Holiday Inn Manali

Location. The Holiday Inn Manali is located in the city center of Manali, India, three kilometers from Gayatri Temple and five kilometers from a Tibetan monastery and Hadimba Temple.

Hotel Features. The hotel includes a large grassy courtyard filled with tables and chairs. The red roofs of the hotel's buildings contrast strikingly with the surrounding green hillsides of pine trees and apple orchards. The hotel offers a health club and a spa, a business center, a game room and disco, restaurants and bars.

Holiday Inn Manali dining options include Red Roof, a coffee shop that serves international and Indian cuisine during lunch and dinner hours. Symphony, a dinner restaurant, offers Indian, Chinese and Continental cuisine. Chancellor Bar offers leather-upholstered chairs, liquors, other beverages and snacks. Chelsea Club is a nightclub with a bar, a disco, video games and pool. The Billiards Room offers teas, coffees and light meals in a quiet environment.

The business center includes analog dial-up Internet access, computers, printers and fax and copy equipment. The hotel's meeting room can seat from 60 to 200 people. Analog dial-up Internet access also is available in public areas for a fee.

Ayurveda Spa offers massage and renewal and rejuvenation treatments. The Health Club includes fitness equipment, a steam room, a sauna and a spa tub.

Guestrooms. The four-story hotel's 60 guestrooms include cable television, movies, analog dial-up Internet access, desks, direct-dial phones and safes. Rooms also offer valet service, coffee and tea makers and full-size refrigerators. All rooms are nonsmoking.

Expert Tip. Hadimba Temple, built in the 16th century, is surrounded by deodara forests and features a stone statue of the goddess Hadimba. The temple is in the architectural style of a Buddhist pagoda and includes numerous wood carvings.