Category — Experience
Thar Desert Homestay
Location: Thar Desert, 2 hours from Jodhpur
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £42 per night
- Bedroom: Two desert huts
The Shetty’s Guesthouse
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Type: Guest house
- Price: From £40 per night
- Bedroom: 24 double rooms; 4 suites
The Singh’s Boutique Guest House
Location: Udaipur
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £29 per night
- Bedroom: 6 double rooms; 1 suite
Kerala Houseboat
- Location: Kumarakom, Kerala Backwaters
- Type: Houseboat
- Price: From £127 per night, full board
- Bedrooms: A range of 1, 2 and 3 bed houseboats
Wilfred De Souza’s House, Goa
Location: Candolim, Goa
- Type: Guest house
- Price: From £29 per night
- Bedrooms: 6 double rooms; 2 twin rooms
Highly Recommended!
Candolim Luxury Villa (Minor), Goa
Location: Candolim, Goa
- Type: Villa
- Price: From £410 per night (minimum 7 nights)
- Bedrooms: A villa with 3 large double rooms
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)
The Kottukapally Plantation Home
Location: Pala, Kerala
- Type: Cottage
- Price: From £125 per night, full board
- Bedrooms: A cottage with 3 double rooms
As featured in the Guardian
The Kottukapally Family Home
Location: Pala, Kerala
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £211 per night, full board
- Bedrooms: 3 double rooms
As featured in Conde Nast
Niranker’s Guest House
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £23 per night
- Bedrooms: 4 double rooms; 4 twin rooms
Just 10 minutes drive from the Taj Mahal
Mr & Mrs Shekhawat’s House
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £28 per night
- Bedrooms: 2 double rooms
Learn to cook traditional Indian food
Aprajeeta & Sandeep’s Home
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £29 per night per room
- Bedrooms: 4 Double rooms
Mr & Mrs Mehra’s Home
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
Calangute Beach Apartments, Goa
Location: Calangute, Goa
- Type: Apartments
- Price: From £25 per night
- Bedrooms: 4 Studio apartments; 4 One bedroom apartments
Candolim Luxury Cottages, Goa
Location: Candolim, Goa
- Type: Cottages
- Price: From £217 per cottage, per night
- Bedrooms: Each cottage has 1 double room and 1 twin room
Stylish and well-appointed cottages a stone's throw from the beach, with large tropical gardens.
Freda & Francis Fernandes’ Apartment
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!
Candolim Luxury Villa (Major), Goa
Location: Candolim, Goa
- Type: Villa
- Price: From £949 per night for the whole villa
- Bedrooms: A villa with 2 suites and 3 large double rooms
Sirohi House, Old Delhi
Location: North Delhi, Delhi
- Type: Guest House
- Price: From £36 per night
- Bedrooms:
- Main House: 2 double rooms; 2 suites
- Annex: 3 double rooms
No. 1 in the Guardian's Top Ten Homestays in India
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 and Mrs Chopra’s Home, New Delhi
Location: Defence Colony, Delhi (15 minute drive from Connaught Place)- Type: Homestay
- Price: From £46 per night
- Bedrooms: 2 double rooms
Highly Recommended!
