Situated close to the centre of McCleod Ganj, yet far enough away from the backpacker ghetto for you to feel a sense of solitude, this is a very friendly family-run place.

Ghulam will bend over backwards to help you out, and also has a line in Kashmir tours too.

Food isn't so great, though when it's quiet you may be able to negotiate a discount on your immaculate room.

Up the road from the tourist office.
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A voluntary charity in the centre of town. If you're here for a while, teach a bit of English, or help with their ever-precarious IT situation, shorter term there is a nightly drop-in English conversation class, just come along and chat, that's it.

As well as all this, they also have yoga classes, some of the cheapest rooms in town and it's a good place to meet other travellers who aren't in India for the cheap weed.

Lots of good work here with many newly arrived refugees and monks, even if you cannot volunteer, donate something.

Temple Road, opposite Thomas Cook

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Good pasta, nice omelettes and great brownies. Lousy service.

Beautiful views down over the valley and of the mountains above from the sun deck more than make up for it.

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Great, saved my life when I was there, kept me full of good veggie food and disastrously tasty banana and chocolate pancakes. Very friendly and decent accommodation too. Great sunsets.

On a little path down to Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery.

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Great little chai shop in the middle of McLeod, best tea in the whole of India, and a smattering of books to trade. They had some old copies of Private Eye as well. Avoid the meat though, as with most of India.

Orange shop front in the middle of town

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