Nawabgunge House, 1875
The maharaja's summerhouse still anchors the property — the resort was built around it, not in place of it.
Hill
Resort - Darjeeling
A Summerhouse,Kept in Service
The house at the centre of this resort was built in 1875, renovated between the wars, and spent part of its life as the summerhouse of the Maharaja of Nazargunj. MAYFAIR built around it in 1997 rather than over it, and the result keeps the manners of a hill-station residence — a wood-panelled library, a tea boutique, fires lit in the evening — at the scale of a 53-room resort, minutes from the Mall and Observatory Hill.
For over four decades, MAYFAIR has hosted travellers who could not settle for the ordinary. Whether your heart is drawn to lagoon gardens, Himalayan terraces, or the Bay of Bengal at dawn — every MAYFAIR address is composed with the same quiet promise of grace.
Highlights
A heritage core, rooms named for Darjeeling's own geography, and the town's best hour — first light on Kanchenjunga — from the front steps.
Rooms named
for the hill itself
Campbell, Lloyd, Orchid — the categories carry Darjeeling's own names, and the windows do the rest.
Deluxe Campbell
36 sq m
Five rooms carrying the name of Campbell — thirty-six square metres apiece, sleeping up to three.
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What a day here holds
Kanchenjunga at first light
The mountain shows itself early and rarely stays past mid-morning. The resort's position makes the dawn easy to keep.
The Mall and Observatory Hill
Darjeeling's promenade and its holiest hill are both minutes away — this is a resort you can walk out of.
First flush, in the town that grows it
The tea boutique stocks the gardens around; the library is the place to drink what you buy.
An afternoon at the spa
Aromatherapy, body treatments and Swedish massage, with a steam room for the days the mist gets into everything.
Good to Know
Wellness
Tranquillity at its best
Cuisine
Unique dining experiences
In-house Bar
Memorable occasions
Lactarium
An oasis for nurturing motherhood
Doctor-on-call
24-hour medical assistance
Complimentary Wi-Fi
High-speed throughout the estate
The resort opened in 1997, but it was built on and around Nawabgunge House — a residence of 1875, renovated in 1929, and once the summerhouse of the Maharaja of Nazargunj. The old house is still at its heart.