Accommodation "The very best honeymoon suite, sooo romantic!" - Jenee and Alexander Najafi, USA
Guests have the use of the whole of the former palace, including drawing rooms, a well-chosen library, and beautiful verandas. The gardens are large and provide peaceful relaxation. The hotel has won the Mysore Horticultural Society first prize for the best garden and for the Rose Garden, and for the display of potted plants. Because of the excellent climate, guests spend most of the day in the garden, on the lawns, or, for those in the Garden Block, on the terrace outside their rooms. We do not have air-conditioned rooms, TV or generators because of our environmentally friendly policies. However the hotel is very airy and well ventilated. We offer spacious, soothing lawns and shady trees to recline against.
Guests can be collected from the station, and during their stay have the use of the hotel's rickshaw. "Check into a hotel, get a palace free! The Chittaranjan Palace in Mysore, which has played host to the royal princesses of the Wadeyar family, is today an exclusive hotel ... the palace still retains the old world charm of the forgotten era ... the wooden stairs, the stained-glass windows, the innumerable little rooms generate a cosy feeling of being at home." - Times of India, January 1997
	There are 24 rooms, all with modern en-suite bathrooms, as follows. The Palace Rooms The Princess's room, the Rose Room, and the Marigold Suite provide elegant accommodation. The Lotus Room is less elegant, but much cheaper. The palace rooms are situated inside the palace and therehave have an ambience of their own. They are old rooms furnished with a view to retaining the old world charm of the buildings. We are offering you five star accommodation at much lower rates. In the Garden Block All rooms have sitting out areas and views on the garden.
On the First Floor Five suites, with sitting rooms, and bathrooms with baths and showers. Three deluxe rooms, with bathrooms with baths and showers. Two deluxe travellers' rooms, with simple bathrooms with showers. On the Ground Floor Twelve travellers' rooms, simply furnished but comfortable, with new bathrooms with showers. The suites have an additional sitting room and larger bathrooms with bathtubs. All these rooms have a wonderful view of the garden and lawns with comfortable cane chairs to sit on the verandah and enjoy the view.

Food "The restaurant at this novel hotel is superb. Diners sit outdoors in comfortable wicker chairs around tables dotted around the garden. The spicy vegetable starters are particularly tasty. This is also a good place to nurse a cool beer after dark." - Fodor's India, 1998
The hotel restaurant is open to non-residents. It offers a comprehensive range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Special diets can be catered for. South and North Indian, European or Chinese meals can be taken in the garden, or on the veranda. Room service is available. Most guests choose to dine on the lawn, under the stars. All food is prepared from fresh ingredients produced locally where appropriate. The hotel is licensed and offers an eclectic range of Indian beers, and even Indian champagne. A favourite drink is fresh lime soda. Meals cost approximately £1 Sterling (US$1.60) for breakfast and £2 Sterling (US$3.20) for a full lunch or dinner.
	Unusual treats include cinnamon toast for tea-time on the lawn after a game of croquet, porridge for breakfast and home-made marmalade and Bengali pickles. Birthday and celebration cakes can be ordered.

Price List

"The Chittaranjan Green Hotel ... a place which gives pleasure to the mind ... The hotel is five star class at one star prices." - The Star of Mysore, April 1995 All profits go to charitable and environmental projects in India. The hotel was chosen as one of the top 20 places to stay in India by The Observer, and received a British Guild of Travel Writers Tourism Project of the Year Award. All guests have free use of the extensive gardens and the main palace with its cool drawing rooms, verandas, and library. The hotel offers a comprehensive range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Exchange Rate Information

Breakfast is Included.

These prices do not include local tax which, at present, is 12.5%.
There is no service charge on this.

Payment may be made by credit card.

All profits go to charitable and environmental projects in India.

