Windamere Hotel Darjeeling

General Information

Windamere Darjeeling hotel, India is "One of the 3 Jewels of the Raj", said a outstanding travel writer of The Windamere Hotel. Established in the nineteenth century as a comfortable boarding cottage for bachelor English and Scottish tea planters, it was converted into a hotel just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Famous to advanced tourists the world over, the Windamere is well-known for its nonpareil atmosphere and fascination, and features been the subject of plenty of leading stories in the international media. During the 1st National Awards Ceremony for prominent hotels in India, the Prime Minister awarded Windamere Hotel with a coveted award for its excellence as a Heritage Hotel of India.