Monsoon time so tough drive through Madikeri to Virajpet from Bangalore.6kms before Virajpet.I chose this place because of the Neemrana tag,my earlier experience at Ramgarh Bungalows near Nainital still refuses in fade away.This place is really quiet, skeletal staff.Heritage value has been retained and maintained well.The original room i had chose had a age old WC so asked for a...
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- Also Known As:
- Green Hills Estate India/Virajpet
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
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The Green Hills Estate, residence of the erstwhile Diwans of the Rajas of Coorg in South-West Karnataka, was designed by a Swiss architect and built in 1898. This grand mansion in the rainforest, sits among a hundred acres of rolling coffee and cardamom plantations, paddy fields, cardamom and pepper vines. Silhouetted with areca, coconut palms, wild mango, rosewood and a large Burmese mahogany tree surrounded with forests full of giant bamboo clumps and rubber plantations.This stately mansion with suites named after prize-winning horses, is full of silver trophies, photographs, books and memorabilia of the ancestor-worshipping family who still inhabits the estate.The neighbouring Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary remains the best preserved habitat of the Asian elephant, the tiger, the spotted deer and the bison.
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