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Conferences and Parties "I find the Green Hotel one of the most beautiful places to stay. Beautiful gardens, simple and well maintained rooms, courteous staff and excellent food. And good value for money, too. Highly recommended for the discerning traveller." - J. Sherl, United Kingdom
There are excellent facilites for conferences and parties. The entire hotel can be booked, or part of the hotel allocated for your needs. Rooms, Seating and Equipment The palace has a large meeting room, which can seat up to 75 people six rooms with seating capacity between 12 and 50 people private dining rooms a Board Room
There is outdoor seating for up to 500, and parties of over 2000 can be accommodated. Equipment available on request includes fax, 24 hour telephone, overhead projector, slide projector and screen, video, p.a. system, and photocopier.
	Entertainment Delegates can enjoy the hotel's extensive gardens. Guests can play chess or carrom, croquet on the lawn, and boules in the garden. A rickshaw in hotel livery is available for the use of guests, who may take a leisurely drive into the centre.
For the evenings, diplays of classical Indian music and dance can be arranged, as can quiz evenings or barbeque parties. Mysore has a golf course, and arrangements for guests to play can be made. Location "... attractively situated on the fringes of Mysore." - Blue Guides, India, 1996 The Green Hotel is near the Mysore University campus. Mysore provides an excellent location for conferences. The climate is extremely pleasant. Mysore's colourful market, flamboyant palace and old world charm are pleasant reminders of a more leisured, civilised world.

A Selection of Books from the Green Hotel Library

I spent a blissful afternoon curled up on a reading seat in the library."
- Paula Clegg, United Kingdom

R. K. Narayan	The Ramayana The Mahabarata The Guide Mr. Sanpath the Printer The Man Eater of Malgudi
Sophie Baker	Caste
Dervla Murphy	On a Shoestring to Coorg
N. Chaudhuri	The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Gita Mehta	Snakes and Ladders River Sutra
Mark Tully	The Heart of India No Full Stops in India
Ruth Prawer Jhabrala	Heat and Dust
P. Sainath	Everybody Loves a Good Drought
Heather Woods	Third Class Ticket
Vikram Seth	A Suitable Boy
Mulk Raj Anand	The Untouchable

About the Green Hotel "Giving Green a good name. An interesting spin on Green Tourism comes with the opening in Mysore, India, of the Green Hotel ... apart from the expected commitment to energy saving devices and the use of local produce, the hotel has an equal opportunities policy - particularly employing widows and abandoned wives, for whom work is usually unavailable." - Sunday Times (UK), 23rd July, 1995 The Green Hotel has been set up as a model of sustainable tourism:
to preserve a historic building to incorporate, wherever possible, energy saving and environmentally aware practices to use Indian craft items in furnishing, equipment and restoration to be a good employer, offering equal and fair opportunities to train staff and develop their potential to provide visitors with the opportunity to enjoy traditional hospitality rather than modern day uniformity. All profits are distributed to charitable and environmental projects in India.
"The Chittaranjan Green Hotel ... a place which gives pleasure to the mind ..." - The Star of Mysore, April 1995
	The hotel has been selected as one of the "World's Best Ideas" by the Institute of Social Inventions, London. The hotel has won first prizes in the Mysore Horticultural Society's best garden competition, and has received an award from the British Guild of Travel Writers Tourism Project. We have also featured in the Green Hotelier Magazine and on BBC World Service television.

The Climate in Mysore

India is not the first location you might consider for a cooler summer holiday, but, because of its altitude, Mysore enjoys a wonderful climate all year round.

The highest temperatures are from May to June (23-30°C, much cooler than a Greek island!)

The climate is like a wonderful, hot, English summer from September to March. There may be heavy showers in October. Mid-March to August is rather hot, and the rainy season is June to August. Even in the rainy season, it rarely rains all day.

What the Guide Books Say

"The restaurant at this novel hotel is superb. Diners sit outdoors in comfortable wicker chairs around tables dotted around the garden. The spicy vegetable starters are particularly tasty. This is also a good place to nurse a cool beer after dark. The drawing rooms are furnished in an Edwardian manner and have chess boards and libraries."
Fodor's India, 1998

"... a former royal palace refurbished as an elegant, eco-conscious two star, in large gardens, awarded the prize for best garden in Mysore in 1998. Spacious rooms, lounges, verandas, a croquet lawn and well stocked library. All profits to charities and environmental projects."
The Rough Guide to India (4th Ed.), 2001

"... solar heating, good meals in cool verandah or on immaculate lawns ... exemplary employment practices hence charming, enthusiastic staff. Highly recommended."
Footprint India Handbook, 2002

"The hotel has won awards for ecological awareness, and profits go to charity. The management has kept the palace's elegant atmosphere intact, with a library, chess sets, croquet lawn and bar. "
Lonely Planet India (9th Ed.), 2001

"Charming palace conversion in own gardens. Claims to be the first hotel to embrace sustainable tourism through energy saving and equal opportunity employment policies and by donating profits to Indian charities."
Insight Guides, India, 1996

