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Windamere
is a WelcomHeritage
Hotel, situated
on historic Observatory Hill where Darjeeling (West
Bengal
- INDIA) began, and overlooks the Chowrasta, the town's exclusive
promenade.The Windamere is 2.5 hours by car from Bagdogra,
the nearest airport to Darjeeling.From Observatory Hill, one
can glimpse Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim, against a stupendous
backdrop of twenty of the highest mountain peaks in the world.
Windamere hotel has two wings:
The Windamere and Little Windamere
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
The Little Windamere 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.
For
Sight seeing options in Darjeeling click here
Darjeeling
is best accessed via Kolkata (Howrah)-New Jalpaiguri (90 kms)
by Train or Bagdogra (90 kms). It is also accessed alongwith
Kalimpong (58 kms) in a East
India Itinerary covering Sikkim.
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