Category — Bed and Breakfast
Thar Desert Hut Homestay
Location: Thar Desert, 2 hours from Jodhpur
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £42 per night
- Bedroom: Two desert huts
This is something very special. Accessible only by a 45 minute camel ride is this wonderfully simple mud hut home far out into the Thar Desert.
The Shetty’s Guest House in Mumbai
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Type: Guest house
- Price: From £40 per night
- Bedroom: 24 double rooms; 4 suites
Situated in the vibrant and safe middle class district of Vile Parle, the Shetty's Guesthouse offers excellent value for money, great service, clean and comfortable rooms and a choice of restaurants.
The Singh’s Boutique Guest House
Location: Udaipur
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £29 per night
- Bedroom: 6 double rooms; 1 suite
It’s immaculate, the rooms are superbly well furnished and decorated, the service is excellent and you have the perfect base for your time in the historic and beautiful Udaipur.
Mamta’s Guest House, New Delhi
Location: Delhi
- Type: Guest house
- Price: From £66 per night
- Bedroom: 3 double rooms; 3 twin rooms
Only a 25 minute drive from Delhi International Airport
A chic alternative to accommodation in an up-market hotel, with use of your own private balcony as well as the impressive lounge, dining room and wonderful terrace garden; markets, monuments, shops and bustling squares all nearby.
Mintu’s Riverside Guest House
Location: Varanasi/Benares, Uttar Pradesh
- Type: Guest house
- Price: From £16 per night
- Bedrooms: 7 double rooms (4 with view of the Ganges)
A small clean guest house in a fantastic location in the heart of the action and very popular. This Guest House deserves its place largely because of its superb location looking out over Kedar Ghat on the Holy Ganges and with a view up the river too.
Chandra & Bhavna’s Guest House
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Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan - Type: Guest House
- Price: From £16 per night
- Bedrooms: 11 double rooms
The family is connected by birth and friendship to the Maharaja of Jodhpur and you will find the Singh’s company delightful.
Chandra & Bhavna are such a charming couple and it is a real pleasure to be a guest in their home.
The Kottukapally Plantation Homestay
Location: Pala, Kerala
- Type: Cottage
- Price: From £125 per night, full board
- Bedrooms: A cottage with 3 double rooms
As featured in the Guardian
If you are looking for peace, quiet, and privacy you will not be disappointed.
Niranker’s Guest House in Agra
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £23 per night
- Bedrooms: 4 double rooms; 4 twin rooms
Only a 10 minute drive from Taj Mahal & Agra Fort, Niranker's Guest house offers excellent Indian food, warm hospitality and spacious, traditionally Indian, rooms finished with teak wood and fine Brocade silk.
Aprajeeta & Sandeep’s Homestay in Jaipur
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £29 per night per room
- Bedrooms: 4 Double rooms
Passionate enthusiasts, Aprajeeta and Sandeep will gladly take you with them to cricket or polo matches.
They belong to the noble Rajput families of Raath and Malwa, dating back their family histories to Mughal times.
Mr & Mrs Mehra’s Bed & Breakfast in Dehradun
Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Type: Apartment
- Price: From £50 per night for a studio flat
- Bedrooms: 1 studio flat
Featured in the Guardian's Top Ten Homestays in India
With a large balcony with magnificent view of the hills and Mussoorie, the accommodation is a studio flat which occupies the top floor of the Mehra’s home; it has its own access so you can treat it as your own place.
Calangute Beach Apartments, Goa
Location: Calangute, Goa
- Type: Apartments
- Price: From £25 per night
- Bedrooms: 4 Studio apartments; 4 One bedroom apartments
Freda & Francis Fernandes’ Holiday Apartment, Arossim Goa
Location: Candolim, Goa
- Type: Apartment
- Price: From £39 per night
- Bedrooms: Apartment with 2 double rooms
Free cookery lessons and only a three minute walk from Arossim beach!
Nina Kochhar’s Home, Civil Lines, Old Delhi
Location: Sham Nath Marg, Civil Lines, Old Delhi (10km from Connaught Place)
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £49 per night
- Bedrooms: 1 double room
Highly Recommended!
The continued popularity of this home is due to the draw of Nina Kochhar, the ultimate hostess.
Mr & Mrs Gupta’s House, New Delhi
Location: Haus Khas, Delhi (15 minute drive from Connaught Place)- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £46 per night
- Bedrooms: 4 double rooms
“The Club”, at Fort Kochi (Cochin)
Location: Fort Kochi (Cochin), Kerala
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £39 per night
- Bedroom: 1 suite; 3 double rooms
The Kovalam Beach House
Location: Kovalam, Kerala
- Type: Beach House
- Budget: From £38 per night
- Bedrooms: 2 double rooms
The Anthraper’s Home
Location: Cherthala, Kerala backwaters- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £45 per night
- Bedrooms: 3 doubles
As featured in Conde Nast
Jayan and Priya’s Homestay, Kottayam
Location: Kottayam, Kerala
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £23 per night
- Bedrooms: 2 double rooms
Munnar Hill Camp, Near Munnar, Kerala
Location: Munnar, Kerala
- Type: Camp
- Price: From £73 per night
- Bedrooms: 8 cottages with 2 bedrooms each; main house with four double rooms
Ullas’s Guest House, Kumarakom
Location: Kumarakom, Kerala- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £25 per night
- Bedrooms: 3 double rooms
This Kumarakom guest house is just 2 minutes from Lake Kumarakom, from £25 per night. The friendly family provide a warm welcome and excellent food.
