Prabhakar Homestay

Top choice in Guwahati


In a quiet residential area, this delightful place run by ex-professor Shiela and her husband, Mahesh, is one of the best homestays in India. The property is hemmed by lush gardens, the spacious rooms are adorned with eco-chic decor and the Assamese meals (₹750) give serious competition to restaurants in town. Payment is normally required in advance.


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2. Judge's House

1.39 MILES

A charming piece of colonial-era architecture, this two-storey house, built in 1922, now holds the offices of the Foundation for Social Transformation.

3. Ugratara Mandir

1.55 MILES

The red-coloured Ugratara Mandir was built in 1725 to enshrine the spot where the goddess Sati's navel is believed to have fallen when her distraught…

4. Sati Radhika Prasanti Udyan

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Between the riverbank and Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Rd in Uzanbazar, this sliver of peaceful, tree-shaded park is police patrolled and particularly popular with…

5. Guwahati Planetarium

1.63 MILES

The Guwahati Planetarium looks like a cross between a mosque and a UFO and has two shows in English per day.

6. Assam State Museum

1.71 MILES

Housed in an imposing colonial-era building, the state museum has a large medieval sculpture collection and upper floors devoted to informative tribal…

7. Dighalipukhuri Park

1.72 MILES

The mildly attractive Dighalipukhuri Park has boating facilities. The lake was once connected by a channel to the Brahmaputra and was used as a naval…

8. Old High Court

1.73 MILES

The old courthouse, with its distinctive beehive dome, has been replaced by the very similar new High Court diagonally across the road.