Windamere Hotel has two wings:
The Windamere and Little Windamere
The Ada Villa
The Windamere wing appeals
to guests who like tradition, who would be comfortable
in a bygone age, and who want a reminder of how people
got on with their lives in old Darjeeling. There are no
TVs and telephones in the main house called Ada Villa;
and only telephones, by request, in the Annexe.
Guests, who choose this wing, prefer to avoid the distractions
of modern life for the duration of their stay.
Generations of newly-wedded
couples have enjoyed the quiet ease afforded by Tinker
Belle's Cottage (also known as Honeymoon Cottage).
The cottage is set apart from the rest of the hotel,
on a sunny little spur that rises just above Windamere's
Ada Villa. Couples return to the cottage for anniversaries,
to snuggle before the fire in the evenings, only to
remember and to dream of days long ago.
Tinker Belle's Cottage
Annandale House
The Little Windamere
wing appeals to people who need to remain in touch with
modern life, even while they indulge their love of the
past and old things. The residential houses in this
wing, Annandale House, and Observatory House,
are provided with TVs and telephones.
The bathrooms have fittings which were once the property
of the Loreto Convent Girls School. These were donated
to Windamere Hotel when the Convent closed
down its boarding
school after 130 memorable years. The
Convent is the oldest European school in Darjeeling
District, having been founded in 1846. It counts among
its many famous former pupils, Vivien Leigh, the actress
of "Gone With The Wind" fame.
