The Best Hotels Near Dharana at Shillim - A Luxury Wellness Retreat, by the Record
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Damask wallpaper, tufted upholstery, and chandeliers are what you get when a Ritz-Carlton opens beside a historic golf course in the middle of Pune. The 198 rooms look out over either the fairways or the city skyline, and the 18th floor Club Lounge keeps things residential. The food options are unusually broad for a hotel, running from around-the-clock Indian, Asian, and Western to a modern Japanese restaurant, with a rooftop bar to cap it all off.
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The architect supposedly arrived by boat after construction finished, saw the hotel had been built facing the wrong way, and threw himself overboard. Whether that's apocryphal or not, the "back" of this grand heritage hotel now faces the harbor, meaning more rooms catch the view. The Heritage Wing has the history and the personality; the Tower Wing is newer and considerably calmer. Five restaurants, three bars, and a Michelin Key.
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Silk pillow covers stitched from old saris, Art Deco antiques picked off local market floors, teak boards salvaged from demolished buildings: the boutique hotel in this colonial Colaba address wears its nostalgia as decor rather than theme. Rooms are simple and comfortable, a few share baths, and breakfast comes with masala chai. The library photographs beautifully, which the guests seem aware of.