An independent travel publication discovering India's most interesting stays, destinations and the stories behind them.
Every way to stay somewhere
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Destination guides, unusual stays and places that deserve a closer look.
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We sift through the noise to bring the interesting ones to the surface.
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The details, design, setting and stories that make a stay worth remembering.
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Travel culture, hospitality, architecture, food and the ideas shaping where we stay.
A considered selection of stays we've come across while researching the guide. Not the biggest. Not necessarily the most expensive. Just the ones worth knowing about.
Most hotels are built around a lobby, a pool, or a view. Calizz, a heritage villa in Candolim, is built around two things almost no other property can…
Read the storyCoorg is coffee country, one of the oldest growing regions in India, and its best stays reflect that. The most memorable ones…
The word “treehouse” has been stretched until it means almost nothing. Most Indian treehouses are wooden cabins at ground level with a…
Srinagar is one of the few Indian cities where the type of stay you choose changes the entire trip. Sleep on the…
Most resorts sell you a view. This one sells you a sound: falling water, from a waterfall that belongs to the property,…
There is a resort in Kerala where a waterfall is not something you drive to see. It is the view from your…
A cottage above Mussoorie recently got a wave of attention for appearing in an Indian web series. The building’s real story is…
The internet has no shortage of places to stay. Finding the ones actually worth your time is another story.
That's what we're here for.The five things readers ask us most. Anything else, the editors read every message.
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We discover stays, destinations and the stories around them. Villas, cabins, houseboats, farmstays, homestays, glamping, resorts and the occasional piece of architecture that makes us stop scrolling.
We don't list properties for booking. We don't take commissions on reservations. We don't rank a stay because someone paid us to. Find the interesting place. Understand why it's worth knowing. Then decide for yourself.