"... attractively situated on the fringes of Mysore."
Blue Guides, India, 1996

"Friendly laid back hotel in turn-of-the-century Chittaranjan Palace, run as a model of sustainable ecotourism, complete with solar heating and mosquito-devouring fish in the ponds. Guests report charming staff, delicious freshly cooked meals and spotless interiors finished with local handicrafts. Very reasonably priced; all profits go to local charitable and environmental causes."
The Observer, Our Top 20 places to stay in India, March 2000

"Although the villa boasts elegant stained glass windows and beamed ceilings, it's not just the bricks and mortar that please. It's the philosophy of the place."
Wanderlust, June / July 2000

"Mysore's Green Hotel. Set in extensive gardens with formal lawns and shaded pergolas, the Green Hotel in Mysore is an oasis of calm. Highly commended by the British Guild of Travel Writers 'Tourism Project of the Year' in 1995 it recently won the prize for best public garden in Mysore - quite an achievement when you consider the hotel was derelict when it was taken on by the Charities Advisory Trust."
The Green Hotelier, January 1998

"Check into a hotel, get a palace free! The Chittaranjan Palace in Mysore, which has played host to the royal princesses of the Wadeyar family, is today an exclusive hotel ... the palace still retains the old world charm of the forgotten era ... the wooden stairs, the stained-glass windows, the innumerable little rooms generate a cosy feeling of being at home."
Times of India, January 1997

"The Chittaranjan Green Hotel ... a place which gives pleasure to the mind ... The hotel is five star class at one star prices."
The Star of Mysore, April 1995

"Giving Green a good name. An interesting spin on Green Tourism comes with the opening in Mysore, India, of the Green Hotel ... apart from the expected commitment to energy saving devices and the use of local produce, the hotel has an equal opportunities policy - particularly employing widows and abandoned wives, for whom work is usually unavailable."
Sunday Times (UK), 23rd July, 1995

"UK charity sets pace for Indian tourism. The Charities Advisory Trust ... has provided funding for a 'Green Hotel' in Southern India. The Chittaranjan Palace, built for Mysore's royal princesses, has been restored to a 24 bedroom hotel using traditional crafts but not neglecting the creature comforts demanded by the modern international tourist."
Charity Magazine, September 1995

"Just what Mysore has needed for some time ... the spacious sitting rooms, verandas and garden, make this an oasis of peace when travelling in the South. The delicious local food and friendly staff give it a relaxed homely atmosphere. There is a strong policy of employing women, using local goods, and recycling."
Wanderlust, December 1997

The green hotel was also named as the top hotel (under £20) in The Independent on Sunday's list of 60 best budget hotels round the world (11 May 2001), described as "a palace fit for a princess". As The Independent's deputy travel editor Lucy Gillmore said, "holidaying on a budget doesn't mean you can't make stylish sleeping arangements".

What the Guests Say

"We had a wonderful time in Mysore, and the four nights we stayed at the Green Hotel were the best of our entire visit to India. Your work there is impressive, proof of what can be achieved with vision and determination."
Colin and Helen Hastings, United Kingdom

"I have just returned from a trip to South India and have to tell you about our stay at the Green Hotel. It was marvellous and without doubt one of the highlights of the trip. The staff were wonderful and could not have done more to help."
Vincent Cooney and Audrey Smith, United Kingdom

"I find the Green Hotel one of the most beautiful places to stay. Beautiful gardens, simple and well maintained rooms, courteous staff and excellent food. And good value for money, too. Highly recommended for the discerning traveller."
J. Sherl, United Kingdom

"The month I stayed here was one of the best of my life. Thank you very much. Best wishes for a thoroughly admirable venture."
Jack Carlson, Canada

"I spent a blissful afternoon curled up on a reading seat in the library."
Paula Clegg, United Kingdom

"The very best honeymoon suite, sooo romantic!"
Jenee and Alexander Najafi, USA

"Everybody was kind and helpful and full of suggestions for interesting sightseeing."
Andrew Oddy, British Museum

"Three candles in a silver candelabra, a full moon and Indian food, superb service and wonderful company. What more can one want?"
Annerie van de Merwe, South Africa

"It is the most visually harmonious (beautiful but un-flash) place I have ever stayed in."
Timothy Hyman, London

"Our best stay here out of 18 years of coming and going."
John and Sue Perry, Washington

"Please do not change anything."
Richard Bagshaw, Scotland

Contact the Hotel

Please direct all enquiries either directly to the hotel, or to Anna Sabine at the Charities Advisory Trust in London.

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