Facilities
at Meena Boats
- Best location in Dal Lake
- All major Credit Cards Accepted
- Winter sports*
- Business Center
- Mini Bar
- Houseboats own power generators with full backup
- Restaurant
- Laundry and Dry Cleaning services
- Golf*
- Unlimited Shikara Crossings
- Hairdresser
- Meal Choice Vegetarian / Non - Vegetarian
- Massage
- Shopping Arcade
- Parking Available
- CUISINE: Indian, Chinese, Continental, Special Kashmir Wazawan
- WIFI Internet Facility
- Doctor on call
- Conference Facilities
- Money Changer
- 24 hours Exclusive Room Service
- Travel Desk
- Recreation Center*
*arrangement upon request / under
renovationFacilities in Deluxe Rooms
- Furnished Rooms with Wall to Wall Carpets
- Attached bath with running hot and cold water
- Television with satellite channels
- Refrigerators in all boats
- Telephone in all boats
A Brief introduction about Kashmir HouseboatsEach
houseboat has an attached cook boat at the rear from where the food is
served to the visitor lodging in the boat. People outside Kashmir
generally have the impression that houseboats are navigated from one
place to another with the help of a motor and equipped with a kitchen
with gas or electric cookers where he has to cook himself. But the case
with a Kashmir houseboat is different. It is moored on the banks of the
lake and remains floating but stationary. It is a home away from home.
Where all the chores are taken care of and one is free to enjoy ones
holiday as one pleases. The houseboat can, however, be moved to a place
of choosing on the desire and expenses of the client which is done by
means of poles and not by motor. This shifting to another location can
be effected only when the visitor intends to stay at the particular spot
for a couple of days or more because a houseboat needs proper anchoring,
which is a tedious affair:
The cooks are skilled in preparing
Continental, Indian and Kashmiri Dishes. The meals served during the day
comprise of Bed-Tea, Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Tea and Dinner. The cook
boat is moored a stem of the main boat which also houses the servants.
Boats are electrified, and the interior decoration has
something typical of what Kashmir has to offer. The charm of staying in
a houseboat becomes twofold when you take a ride in a Shikara (Egyptian
Gondola) through the canals and waterways of the city. A Shikara is all
the time available for crossing to and from the houseboats. Touring the
city by a Shikara one gets a bird's eye view of the ancient city laid
out on the either bank of the Jhelum spanned by nine bridges and one can
observe life on the banks as well as the life of the people who still
live on water the Doonga Dwellers.
