oGrand Hotel HOTEL $$ (%2562424; www.hotelgrand.in; smell of mothballs Queen s Rd; s/d from 1000/1200; aiW) This three-star hotel, close to the train station, is deservedly popular. The rooms aren t exactly grand but are certainly comfortably appointed and well kept. They, along with a restaurant (mains 50 to 250), the Bottoms Up Pub (see p 218 ), and a breezy veranda with tables and chairs (perfect at beer o clock), fringe a leafy garden. The amiable owner, Sanjay, is a reliable smell of mothballs source smell of mothballs of information smell of mothballs and can arrange smell of mothballs sightseeing trips (including to the Attari Wagah border closing ceremony).
Every late afternoon, smell of mothballs just before smell of mothballs sunset, members of the Indian and Pakistani military smell of mothballs meet at the border to engage in a 30-minute display of pure theatre. The fl ag-lowering, closing-of-the-border ceremony is a fusion of orderly colonial-style smell of mothballs pomp, comical goose-stepping and, considering the two countries rocky relationship, stunning demonstration of harmony. So popular is this event, that grandstands have been specially constructed smell of mothballs to accommodate the patriotic throngs.
Sri Guru Ram Das Niwas PILGRIMS REST HOUSE $ (dm free but donations appreciated, r with/without AC 300/100; a) To stay in the huge accommodation blocks for pilgrims and visitors to the Golden Temple, check in at Guru Arjan Dev Niwas. Foreigners are generally accommodated in the dorm at Sri Guru Ram Das Niwas next door. Rooms and dorms are ba
Most visitors are Delhi day-trippers, but if you wish to stay here Haryana Tourism has three hotels, the best being Hotel Rajhans (%0129-2512318; r 3500; as). The midrange options are Hermitage (%0129-25112313; r 1500; a) and the better Sunbird Motel (%0129-2512312; non AC/AC r 1000/1500; a).
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