Hotels in Kashmir Offer Guests Gracious Traditional Hospitality

Author: Neelam Kumari

Kashmir – where royal Mughal emperor beautified the exotic capital city of Srinagar with resplendently landscaped Mughal Gardens with a profusion of colourful flowers, fountains and harnessing natural springs; Kashmir, where the sylvan splendour of its environs and majestic snow-capped mountains inspired the highest golf courses and ski-ing splendour for thousands of guests; Kashmir is the north-western region of South Asia and until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. Today it denotes the state of Jammu and Kashmir encompassing Jammu, the Kashmir valley and Ladakh and more...Thousands of visitors sojourn to this Paradise on Earth and gorgeous hotels in Kashmir welcome them with traditional Kashmiri warmth!

Hotels in Kashmir provide a rich range of exquisitely furnished rooms and cottages with splendid Kashmiri handicrafts and carpets, for guests to stay in. The charming cottages, which come in three categories – luxury one bedroom cottage, luxury two bedroom cottage and the plush and palatial Presidential cottage, give guests an ambience of royal splendour and complete privacy.

In this accommodation in Kashmir, a delightful covered walkway leads to your private hideaway. The cottages, which generally have one bedroom, a spacious bathroom with a separate dressing room, the luxury of a sunken bathtub and a wall-length picture window, also provides the visitor with a relaxing living room and a balcony that looks out to astounding mountain-scapes.

Whereas the larger cottages, featuring 2 bedrooms, en suite bathrooms with sunken bathtubs and picture windows from where you can gaze out at lush beauty endlessly, is also endowed with a full-service kitchen, a living room and a large balcony, where you sit out and enjoy a hot cup of tea in togetherness, is ideal for two couples.

However, the "jewel in the crown" of such luxurious accommodation in Kashmir is the opulent Presidential cottage, lavish on space and amenities.This grand suite comprises a richly furnished master bedroom, two additional aesthetically done bedrooms with their own en-suite washrooms and a private heated plunge pool with a Jacuzzi – what bliss! With a spacious living room with carved teakwood furniture, a dining room where you can savour delicious cuisine, a full kitchen with an abundance of modern gadgetry and a spacious private garden this could well constitute your own private paradise!

When you live in such wonderful hotels in Kashmir, life is a moving feast! In the fine dining restaurant, savour such diverse cuisines as pasta, mezze or dim sum or be introduced to the famous Wazwan, the plentiful feast of Kashmiri weddings; enjoy succulent barbecue grills or coal fired barbecues. Sip delicious Kahwa or relax in stylish leisure at the sophisticated cigar and sheesha lounge with its Monte Cristos and deliciously flavoured tobacco flavours, in complete bliss!