Zostel steps into the premium stay segment with villas that blend privacy with local connection

Zostel steps into the premium stay segment with villas that blend privacy with local connection

Zostel Villa Wayanad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hostel culture and budget travel are relatively new concepts for India. They have been around only for a decade or so, but fit right into India’s appetite for getting their money’s worth. At the cusp of the boom in the travel industry in 2013, in the Blue City of India, Jodhpur, […]

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Fancy a massage on a Himalayan trek? Trekking in India just got luxurious

Fancy a massage on a Himalayan trek? Trekking in India just got luxurious

At 6.45am on an uneventful day in July, seven trekkers and I wished each other cheery ‘good mornings’ at our campsite in Trunkhol, Kashmir, some 3,500 metres above sea level. Amidst idyllic rolling green meadows where horses grazed, we sat chomping down a hearty breakfast of omelette, buttered toast, Maggi and kahwa, at the foot […]

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