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Himalayan Hotel, Kalimpong
It is a stone built, two storey family hotel located at a short distance
from the centre of town surrounded by a spacious gardens featuring a wide
variety of flora and fauna, planted to ensure yearlong display of
colourful flowers. The hotel presents enchanting views of Kanchenjunga and
the surrounding mountain ranges which drop down to the nearby Teesta and
Rangeet rivers.
The hotel itself features Himalayan oak ceilings, teak pillars, walnut and
teak furniture. There are open fire places in most rooms, while the
spacious dining room is decorated with Tibetan memorabilia.
It is a hotel of real charm and character, with an atmosphere redolent of
its close association with Himalayan history. The great names of the
region have all been guests here. It has been home to Everest expeditions
from the days of Mallory and Irving in the 1920s. Hillary and Tenzing were
frequent visitors, while it has also played host to Mme Alexandra David-Neel,
Charles Bell and many other British officials who traveled to Tibet in the
first half of the century.
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