Previous reviewers have described the quiet, sumptuous house built in 1929 by a wealthy tea family, still retaining all the interesting period furnishings and pictures. The garden is equally splendid but partly marred by a swimming pool on the front lawn with its uninviting water. There's a small, quiet shrine in the back garden. We stayed just 24 hours, but...
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- Also Known As:
- WelcomHeritage Thengal Manor Jorhat, Assam
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
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Amidst the typically Assamese village of Jalukonibari, stands the 72 year old Thengal Manor in Jorhat. Thengal offers you the unique pleasure of gracious living in the lap of nature. Plush suites of single and double bedrooms with baths and dressing rooms attached. In addition there is a sitting room, dining room, lounge. kitchen and pantry. Feel the ambiance of colonial days as you relax in the period furniture and decor. A sense of dejavu pervades when you realize that this was the lifestyle of pioneering Assam planters.
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