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SIMPLY SAHYADRI
M a h a b a les h w ar , P an ch g ani & Wai
Farz an a C ontra ctor
Assorted biscuits and chai
Bread basket
Hotel Prospect Parvaneh & Shahram
Javanmardi
Ring Road, Bhim Nagar,
Panchgani 412805
Mob: 0 94224 42299
Some things don’t change. And I keep my
fingers crossed that they never do. Like the
atmosphere at Hotel Prospect. And the
food they serve.
If you seek solitude and privacy and
want to spend some quiet moments, this is
the place to stay in Panchgani. Family-run,
unpretentious.
The cottages, some large, some small,
some by the pool, are tastefully appointed.
They stay out of view from one another due
to the dense Silver Oaks, the hallmark trees
of Panchgani. The freshness in the air, no dogs greet you, and if they like you enough to expand senselessly, so the few acres
doubt contributed by all the foliage around, and know that you like them, will come sit Prospect stands on continues to have just
including the fragrant Rangoon creepers with you, perhaps offer you a loving lick. 30 rooms. It’s also called contentment.
and hundreds of geraniums. Prospect is charming. The family is a content lot, full of gratitude
Life’s big pleasures come from small The hotel was built over a 100 years that the guests who opt to stay with them
things; a swing here, a bench there, a ago and is looked after very well. To the are ones who have been coming for years.
fountain that works, softly, its flow creating owners it is a legacy to be cherished. By virtue of the fact that this hotel is the
a sound like a Strauss symphony. The house An emotional decision disallows them first one to be built in the hill station, it
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