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Arki is located in the foothills of Western Himalayas in Himachal State of India.This Hotel is a part of an Heritage Fort complex situated at an altitude of 1273 meters or 4200 ft.. the fort built between 1695-1700 A.D by Rana Prithvi Singh is situated on a hillside overlooking the town.

It has a splendid view of Shimla and Kasauli hill station. It is especially enchanting on a clear night with its lights, from the Cliff End Cafe Terrace. Exclusive and pleasent Retreat, free from the pollution and hustle of metropolitan cities and restful stopover for travellers from the plain to hill station of Himachal Pradesh.

Arki is a small town in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, in India. It was the capital, of the former BAGHAL State, which later formed part of Himachal. BAGHAL was founded by Raja Ajai Dev in 1660-65 A.D. He was a scion of the family of Bhoj Dev King of Malwa who ruled over the whole of Northern India including Pakistan. Punjab and Sindh in the 10th century.

Baghal State was founded by Sabha Chand in 1643. The Fort Palace was built by his son Prithvi Singh between 1695-1700. This Fort was also the Headquaters of the Nepalese General Amar Singh Thapa for 8 Years from 1806-1815, when he wasdriven out by the British General Ochterlony, with the help of Rana Jagat Singh of BAGHAL and Raja Ram Saran Singh of Handur (Nalagarh).

The Arki town was developed in a planned manner by Raja Krishan Singh who ruled the state from 1840 to 1867. He was a patron of arts and learning and a far sighted ruler. He built bridal horse and mule tracks to connect Arki with Shimla and Bilaspur and settled artisans, artists, scholars and buisnessmen from other parts of India in Arki and nearby giving them tax free land free of cost.


Facilities
Suites and Double bed rooms with all mordern facilites. - Cable TV in every room. - Telephone, with STD/ISD facilities in every room. - Parking in the Hotel. - A Cafe serving Indian, Continental Snacks and AHAAR DINNING Room serves - Royal Mughlai, Himachali, Regional Indian, Western Continental, Latin and selected Chinese and Thai crusine.- Well stocked Bar Attractive flowers and fruit garden. - Leisure walk. - Recreation room with all enterainment material.- Doctor on call, - hospital nearby.


Rooms
SUITE Chanddar Villa with all modern facilites, DOUBLE BED ROOM Anand Vaas a double bed rooms with all modern facilites.


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