Gangtok

Netuk House is a luxurious 'heritage' B&B with a dozen rooms in three very different buildings. — Lonely Planet

Formerly the Modern Central Lodge, this neat little eight-room guesthouse has simple rooms with small double beds. — Lonely Planet

If you're looking for international-style luxury with quality service and elements of local atmosphere, Keepsa is a great choice – raised above the centre with fine views. — Lonely Planet

Almost too good to be true, this family hotel has jaw-dropping mountain panoramas from its top-floor deluxe rooms. — Lonely Planet

For quality at affordable prices, it’s worth venturing to this hotel in Tadong, 3km below Gangtok. — Lonely Planet

This collection of high-quality, lovingly maintained cottage rooms and houselets is interspersed with countless blooming shrubs and orchids. — Lonely Planet

Nestled amid exotic greenery and set around pretty lawns, this oasis of peace and quiet has a dozen large, well-kept if slightly austere rooms that are partly wood-panelled. — Lonely Planet

The view, the view! Most of the 20 highly comfortable if slightly dated rooms have it, and even the three that don't have access to a communal vista-gazing terrace. — Lonely Planet

Checking into the Nor-Khill is like time travelling back to the pre-Independence era, when this stately property served as the royal guesthouse. — Lonely Planet

This family hotel has jaw-dropping mountain panoramas from its top-floor deluxe rooms...from super-clean four-bed dorms, and especially from the delightful Tibetan-styled top-floor cafe-restaurant. — Lonely Planet

A smart-suited welcome ushers guests into this well-equipped hotel, which adds minor Sikkimese details to oversized, comfortable rooms with rugs. — Lonely Planet

Tarika has eight simple but pleasant en-suite rooms above a quirky restaurant decorated with guitars and giant wall-paintings of swirling Buddhas and African-style figures. — Lonely Planet

Enter beneath a colourful Buddha statue, pass the dining room full of Sikkimese knick-knacks presented with a stylish twist and find the 12 small but tastefully modern rooms. — Lonely Planet

Its walk-in prices make the well-managed Sagorika one of Gangtok's foremost budget bargains. — Lonely Planet

Flowers form the decorative theme of this spotlessly clean 31-room hotel, with floral fabrics, botanical prints and even lamps in some rooms designed like colourless roses. — Lonely Planet

Four rooms with low beds and designer style have beautiful valley panoramas; a fifth is slightly musty and without views. — Lonely Planet

The Oriental sits behind an ivy-woven glass-and-teak facade with a prime position on MG Marg's dining strip. — Lonely Planet

Not for the squeamish, Gangtok's cheapest foreigner-accepting crash pad has rooms accessed by miserably dark, decaying stairways. — Lonely Planet