Hotel Punjab Palace (Chandigarh, India)

Priding itself on offering warm Indian hospitality, Punjab Palace is a budget hotel located in the heart of the city – within a ten-minute walk for both the Sector 22 and Shastri markets. The comfortable rooms feature en-suite bathrooms with showers and western-style toilets, coffee tables, telephones, TVs with satellite channels and air conditioning to keep it all nice and cool. The reception staff here can assist with tours, transfers, laundry, and even arranging flowers or cakes for a special occasion. The hotel’s kitchen prepares a variety of dishes that are available through the room service facility. Located just a minute’s walk away, Malt &Co is the place to go for decent food, micro-brews and live music. The lovely Zakir Hussein Rose Garden is two-and-a-half kilometres from Punjab Palace. Closer to home, the fascinating Bird Sanctuary is just a 15-minute walk away.