Hotels & Hostels Kathmandu Shanker Hotel

Shanker Hotel (Hotel) 4 star

  • Lazimpat, P.O.Box 350
    Kathmandu , NEPAL | View map
  • Price Range: Top end
  • Neighbourhood: Lazimpat
  • Atmosphere: Heritage and Low-key

Author pick

Lonely Planet Review

Quotes There's nowhere in Kathmandu quite like this former Rana palace - the kind of place where you expect at any moment to bump into some whiskered old Rana prince shuffling around the creaking wooden corridors. If you value dilapidated charm over mod cons, this could be the place for you.

When you first arrive at the Shanker it's hard not to be impressed by the palatial whipped-cream facade of columns that look out onto a huge front garden. Inside, the rooms are quirky (some are loft-style 'double deckers', where the bedroom is accessed by a wooden ladder) but not exactly stylish. The hotel decor oscillates wildly between the 1870s and the 1970s. Some rooms have the original ceiling friezes and low arched windows but for some real grandeur you'll have to track down the chandeliered Kailash dining hall and Durbar Hall conference space. The decent open-air swimming pool and bar is a plus in summer. At night, be careful not to bump into one of the ancient claret-jacketed waiters that dodder around the hotel delivering room service.

Review by author Bradley Mayhew

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Map

How To Get There

From TIA airport turn Left to the ringroad from airport exit gate. Go straight & you will see 1st stop light at Tinkune. Turn rt. & drive straight you will pass Convention centre & stop light, drive straight till you see maitighar junction turn right & drive st. to the main gate of Singha Durbar(secretariat). Turn left & drive to crossroads of G.P.O, turn rt. & drive straight till you see another stop light at Ramshah Path & drive pass west gate of Royal Palace to Lazimpat. Turn right from SHANKER TRAVELS to the hotel. Total Distance from airport to ShankerHotel is approx 8 k.m.

Facilities

  1. 24 hour reception
  2. Swimming pool
  3. Restaurant
  4. Free parking
  5. Laundry facilities
  6. In-House bar
  1. Bureau de Change
  2. Lift / Elevator
  3. No Curfew
  4. Non Smoking
  5. Telephone/Fax Facilities

Check-in/Check-out

Earliest check-in: 14:00
Latest check-out time: 0:00

Author Tip

Check out live Nepali jazz on Wednesday and Sunday nights at Upstairs, across the road from the hotel. Or go shopping at Mahaguthi and Sana Hastakala, two fair-trade craft showrooms a five-minute walk north.

Curious Fact

This former Rana Palace was converted into a hotel in 1964.