Thursday, January 15, 2009

Fort Unchagaon, Heritage Hotel in a Village setup

Some time back I had visited a nice and a different kind of hotel close to Delhi. The place was Fort Unchagaon, about 130 k from Delhi near Garh near the Moradabad Highway(a heritage resort near Delhi). This 19th century fort was made by ancestors of Raja Surendra Pal Singh, the present owner. The drive to the place takes you through a village road for about 10 k along the irrigation canal after heading on the NH24 for about 100k. The ride was a little bumpy in the last few km. The hotel offers two kinds of rooms Fort house and the Collector court, fort house being the bigger rooms in the main building, while the Collector court rooms are smaller in size.

We were greeted by a huge doorway and some very green lawns before entering the Fort House building. We were given a room in the Fort House itself which was really big in size though not a very luxurious one. The room had a living room and a bedroom with nice heritage feel and look. There are also rooms in the annexe, called the Collector's court. These rooms are smaller in size but still quiet good. We had a nice sumptuous and delicious lunch which was like home cooked food with a nice variety of dishes. For recreation there is a newly built Swimming Pool, badminton,TT, cricket etc. There is no TV in the rooms but a common TV with a dish is available.
After lunch we went for a horse ride after choosing a horse from the Fort house stable and went for a village tour. We saw some real country side with mango orchards, village style living and saw pottery making and jaggery(gud)making. We even tried our hands at pottery making which did not turn out to be that easy. We also went till the Ganges and enjoyed some boat ride by local boatsman, though we did not see any dolphins but we were told that they were some times seen in this area.

In the evening we had some tea in the lush green lawns and played some table tennis. There was a small cultural programme in the evening with bon fire, which we enjoyed with some drinks. Overall the stay was quiet comfortable with very hospitable and trained staff and some nice food and peaceful surroundings.


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For booking call Seema 9891458220/Anand 9811193634
R.Anand,
Around Delhi

2 comments:

  1. Hi Anand, nice blog you have. I and my wife were planning to go to Unchagaon. So needed to know few things
    a. How the the road from Delhi to Unchagaon in terms of safety and comfort.
    b. How much did the rooms cost and how did you do the booking.
    c. How are Collector court rooms compared with Fort rooms - price and comfort.

    Its a long query list i understand but really hoping to get the answers :)

    Many thanks, Nitin (nitin_nkj@yahoo.com)

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  2. hi anand, a nice blog made by you. my family is planning to visit unchagaon so would like to know about your tariff and packages for two nights.

    thanks mukul (mukul_ag@yahoo.com)

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