Darjeeling Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

A quintessential, British Raj-era hill station, Darjeeling is situated in the lower Himalayas at a height of 6,982ft. In the upper reaches of the state of West Bengal, it is the headquarters of Darjeeling district and counts Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan as its neighbours. The town is best known for its fabulous views of India's highest, and the world's third-highest peak, the Kanchenjunga, at 28,169ft, and its tea plantations. A part of the independent state of Sikkim in the early 19^th century, Darjeeling was discovered by the British when they were asked to intervene and help settle border disputes between Nepal and Sikkim. Permission was sought from the Sikkim Chogyal (king) to build a sanitarium there because of the area's temperate climate and salubrious environs. Darjeeling went from being a cluster of villages in the hills to a preferred holiday destination for