Kathmandu
This is a good upper-budget choice. The carpeted rooms are clean, modern and fresh and some have sunny balconies, though there are no single rates for…
Must-see hotels in Nepal
Bandipur
The Village Resort has an attractive historic facade near the jeep stand, but the rooms themselves are in a concrete building out the back. It’s a good…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
Hotel Arun Valley is a pleasant place to spend the night. Set among a garden of bright flowers, its rooms are delightfully decorated with thick carpets,…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The best choice in the bazaar, this rustic and rickety wooden lodge is set over three levels. It gets chilly at night, so you’ll need to rug up, but…
Pokhara
The huts here are very basic and tiny – one bed, one window, one desk – with no attached bathrooms. The lakefront huts sport a hammock; however, here it's…
Nagarkot
This peaceful hotel has been partly renovated after the 2015 earthquake, but you need to be careful as room quality varies at the same price level. Choose…
Kathmandu to Pokhara
While not on the Trisuli River, this somewhat remote and low-key operation offers an appealing program of trekking, birdwatching and cultural activities…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The sprawling White Lake has a variety of rooms – the standard ones are pretty ordinary and overpriced, but the new wing boasts more comfortable deluxe…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The original hotel in Nepalganj, the Sneha is set in sprawling grounds about 2km south of Birendra Chowk. It appeals to its conference clientele with…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
This old business hotel manages an iota of charm, helped along by friendly staff. There is a wide assortment of rooms, including some surprisingly good…
Kathmandu
This is a quiet and mellow hang-out with a small garden and a restaurant. There’s a wide range of rooms – some ramshackle with the tiniest bathrooms in…
Chitwan National Park
With its broad porches, this hotel has a lovely neo-colonial feel. Take your choice between delightful terracotta-tiled huts or modern wood-panelled rooms…
Pokhara
Centrally located on the Lakeside strip, Kotee is a comfortable midrange choice with a variety of different-sized rooms. All boast LED TVs and quality…
Shree Tibet Family Guest House
Kathmandu
It’s easy to miss this budget place and most people do (it’s often deserted). It’s clean, quiet and friendly, with simple but cosy rooms, although most…
Kathmandu to Pokhara
While it caters primarily to those on rafting or kayaking packages, Royal Beach Camp’s soft sandy beach, hammocks and outdoor restaurant-bar also make it…
Chitwan National Park
This rather imposing cement tower has a range of clean and comfortable rooms, all appointed with TVs, air-con and running hot water. The mattresses are on…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The Darbar offers large, carpeted and well-furnished rooms with fans and air-con and hot-water bathrooms. There's a generator to keep you lit up during…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
Situated on the busy highway near Traffic Chowk, Kandara is a reasonable budget choice with a breezy, open feel assisted by high ceilings. You can take…
Around the Kathmandu Valley
Just downhill from the Balthali Mountain Resort, and owned by the same family, this property was the first lodge in Balthali. There is a variety of rooms,…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
This garishly painted business hotel is one of three similar offerings in this neighbourhood. Rooms are fairly no-frills, but everything is kept ship…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
This modern business hotel, situated about 3km northeast of Birendra Chowk, started as one of Nepalganj’s best restaurants. Rooms vary in quality, but…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
Located in the buffer zone close to the reserve's headquarters, this new lodge sports comfortable rooms in concrete buildings set in a garden. They grow…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The welcome here is friendly and the rooms are simple but well lit. The pricier rooms are worth the difference. But cheap or expensive, all rooms are very…
Nagarkot
An attractive red-brick hotel with room rates that correspond to the quality of the view. The best rooms (No 206 and 306) on the upper levels have windows…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
This large concrete hotel one block east of the bus station has large, business-like standard rooms and marble hallways; 101 is a nice corner room, if you…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
Pavarotti wouldn't sing about it, but this is probably the best hotel in town, with a pool, a health club, a casino and a decent restaurant serving hearty…
Bhaktapur
Located above a craft shop in a street with plenty of Newari flavour, Nyatapola’s rooms are small and low-ceilinged, and its beds have traditional cotton…
Nepal
This tidy house is set in a neat courtyard garden. The spacious rooms on the upper levels get lots of natural light and there are terraces on each level…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
The longest established of the park's camps, this one has pleasingly landscaped gardens, a ramshackle bird hide overlooking a swamp, and tents that don't…
Around the Kathmandu Valley
Getting here is an adventure unto itself. This lodge has a remote hilltop location about 40 minutes from the rest of Balthali's accommodation options…
Bardia National Park
This lodge is nicely polished, with neatly trimmed lawn paths leading from the lovely open-sided restaurant-bar through leafy grounds to the thatched-roof…
Chitwan National Park
This rustic lodge has a laid-back tropical-island feel. It consists of numerous bungalows with small porches, of a similar design, scattered in a shady…
Bardia National Park
Looking more like a concrete hotel than a Bardia mud hut, this lodge has modern and spacious rooms but the mattresses are rock-hard and the in-house…
Chitwan National Park
Located on the Narayani River at the western end of the park, this lodge offers simple but comfortable cottages arranged to face the main dining hall…
Chitwan National Park
Located 500m north of Gaida Chowk, this is a friendly, uber-budget option with basic rooms (no piped hot water) in adobe cottages, a small but verdant…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
Hotel Mamata is probably the best hotel close to the border, with decent rooms and professional management, but don't expect luxury. There is a good…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
A solid budget choice in the centre of town, with a good restaurant. The City Star has small, luridly painted rooms that are kept spotless and have hot…
The Terai & Mahabharat Range
This hotel has a quiet location south of the bus park, some English-speaking staff and a dose of faded grandeur. The massive, well-furnished rooms have…
Kathmandu to Pokhara
The best of the hotels near the temple, this one could use some paint, but the rooms are clean, with balconies and lots of light, and many have fine views…
Pokhara
This time-honoured hotel of more than 20 years has large, spotless rooms with great lake and mountain views from the upper floors. Rooms on the 3rd floor …
