Hotels in India

Located 1600m (5000ft) up in the plantations above Munnar, Windermere is reached – like all the prettiest getaways in the Cardamom Hills – via a bumpy dirt track.

Jungle hideaways don’t come more stylish that the Shalimar Spice Garden, near the Periyar National Park, whose romantic rooms are made of varnished Nilgiri hardwoods and dark silks, and where the v

Set in a leafy compound on the edge of Kumily town, CGH Earth’s Spice Village is located only a short drive from the main gates of the Periyar National Park – ideal for early morning elephant-spott

The bungalows built by British tea planters in the 19th century are without doubt some of the loveliest houses in southern India.

An off-shoot of the stylish Malabar House in Fort Cochin, Kanam – aka ‘Serenity’ – occupies a beautiful colonial bungalow inland, on a hilltop smothered in rubber trees and spice plantations.