"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

a place which gives pleasure to the mind...

"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".

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