hostel Association Hostel

    Karakoram Highway

    Pakistan Youth Hostel Association Hostel is quite isolated unless you're cycling or driving. If you're not, take a Suzuki to Mandian from Id Gah Rd.

  • Sifat Guesthouse

    Karakoram Highway

    This guesthouse is designed on traditional Shimshali themes offering a carpeted dining room/dorm and a few basic rooms with bucket hot water.

  • Lucky Star Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    The spartan rooms have bathrooms with hot water. It's centrally located with a restaurant upstairs and a good hot-snack café downstairs.

  • Karim Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Rooms are reasonable and the food OK. The best feature is the sunny patio with fine views of the mountains above and the street life below.

  • Karakoram Highway Inn

    Karakoram Highway

    This hotel was being extensively renovated at the time of research. It will need to be a good job to justify these prices in this location.

  • Abasin Hotel

    Karakoram Highway

    Just north of the Swat junction and next to the boisterous minibus yard, the Abasin has very ordinary rooms with toilet and cold shower.

  • Hotel International

    Karakoram Highway

    The International has worn-out but passably clean rooms with squat toilets and cold shower. This hotel also boasts a crude restaurant.

  • Chupurson Village Guesthouse

    Karakoram Highway

    Chupurson Village Guesthouse in Sher-e-Sabz has a traditional Wakhi dining/sleeping room as well as a bedroom with three single beds.

  • Passu Peak Inn

    Karakoram Highway

    The rooms at this small hotel, 1.5km north of the village, are spartan but spotless with cold showers. Hot water plumbing is planned!

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