Where to stay in Gangtok?

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Any suggestions from anyone who has been there?

Have sent PM to Rijuc who happens to be a resident there ... but he has to connect to the forum to know of this query ....

Would prefer a moderately priced hotel bang in the city centre. Wife and me are market buffs, foodies..... so, just not interested in resorts which are normally outside city limits.

Thanks in advance .........
 
Netuk House. Absolutely lovely place. Run by a family (descendants of the old king). The rooms are spotless, the food is excellent and the service is warm and personal. Absolutely loved their breakfasts. If i remember correctly the tarriff is in the range of 2k a night for a double, with breakfast. The location is very much in the city. The 'city centre' is just a short walk away.
 
waddya know it's been reviewed in the New York Times Netuk House - Reviews and Ratings of Hotels in Sikkim - New York Times Travel

Trust me you wont' regret staying at this place. I've also stayed at the Hotel Tibet, which is a decent mid-market hotel characterless hotel with reasonable rooms and good food (and lovely staff), but this place is something special. It kicks up your Sikkim holiday a notch, I can assure you.

We stayed there for one night, on our way out of Sikkim, we landed up there in the morning so we got breakfast as soon as we landed. And for the tarriff we paid, we actually got two breakfasts, one prepared extra-early as we were leaving early for Bagdogra to catch a flight.
 
Yeah, thanks Psycho ..... checked most data out on the net about it.

Luckily, Rijuc is accessing this forum and has replied. Have also requested him to find out more and get some kind of confirmation. But, don't mind sleeping on the roadside there, having heard from many about the place's cleanliness ..:p. Carrying my 'old' wife there, so, can't have that choice.

Hope the main market areas are within walking distance from that place?
 
Wow!! I have heard only good things about Sikkim's natural beauty. Need to plan a trip to that part of India - hopefully sometime soon.

Rijuc, post your suggestions here. It is now our turn to ask you questions:).
 
Rijuc, post your suggestions here. It is now our turn to ask you questions:).[/QUOTE]

sure dude anytime... the resorts, the hotels, the pubs, the nightclubs and the casino too!!
 
Rijuc

Long time back when i came to Gangtok, i (with friends) stayed in a hotel that was right on top of the hill. You could see the Kanchen Junga from there and it is probably govt owned. I want to know the name of this place and if it is still active.

Gangtok was magical then (1996) and the drive along Teesta keeps tickling my senses even now. We stopped somewhere and got into the river. The crystal clear water with shining pebbles was a sight to remember.

So long
 
Rijuc

Long time back when i came to Gangtok, i (with friends) stayed in a hotel that was right on top of the hill. You could see the Kanchen Junga from there and it is probably govt owned. I want to know the name of this place and if it is still active.



hard to tell... most of the hotels here have the view of the kanchenzonga... and if was on top of a hill then could be out of the main town...
just for your information, they now have have a karaoke pub by the name indulge, with ohm speakers!
 
except where the hoardings of hotels block your view, the kanchenjunga can be visually accessed from anywhere in gangtok ..
(the sight of the mountains from Pelling about four hours drive west from Gangtok is more imposing, guru dongmar lake up north is another revelation, not to mention the valley of yumthang, with its riot of april flowers..speaking of flowers sikkim regularly hosts the orchid and the rhododendron festivals..barshey is another trekking destination that combines the mountains with the flowers)
...and as far has top- of hills are concerned..almost every climb would lead you on to the top of the hill...so the only working clue that we are left with is the 'probably govt. owned'..
.was it a kind of circuit house or a guest house????
by the way i would recommend a walk up to the zoo while at Gangtok..the fauna maybe elusive but the flora is a sight to behold ...and the uphill walk will do wonders for your soul and your cardiovascular efficiency..
also Sikkim has its lakes, old palaces and terraced rice field villages...not to mention the casino and the spa that has been mentioned earlier...

p.s. sikkim also can also boast of perhaps the highest number of wine shops per square kilometer...booze is cheap and danny denzongpa's spring water brewed blue dansberg, while not exactly a microbeer, is highly recommended...
 
Anything on Netuk House ...... Rijuc?

It is on Tibet Road........ I gather the tel no. is 202374 / 226778 .... Tried the no. from Delhi .... quite a bit of echo on the connection .... could you check out please......
 
