The Emerald RoomRooms 01–02
Sleeps
Two
Bed
Queen
Outlook
The ridge
Heritage Villa · Kasauli, Himachal
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The Stay
Rooms with a long view
Eight rooms across the house, each with its own colour, its own light, and its own corner of the hill.
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At the table
Meals worth staying in for
The kitchen runs on what is good that day. Breakfast is slow and generous. Dinner on the terrace, with fire and the dark treeline beyond, is the kind of thing guests write home about.
Three meals a day, taken at the pace the hills suggest.
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The house, in fragments
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The location
Where the road runs out
The Mansion sits in the Himalayan foothills above Kasauli, a minute's walk from the century-old Kalka–Shimla railway. The heritage of these hills is close on every side — the old line, a hilltop shrine, and a colonial-era jail with a long memory.
The Kalka–Shimla Railway · UNESCO heritage line1 min walk
Dagshai Central Jail & Museum6 km · 15 min drive
Bhureshwar Mahadev Temple≈ 30 km · 1 hr drive
Chandigarh · nearest airport & railway≈ 60 km · 1 hr 30 min drive
Amenities
Cared for, never crowded
Everything the house keeps, so the days ask nothing of you — from the fire in the hall to the pool on the hillside and long, lantern-lit evenings.
Swimming pool
A pool set into the hillside, the valley falling away below and the afternoons warm and slow.
Bonfire
A fire lit in the open each evening, chairs drawn close as the hills go dark.
Barbecue nights
Coals glowing on the terrace and dinner cooked slowly under the stars.
Live music
Evenings when the house fills with song, played live beside the fire.
Movie nights
A projector, a white wall and a blanket — cinema under the mountain sky.
Board games
A cabinet of games for the slow hours — cards, chess, and the ones that start arguments.
Wood fires
A hearth in every room and one great fire in the hall, kept lit when the air turns.
Full board
Three unhurried meals a day from the kitchen garden, or whenever hunger finds you.
The library
A room of old books, deep chairs and the good kind of quiet.
Garden and orchard
A walled garden, an apple orchard, and benches set for the view.
Mountain walks
Trails from the door to the ridge, the river and the temple, with a guide if you like.
In-house care
A small resident team who keep the house, the fires and your plans in order.
Dev Bhoomi
The land of the gods
Himachal Pradesh from 1200 metres — the ridge, the forest, the light that comes in the morning
Beyond the gate
Worth the drive
A century-old railway a minute from the door, a hilltop temple with the whole range laid out below, and a colonial jail with a long memory. What is near is worth the effort.
01UNESCO heritage · walk
The Kalka–Shimla Railway
A minute from the gate runs one of the engineering feats of the Raj — a narrow-gauge line cut through the hills between 1898 and 1903, with 102 tunnels and more than 800 bridges. UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site in 2008. Walk the century-old track as the little train winds its way up toward Shimla.
Find the track→
02Temple · viewpoint
Bhureshwar Mahadev Temple
A hilltop shrine to Shiva at nearly 7,000 feet, reached by a slow and beautiful mountain drive. From the courtyard the view runs clear across the Churdhar range — Shimla on one side, the lights of Chandigarh on the other. Local legend holds that Shiva and Parvati watched the war of the Mahabharata from this very spot.
See the drive→
03History · museum
Dagshai Central Jail & Museum
Built in 1849 in one of the oldest cantonments in the hills, this T-shaped stone prison held political detainees behind fifty-four cells — one of only two former jails in India kept as a museum. Its most storied prisoners were the Irish soldiers of the 1920 Connaught Rangers mutiny, one of whom, James Daly, was executed in the courtyard.
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What guests say
5.0
★★★★★146 reviews · Guest Favourite
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The surroundings are immaculate, the meals are exceptional, and the staff manage the rare trick of being attentive without being present. We left reluctant.
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Kasauli from a distance is one thing. From inside The Mansion, with the forest on all sides and dinner on the terrace, it is something else entirely.
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The house is warm and the food is serious. It asked nothing of us and gave us everything we needed. We have already written the dates for our return.
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Questions, answered
Where is The Mansion Kasauli?
The Mansion is a heritage villa in the Himalayan foothills above Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh — a one-minute walk from the UNESCO-listed Kalka–Shimla railway line and roughly 60 km (about a 90-minute drive) from Chandigarh airport and railway station.
How many rooms does the villa have?
The Mansion has eight colour-themed rooms across the house — Emerald, Sage, Blue, Lavender and the Terracotta rooms — each with a queen bed, sleeping two, and its own outlook over the ridge, valley or forest.
How do I book a stay?
You can check live dates and rates on StayVista, our booking partner, or book directly with the house by calling +91 98056 71815 or emailing anandmohan56@hotmail.com.
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Rooms are ready from 2 in the afternoon and departure is by 11 in the morning. Early check-in and late check-out are subject to availability — write ahead and we will do what we can.
Is food available at the villa?
Yes — the kitchen serves three meals a day and full board is available. Evenings often end with a bonfire and barbecue in the garden, and breakfast is slow, generous and brought to the terrace when the weather allows.
What is there to do near The Mansion?
Walk the century-old Kalka–Shimla heritage railway from the gate, visit the colonial-era Dagshai Jail Museum 15 minutes away, drive an hour to the hilltop Bhureshwar Mahadev temple, or stay in for the pool, board games, movie nights and picnics in the pines.
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