Dharamsala, Indian Himalayas, India

On the verdant fringes of Lower Dharamshala, Blossoms Village is an attractively designed, modern resort, offering rooms in a multi-storey block or suites in more spacious cottages overlooking a well tended terraced garden.

The architecture’s eco-friendly, making extensive use of traditional mud bricks, local timber and slate, as well as solar heating. And the setting at the foot of the Dhauladhar range is wonderful, with a glorious backdrop of forest and snow peaks – a view best savoured from the comfort of a creaky wicker chair on the hotel’s rooftop café terrace.