Patnitop Hotels

Patnitop had its name as Patan Da Talab indicating that it is Pond of the Princess, since the Princess of this land used to come here and take bath in the pond situated here those days, while this hill station is a hilltop tourist destination in Jammu and Kashmir State lying on the plateau in the Shivwalik belt of Himalayas, the river Chenab flowing through it, giving scope to the tourists for adventure sports entertainment in the form of Paragliding, High flying etc at its Billoo Di Powri point, besides the enjoyable hill station stay here,  these are basic information  about Patnitop and to know more about Patnitop, you may choose to get into one of the Tour packages covering this place and offered by Travel Agents, besides the J & K State Tourism, which you can do by logging in to the websites of these organisations.

About hotels in Patnitop there are about 15 hotels here, of which Vardaan Resort, Subash Palace Hotel, Greentop Hotel, Holiday Inn Hotel, Asia The Oasis Resort, Sushant Hotel, Forest View Hotel, Samson Hotel, Shiv International Cottage, Jai Skahan Hotel, Jai Shree Hotel, Kassal In Hotel, New Broadway Hotel, Dogra Residency Hotel and Himalya view Hotel are comparable to  one, two, three, four & five star rated hotels in Patnitop, while all the hotels, some of them deluxe, economy and budget types, have spacious rooms, clean upkeep and nearer to adventure spots and also other tourism points in Jammu Tawi region.

About Patnitop history all we can understand is the history of Jammu where it is located and Suryavanshi King Jambu Lochan on his hunting expedition once, after crossing the river Tawi, noticed a deer drinking water alongside a Tiger, without fear or any hesitation, which surprised the King, when his ministers explained the sanctity of that location which will be a peace maintaining place even among arch enemies, the King thereupon decided to settle his kingdom there, and the place named after him as Jambu nagar, later over a period of time changed to Jammu,  where his brother Bahu Lochan constructed a Fort called Bahu Fort, while subsequent history of Jammu not well explained by historians, in 1730 AD, Dogra King Raja Dhruv Deva moved his capital to Jammu, finding it an important centre for art and culture, promoting Pahari School of Paintings.