India GOBudget · ₹ (approx ₹600-2000/night)
The Hosteller Dehradun
Glass-fronted social hostel in the Shivalik foothills near Sahastradhara
Uttarakhand · North India
Dehradun
👥 850K population
640m elevation🌲 450ha Forest Research campus
640m elevation🌲 450ha Forest Research campusThe unhurried gateway to the hills, cradled in the Doon valley: Tibetan monasteries, leafy old boarding schools, litchi orchards and the dripping caverns of Robber's Cave. An easy way into the Himalaya, with Mussoorie and Rishikesh a short climb away.
Stays
Where to stay in Dehradun
10 hand-picked stays from budget to luxury, the author's picks first.
All stays in the cityBooking.comAgoda
Mid-range · ₹₹ (approx ₹4000-7000/night)
Lemon Tree Hotel, Dehradun
Reliable midscale hotel atop Pacific Mall on Rajpur Road
Special stays · ₹₹ (approx ₹3500-6500/night)
Mango Tree Courtyard
Colonial-style boutique hotel around a courtyard mango tree in the old city
Luxury · ₹₹₹ (approx ₹9000-16000/night)
Hyatt Centric Rajpur Road Dehradun
Lifestyle hotel on Rajpur Road with a rooftop infinity pool over the valley
Special stays · ₹₹₹ (approx ₹15000-30000+/night)
SaffronStays Timber Quest
Cluster of glass-and-timber forest cottages with jacuzzi and steam room
Budget · ₹ (approx ₹1000-2000/night)
Hotel Relax
Central budget hotel near the railway station and Paltan Bazaar
Mid-range · ₹₹ (approx ₹2500-4500/night)
Hotel Pacific Dehradun
Long-running city-centre hotel a short walk from the Clock Tower
Special stays · ₹₹₹ (approx ₹8000-15000/night)
The Blue Door
Award-winning cottagecore boutique homestay in Purkul village
Special stays · ₹₹₹ (approx ₹15000-25000/night whole villa)
Barefoot House by Hushstays
Restored English-estate villa for exclusive use in Purkul
Luxury · ₹₹₹ (approx ₹18000-35000+/night)
JW Marriott Mussoorie Walnut Grove Resort & Spa
Himalayan resort and L'Occitane spa in the hills above Dehradun
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Highlights
What to see 27
Tapkeshwar MahadevThe temple of dripping waterDetails →
Mindrolling MonasteryA Tibetan islandDetails →
Forest Research InstituteDetails →
Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar)An Independence memorial that doubles as the starting line for the old bazaarDetails →
Khalanga War MemorialRarely visited, though it may be the only monument a victor raised to its enemyDetails →
Zonal Anthropological MuseumA half-hour primer on the hill communities, 500 m from the FRI everyone visitsDetails →
Shri Guru Ram Rai Darbar SahibThe shrine Dehradun grew around, and the finest surviving murals in the regionDetails →
Daat Kali TempleWhere the valley brings its new vehicles to be blessed, thread and yantra includedDetails →
Laxman Siddh TempleSal-forest shrine that anchors the valley's own one-day, four-seat pilgrimageDetails →
Prakasheshwar Mahadev TempleThe temple that refuses donations and feeds everyone who comes, free of chargeDetails →
Santala Devi TempleSeven hundred steps up a ridge for the quietest wide view over the western DoonDetails →
Lachhiwala Nature ParkCold stream-fed pools under sal shade: the valley's own answer to MayDetails →
MaldevtaThe locals' morning cycling run, ending on an open bank of river pebblesDetails →
SahastradharaThe thousand-fold springsDetails →
Shikhar FallsA kilometre on foot from the last village to a cascade you may have to yourselfDetails →
Rajaji National ParkWild elephants and cold winter light, a jeep ride from the edge of the cityDetails →
Dehradun Zoo (Malsi Deer Park)An easy, shaded half-day with children on the road up towards MussoorieDetails →
Astley HallUnhurried heritage shopping row with a guitar-shop Beatles story attachedDetails →
Paltan BazaarDoon basmati, rhododendron pickle and hill woollens on the city's oldest streetDetails →
Tibetan MarketHandwoven Tibetan wool at prices the branded shops cannot come close toDetails →
The English Book DepotA hundred years, four generations and a coffee counter, minutes from the Clock TowerDetails →
Natraj Green BookshopStock up on serious Himalayan reading where Ruskin Bond has signed the shelvesDetails →
Kipling's Trail, Old RajpurThe pre-motor-road way up to Mussoorie, starting in a forgotten staging village
Wadia Himalayan Geology MuseumFree half-hour on how the Himalaya were built, from the people who study them
Rashtrapati Niketan (Presidential Retreat)Closed for nearly two centuries, the presidential estate now takes booked visitors
Asan Conservation Reserve (Asan Barrage)Uttarakhand's first Ramsar wetland, at its fullest between October and March
Robber's Cave (Gucchupani)
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