Stories & curators
The people who pick our stays
Every stay here is chosen by someone who has been, or by our team from the trips we plan. Ask any of them to help you choose.
Pooja Ganesh
Pooja curates stays for Gentle Mile Holidays. She looks for places that are unique, not just expensive, across India and abroad.
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Story · Abroad · 4 min read
Eena Meena Greeka: A Bachelorette Trip to Greece
Three best friends, ten days and a first trip to Europe: Athens, Crete, a cruise off Santorini and the beach clubs of Mykonos.
by Pooja Ganesh
Story · Rajasthan · 4 min read
The Royalty Dream: Staying at the Lake Palace and Umaid Bhawan
Two stays living like royalty: a rooftop dinner by the fire at Udaipur's Lake Palace, and our first trip with a toddler to Jodhpur's Umaid Bhawan Palace.
by Pooja Ganesh
Story · Arunachal Pradesh · 4 min read
Shergaon: A Farm Stay in Apple Country
A Sherdukpen village of orchards, pine and old monasteries, off the main Tawang road. Why we start our western Arunachal trips here, and what a day in it actually looks like.
Story · West Bengal · 6 min read
Darjeeling and Kurseong: The Toy Train, the Tea and a Slow Stay in the Hills
Two hill towns on one old railway line. Darjeeling has the sunrise, the cafés and the heritage hotels. Kurseong, an hour and a half from Bagdogra, is where you go to slow down.