Gangtok was magical then (1996) and the drive along Teesta keeps tickling my senses even now. We stopped somewhere and got into the river. The crystal clear water with shining pebbles was a sight to remember.
My family and I were fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit Sikkim in December of 2007. It was definately the most memorable and enjoyable trips I have ever had within India. Unlike most parts of India, Sikkim is probably one of the rare parts, where indiscrimiate commercialization and corruption, has yet to destroy the natural beauty and the people. The waters of the 'Teesta' are still as "clear and the pebbles as shiny" as you remember. God only knows how much longer this wonderfully clean, friendly and heavenly place will retain its qualities. I am almost scared to recommend Sikkim as a tourist destination, simply out of the fear, that the more tourists go there, the more damage they will cause.

Long time back when i came to Gangtok, i (with friends) stayed in a hotel that was right on top of the hill. You could see the Kanchen Junga from there and it is probably govt owned. I want to know the name of this place and if it is still active.
Are you sure you are not confusing 'Gangtok' with 'Pemyangtse' aka 'Pelling'? Probably not, but the reason I still ask, is because there is a hotel just as you describe in 'Pemyangtse/Pelling'. This property was originally owned by the Sikkim royal family, which then became a government guest house and is now 'The Elgin Mt Pandim' hotel. The hotel is set on top of a hill, providing an almost 300 degrees view allaround. The hotel also provides a view to the entire 'Singalila range' with the 'Mount Kangchendzonga' clearly visible from the windows of almost all the rooms. In any case, anyone visiting Sikkim, must try and visit 'Pemyangtse/Pelling'. It truely is, one of the most serene and uncommercialized places in India today.
 
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except where the hoardings of hotels block your view, the kanchenjunga can be visually accessed from anywhere in gangtok ..
(the sight of the mountains from Pelling about four hours drive west from Gangtok is more imposing, guru dongmar lake up north is another revelation, not to mention the valley of yumthang, with its riot of april flowers..speaking of flowers sikkim regularly hosts the orchid and the rhododendron festivals..barshey is another trekking destination that combines the mountains with the flowers)
...and as far has top- of hills are concerned..almost every climb would lead you on to the top of the hill...so the only working clue that we are left with is the 'probably govt. owned'..
.was it a kind of circuit house or a guest house????
by the way i would recommend a walk up to the zoo while at Gangtok..the fauna maybe elusive but the flora is a sight to behold ...and the uphill walk will do wonders for your soul and your cardiovascular efficiency..
also Sikkim has its lakes, old palaces and terraced rice field villages...not to mention the casino and the spa that has been mentioned earlier...

p.s. sikkim also can also boast of perhaps the highest number of wine shops per square kilometer...booze is cheap and danny denzongpa's spring water brewed blue dansberg, while not exactly a microbeer, is highly recommended...

Sssssiiigh! Been there .. done that .... now you make me want to come back! :)

cheers
 
well for serious second time visitors maybe i will divulge the address of the Yeti...
 
by the way while at Gangtok don't forget to pay a visit to Rachna the book store..and more..i have been surprised by the collection here..unlike the Oxford at Darjeeling that stores the more exotic books (tibetan buddhism and mountain stuff to be precise) this one is more contemporary, globalized, arty and some more..

Rachna Books - Home
 
Great ............ look forward to a bash .... Rijuc wife + Rijuc to join in too, I hope.

Me and wifey are 'marketingholics'. Any ideas for this department. Asking so, since time is quite short, say 2.5 days only. We love to look at traditional stuff .... fabrics, clothes, artifacts .... just NOT interested in branded mass produced phoren/local items.

Food ..... pure Sikkimese stuff ... any names? Both of us don't go looking out for dal-roti, masala dosa, idli sambhar, dal-bhaat-posto-torkari-maccher jhol.

Daaru ... err, I mean, local brew .... names needed here. If, not taped up, might miss out on a few.

It is a pity I would need to spend at least @ 4 days in Kolkata ..... social family visits, since it is only once a year visit to Kolkata (on vacation mode) at most per year.
 
The only other reference to the hotel is that it was near a toursit spot - Ganesh something. Will let that memory remain even if i cannot recollect the name.

Peling/ Pemayangste is another of those sweet secrets. We were there on a full moon night and i have never seen a Moon so bright and glowing.

We did the walk between the Pemayangste monastery and Peling in the night and its a walk worth a memory of lifetime.

We had the wish to stay in the same hotel that you have talked about but didnt have the money. We bargained a lot with the tough looking lady at the office but she wouldnt let a bunch of students stay at a discount. Roamed across and stayed in a place near the helipad, ramshackle, but with a great soul.

On the way back, we crossed a few suspension bridges which are held together by ropes. I managed to climb on one of the rope harness, they are about 6 inch thick in diameter and many of them strung together to make a solid rope platform.

So much for that trip, i have to take my family there before it gets too commercial, and gets too discussed in forums.
 
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