Hotel New Golden Flower Heritage Houseboat (Srinagar, India)

About New Golden Flower Heritage Houseboat

The 2-star New Golden Flower Group of Houseboats are unique in the world to Kashmir valley. For the visitor to Srinagar, staying in a house boat is an out of world experience. The houseboat came into being during the British Era, when the Maharaja of Kashmir refused them permission to build on dry land. The resourceful Britishers took to the water, living in ornate houseboats. The style has hardly changed from the first houseboat built by Mr. Conard in 1888 right down to boats being built today and since than the houseboat become mascots of Kashmir Tourism and gained a world wide acclaim. If your dreams include a sojourn on a houseboat in Kashmir, kingfishers darting between the blossoming lotus and snowcapped mountains lining the horizon, and each day concluded by a sunset of copper and gold, then imagine yourself on Nagin Lake. Three houseboats are moored to the island, each with its own porch facing North across the open water, the New Golden Flower houseboat group. The boats have combine modern amenities, such as electricity and hot showers, with a cuisine and impeccable service cultivated over many decades and handed down from one generation to the next.