Mukteshwar, Nainital, Uttarakhand · ★ 4.7 (51)
A stone-and-pine cottage on a ridge, with the Nanda Devi range on the horizon on clear mornings.
Stairs, the pool, the kitchen, the drive. We check this house against the people you are actually bringing — and tell you if it isn't right.
There is no generator. Cuts of two to four hours are routine in winter; the lodge has inverter lighting only.
“Two hours of hairpins from Haldwani. Our driver was excellent but both kids were sick on the way up.”
“No generator, so when the power went at dinner we ate by candlelight. Romantic once, tedious by the third evening.”
₹34,000
per night, before meals