Windamere hotel Darjeeling review – 4.4/5 – Excellent
Windamere-Heritage House of the Himalayas. Established in the 19th century as a cozy boarding house for bachelor English and Scottish tea planters, it was converted into a hotel just before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is situated on Observatory Hill, a Darjeeling landmark, believed to be the focus and repository of life-enhancing cosmic energies
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Sneak peek of traveller’s reviews -
“Windamere Hotel is a beautiful hotel. It reminds me of the old times when there was British were here. You can enjoy the lexury and the comfort. Well said about the place “its one of the three jewels of the raj”. I really liked the “villa”"
“I do small tours from CapeTown, South africa. While in Darjeeling one of my women became very ill. The group had to train back to Delhi and leave her behind with another woman from the group. We had been upgraded to this lovely, but expensive hotel by my agent in Delhi.”
“My wife and I stayed here for four days.The staff are superb and very friendly.The manager Mr Amit and his assistants Mr Gurung and Ms Srujana went out of their way to make our stay memorable.The staff at restaurant were marvelous”
“Excellent place to stay with the family. They have quaint places like a “snuggery” where you can cosy up with family opposite a wood or coal fire and watch TV. A library with a limited selection also offers a great place to sit back, relax with a warm cup of tea or a drink. ”
Windamere is a truly Heritage Hotel with all the charm and class of the English Tea Estate. Each aspect of the room and the hotel have been carefully created to retain the grandeur of the years gone by. The rooms are great, comfortable, luxuious with a fresh fire being kindled every evening
via Windamere Hotel (Darjeeling, India) – Hotel Reviews – TripAdvisor.
Windamere Hotel has two wings: The Windamere and The Snuggery
The Windamere wing appeals to guests who like tradition, who would be comfortable in a bygone age, and who want a reminder of how people got on with their lives in old Darjeeling. There are no TVs and telephones in the main house called Ada Villa; and only telephones, by request, in the Annexe. Guests, who choose this wing, prefer to avoid the distractions of modern life for the duration of their stay.
Generations of newly-wedded couples have enjoyed the quiet ease afforded by Tinker Belle’s Cottage (also known as Honeymoon Cottage).
The Snuggery wing appeals to people who need to remain in touch with modern life, even while they indulge their love of the past and old things. The residential houses in this wing, Annandale House, and Observatory House, are provided with TVs and telephones.
via Facilities – Windamere Darjeeling Hotel, India
Contact Windamere hotel Darjeeling -
Windamere Hotel
Observatory Hill
Darjeeling
India
Pin Code : 734101
Telephone : 00-91-354-2254041/42
Fax : 00-91-354-2254043/2254211
Telex : 2601 201 WNDH IN, 2601 202 WNDO IN
Cable : Windamere
E-mail : reservations@windamerehotel.net
windamere@windamerehotel.net
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I have visited Darjeeling many times and stayed in Windamere Hotel, one of the oldest colonial and heritage hotels in Darjeeling that you have already mentioned above. It’s probably the most exclusive hotel on the list. Windamere Hotel is a very special place; it’s a near-perfect combination of stunning location, English-cottage-inspired coziness and impeccable service.
It was awarded as the Heritage Hotel of India by the then Prime minister in the first National award ceremony for outstanding hotels in India.
It’s been covered by the national as the international media. The Sunday Times in 2007 named the hotel as one of the colonial hotels in world