A proper bed
Coir-and-cotton mattress, cotton sheets, and a second quilt already in the cupboard.
Where you sleep
Rooms in a Kumaoni stone house.
Room by room
Our four rooms
Shoulder-season prices, all meals included. Full tariff and details on the rooms page.
Most requestedThe Valley Room
Two north windows — watch Panchachuli turn pink from the bed. The desk is here.
- 2
- 22 m²
- Peak view
₹3,200Details
Step-freeThe Heritage Room
The 1940s stone section. Half-metre walls, a window seat, straight onto the courtyard.
- 2
- 18 m²
- Ground floor
₹2,400Details
For familiesThe Orchard Room
A double and two singles under a skylight, above the apricot trees.
- 4–5
- 28 m²
- Terrace
₹4,100Details
Most privateThe Stone Cottage
A separate building forty steps up the slope. Own veranda, own stove, no shared walls.
- 2–3
- 34 m²
- Wood stove
₹5,600Details
In every room
Amenities in every room
There are no room categories in the hotel sense. These things are true of all four.
Hot water, morning and evening
Solar-heated, gas-backed. Give it ninety seconds to run hot.
Heat that works
Wood heater or oil radiator, and hot water bottles at turn-down from October.
Fibre Wi-Fi
40–60 Mbps in every room, with 4G failover. It drops in thunderstorms.
No television
Not a policy, an omission. Nobody has asked twice.
Laundry over five nights
Twice a week, line-dried — three days in monsoon, so pack for it.
Also here
Shared spaces for guests
No lobby, no bar, no spa. There are these — and the courtyard, which is the real centre of the house.
- The verandaSix chairs facing north. Tea appears seven times a day.
- Two hundred booksLeft by guests. Birds, history, Nordic crime.
- The chulha kitchenNot off-limits. Lift the lid on the pot.
- Four terracesVegetables, apricot, apple, and one left wild.
- An 8-inch telescopeOut on new-moon nights, October to February.
- The courtyardA cow, a dog, a walnut tree, the neighbours’ children.
Choosing
Which room is right for you?
Tell us who is coming and when and we will simply tell you. Here is the short version.
Coming for the mountains?
Valley RoomCome October to December.Travelling with parents?
Heritage RoomGround floor, no stairs to dinner.Two adults, two children?
Orchard RoomThe skylight manages the children.Honeymoon?
Stone CottageSeparate building, your own fire.A month of work?
Cottage or ValleyBoth have a desk at the right height.All of you at once?
The whole houseEleven people, from ₹12,600 a night.Four rooms is not many. October to December books out about ten weeks ahead; May and June, closer to eight.