Details of Hotel Windamere, Darjeeling
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Set up in the 19th century as a cozy boarding house for bachelor English and Scottish tea planters, it was converted into a hotel just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Famous among the sophisticated
travelers and the people world over, the Windamere Hotel is famous for its unique ambience and charm.
Location:
Darjeeling Windamere Hotel is located The Mall, Most Prominent Location, 90 km from the Bagdogra Airport,
1/2 km from the New Jalpaiguri railway station, and
1/2 km from the bus stand. |
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Rooms:
The hotel has two wings: The Windamere and Little Windamere with 37 rooms in all. The Windamere wing appeals to guests fond of tradition and life style followed in the old Darjeeling city. 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 provides all the comforts of modern life in addition to their tradition. The residential houses in this wing, Annandale House, and Observatory House, are provided with TVs and telephones. |
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Restaurant and bar:
The dining options at the Windamere hotel include a restaurant and a bar providing an ideal combination of palatable food and wine assortments. The gourmets can enjoy their stay at the hotel in every way. |
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Facilities:
The Windamere Conference Centre is an attractive location for meeting of up to 40 people. The Centre offers board room and conference facilities, in elegant surroundings. The Business Centre is well equipped with modem projection equipment, and computers for E-mail and Internet access. Windamere hotel has its own company of artistes, who perform "The Songs & Dances of the Hills", in an outdoor setting; and "Gazals", in the intimate setting of the hotel's Bearpark
Parlor. "Christmas Week at Windamere" from December 18th to January 1st" every year, is celebrated at the hotel, as a tradition since 1939.
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| Railway
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1/2
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| Airport |
90 |
| No.
of Rooms |
37
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| Special
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Fireplaces in rooms Doctor on call, Laundry, Money changer, |
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