Hotel Peach Blossom, Fagu or Chail Palace? |
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Mar 26th, 2008, 22:36
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India
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| Hotel Peach Blossom, Fagu or Chail Palace? Hi, I have one day to stay near Simla. I am considering either chail palace or Hotel Peach Blossom. My preference is good valley views and calm atmosphere. Can you please suggest which one is better? Regards, Ravi |
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Mar 26th, 2008, 22:53
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England
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| Chail Palace has a great location but to be honest with you the place is overpriced. Himachal Tourism have really let the place go. In the Maharaja Suite they fitted the most horrible avacado bathroom suite. It looked like a servants suite rather than the Mahrajas suite. The toilets downstairs absolutely stink of urine. To top things off they had a metal lean to extension to the Palace which makes you think it is a jhuggi in delhi rather than a former palace. This palace has been totally destroyed over the years and is a good example of how state owned heritage properties rarely work. |
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Mar 27th, 2008, 00:42
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| Peach blossom has better views anyday. |
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Mar 27th, 2008, 00:51
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| You are looking at 2 ends of a spectrum really...but if its calm atmosphere u want then i would suggest chail....Narkanda is , well, disorgainzed and more 'active' than chail... Quote:
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Mar 27th, 2008, 05:01
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| Agree with both shere (Chail overpriced) and rishabh (views) - it'll be Fagu (not Narkanda, puchoo) for me anyday. More here: Peach Blossom, Fagu or Hotel Pacific, Kufri? |
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Mar 27th, 2008, 11:23
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| Apologies again , must be all the coffee i had yesterday ....i was thinking HPTDC's Hotel Hatu....  Quote:
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Mar 27th, 2008, 11:26
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| Thanks for your suggestions. Ravi |
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Mar 27th, 2008, 12:05
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Delhi & Vashist, Manali
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 | HI, I had posted some pictures of Peach Blossom in the Thread Favourite Places to Stay in Himachal You can have a look. |
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Mar 29th, 2008, 00:27
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| Thanks for the suggestions. I booked Peach Blossom online for a day. How much time it will take from Simla to Fagu? I want to take the public transport. Thanks, Ravi |
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Mar 29th, 2008, 01:12
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| It's 22 km from Shimla to Fagu. The buses leave from the up-country depot at Lakkar Bazar. Depending on where you are staying, you cud also catch the bus at Sanjauli. Fare is Rs. 16-17, time 35-40 mins. http://himachal.nic.in/hrtc/route.asp |
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Mar 29th, 2008, 11:44
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| Hi, I am coming to Shimla from Kalka in the morning at about 11 and will go straight to Fagu. Can I get bus from railway station? If not, how far is bus stand from Railway station in Simla? Thanks, Ravi |
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Mar 29th, 2008, 11:58
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| About 1 Km or so... Quote:
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Mar 29th, 2008, 20:53
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| Thru the Victory Tunnel and round the back, won't it be more, puchoo? Somehow my impression was it's around 2 km? Ravi, walking with luggage will be inconvenient, altho I confess I have no idea how to get around locally. |
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Mar 30th, 2008, 18:13
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| why would one go through the victory tunnel? The station is located on the main road leading up to the victory tunnel chowk....from there one does not take a left (i.e through the tunnl) but keep going straight to ISBT... |
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Mar 30th, 2008, 18:31
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| Quote:
 Unless there are east-bound buses also leaving from ISBT. | |
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