Chanakya BNR Hotel

Puri


Conjuring up images of the Raj, this splendid 150-year-old railway hotel features beautiful bygone touches throughout, including 90-year-old mural panels in the lobby stairwell and restaurant. Inside the enormous rooms, there’s period furniture and old framed Indian Railways photographs. The 1st-floor rooms open out onto a large shared verandah, but sea views are somewhat impeded by construction across the road.

The in-house restaurant specialises in a selection of Anglo-Indian dishes from India's Raj era.