Boutique hotels
in Uttarakhand

Brij Atmanya

A sanctuary of stone and wood at five thousand feet in Bhowali, heart of the Kumaon Lake District, with Kumaoni cooking from its own herb garden and treks from the door.

Jim's Jungle Retreat

A small lodge at Corbett Tiger Reserve, set between the Himalayan foothills and the Shivaliks: just eighteen independent cottages and lodges in more than fifteen acres of replanted forest. Days run to safari drives, bird walks and morning river walks. Meals are farm-to-table from the retreat's own organic plot, drawing on Kumaoni, Rampur and Raj-era recipes; you can pick the vegetables yourself.

Pilibhit House

A century-old aristocratic mansion on the Ganges at Haridwar, now a 35-room hotel under IHCL's SeleQtions flag. Rooms face quiet courtyards or the river, and there is a Jiva spa, pool and library inside the old walls. The point of staying, though, is the house's private bathing ghat on the Ganges; the hotel says it is the largest of its kind.

Amrit Bhawan

A family home on a calmer bend of the Ganga at Haridwar, restored between 2017 and 2020 with its art deco character intact, and now run as an intimate retreat by Ekat. There are eight rooms, each named for a star of the Sapt Rishi constellation, which on clear nights appears above the terrace. Guided walks open up the old town at a slower pace.

Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa

Ekaanta

A wellness retreat on the Ganges at Haridwar, its name Sanskrit for solitude, with a private ghat where Ganga aarti is performed. Rooms look over the river; programmes range from general rejuvenation to sleep, gut and chronic-pain work, built on Ayurveda, yoga and meditation. Meals are 'slow cuisine' from seasonal, local ingredients, and Delhi is about three and a half hours by road.

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Balrampur House

The 1890s summer palace of the Maharajas of Balrampur at Mallital, designed in the manner of a French chateau, with the Kumaon hills around it.

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Itmenaan Estate

A boutique estate of eight cottages and rooms on six acres near Binsar, its hundred year old Kumaoni main house renovated alongside newer deodar and pine cottages. Seasonal cooking and guided village walks.

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Kasmanda Palace

A heritage palace in three acres just off the Mall Road, calling itself a living museum, with 29 rooms and views over the Doon Valley to the Himalayas.

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Sitla Estate

A Kumaon retreat with two hundred degree views of the high peaks, ringed by reserve forest at Mukteshwar. Suites restored by designer Adil Ahmad, and a kitchen fed by the estate's own apple orchards and vegetable fields.

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Rokeby Manor

Built in 1840 by Captain G.N. Cauthy, a landmark of Landour on two acres above St. Paul's Church and Char Dukan. Restored to its 19th century decor with brick arches, wooden floors and fireplaces, with dining at Emily's and the Landour Bakehouse and Jacuzzis out in the Highlands area.

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Taradale

A colonial villa in the Kumaoni hamlet of Ramgarh, run as a lived in heritage home with six bird named bedrooms among orchards and forest trails. Ramgarh is the hamlet where Rabindranath Tagore is said to have written portions of Gitanjali.