Highly Hospitable Heritage Hotels in Coonoor

Coonoor, the second largest hill-station in the Nilgiris, with its cultural conundrums of ancient tribes such as the the Todas, the Kotas, the Kurumbas, the Panias and the Irulas and unique Mund-Toda hamlets, its picture-perfect natural surroundings  and its abundant coffee and tea plantations, is connected by a metre gauge railway line in the world famous Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) with Mettupalyam (28km) and Ooty (17 km).

The town of Coonoor, situated at a height of  1,850 meters above sea level, hosts hospitable Heritage Hotels in Coonoor set amidst sylvan surroundings, offering  the inveterate traveler, the comforts of home and delectable cuisine. Furnished elegantly in vivid shades of rose, ochre, saffron and gold , with spacious and airy rooms bright with natural light and highly polished wooden furniture and inviting double beds, it issues an invitation to unwind amidst the pleasing ambience of ambient natural beauty.

Things to do in Coonoor are plenty and one is spoilt for choice!   The decorative Botanical Gardens, established by the Marquis of Tweedale in 1847, with its 20 million year fossil tree trunk, mini lake, many old rare trees like the Rudraksh, Paperwood, Elephant Leg, and the Strawberry tree urge you to combine a picnic lunch or tea with luxuriating amidst its ornamental and verdant surroundings! It hosts the Annual Flower Show and Dog Show of the South India Kennel Club.

Rallian Dam, Kallar and Nurliar Agricultural Farms, Catherine’s Falls, Wenlock Downs and Dolphin’s Nose and Ketti Valley View offer picturesque and panoramic  visual delights!