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{{Short description|Heritage Hotel in Darjeeling, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = The Elgin Hotel, Darjeeling
| logo = File:The Elgin Hotels & Resorts.png
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| image = File:Colonial-Era Hotel Elgin - Darjeeling - West Bengal - India (12406988513).jpg
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| caption =View of The Elgin Hotel, Darjeeling.
| location = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]], [[Darjeeling]]<br />[[H. D. Lama Road]], 734 101
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| developer =
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| operator = Elgin Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
| owner = Elgin Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
| number_of_restaurants = 3
| number_of_rooms = 25 Double Rooms <ref>[http://www.pathfinderindia.com/bengal/westben1.htm#DARJEELING A Directory of Hotels in India]</ref>
| number_of_suites = 3
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| website = [http://www.elginhotels.com/ Official Website]
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'''The Elgin Hotel''',<ref>[http://www.incredibleindia.org/#/travel/destination/darjeeling/darjeeling-where-to-stay Places to stay in Darjeeling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708162202/http://www.incredibleindia.org/#/travel/destination/darjeeling/darjeeling-where-to-stay |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> [[Darjeeling]] formerly known as The New Elgin<ref>[http://heritagehotels.com/heritage-hotels-india/westbengal.htm Heritage Hotels in West Bengal, India]</ref> was built around the year 1887 and was originally the summer residence of the [[Maharaja]] (King) of [[Cooch Behar]]. It is a [[Cultural heritage|Heritage]] Hotel situated in [[Darjeeling]], a Hill Retreat in the [[Himalayas]].

==History==
Built in 1887 around a garden, the hotel has been extensively refurbished to restore it to its former grandeur and its history has been kept intact. The hotel which was styled in the [[Royal manor|Royal]] [[Manor House]] architecture has been restored to its original condition with etchings of Gouray Douglas,<ref>{{cite news|title=Goray Douglas, one of the renowned artists of the hill town, Darjeeling|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061101/asp/siliguri/story_6937650.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph|first=Vivek|last=Chhetri|date=1 November 2006}}</ref> lithographs of [[William Daniell]], period [[Burma]] [[Teak]] furniture, oak floor boards and paneling and original fireplaces.

This hotel has played host to dignitaries like the US Ambassador and the [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]], [[Crown Prince]] of [[Sikkim]] to [[Dominique Lapierre]] and [[Mark Tully]]. The hotel has stories to tell from the time of its first owner the [[Maharaja of Cooch Behar]] to Nancy Oakley when she owned it in the 1950s.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

==Awards==
*"Certificate of Excellence 2012" status by [[TripAdvisor]]<ref>[http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g304557-d307174-Reviews-Elgin_Darjeeling-Darjeeling_West_Bengal.html TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2012]</ref>

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[[Category:Hotels in Darjeeling]]
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