Stay in Hotels in Gangtok and enjoy your vacations

Posted by dunitzsantrino on July 16th, 2014

Gangtok is located at the centre of Sikkim’s tourism industry. The place is surrounded by clouds and it is in the eastern Himalayan ranges. The meaning of Gangtok is unknown clearly but the most popular meaning is ‘hill top’. The history of the Gangtok is unknown and the city has served as a major stopover in the trade route between Tibet and British India. The place enjoys a mild, temperate climate all year round. Tourists mainly visit the place to enjoy the climate and make their stay in any of the budget hotels in Gangtok.

The best time to visit the place is from October to June. Winters in Gangtok are breath-taking and the views of the mountains and valley are absolutely beautiful. From cheap to Star hotels in Gangtok are featured with a variety of cuisines from western to local. The must try dishes in the city are the Sikkimese Nettle Stew, Chicken Momos, Hunana Chicken, Green salad and Thukpa. As the climate is very cold, night life in the city is virtually non-existent. Siliguri is the nearest airport to Gangtok and the nearest railway station is New Jalpaiguri. The population of Gangtok is a mixture of indigenous Sikkimese and people of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.

The annual Gangtok food and cultural festival are organized by the Sikkim tourism department in the month of December.Sikkim’s multi-cultural cuisine along with traditional music and dance performance are presented. Budget hotels in Gangtok are chosen by people during the festival season. As they can save some extra money on the travel and staying expenditure as well as spend it on any other useful stuff in the city. The most important things to do in this place are to view the Kanchenjunga which will surely leave you spell-bound. The place is most suited for the adventurous people and you shall be pleased with the presence of water sports and trekking in Gangtok.

Make your stay in any one of the cheap hotels in Bangtok and enjoy the water sports, trekking and mountain biking which also features in the list of adventure sports that is present in Gangtok. It is now easy to book the hotels as hotels online booking has made the people visiting the place to book it before they reach the place. Though there are plenty of Gangtok hotels present one must book their hotels in Gangtok prior to their visit as during peak season it is really hard to find the hotels.