Hotels in Matheran

India's only vehicle-free hill station, 800 m up the Sahyadris — red earth paths, thirty-odd viewpoints and no engines at all.

37 hotels · 2 with a live rate, from ₹1,900 a night · rates in rupees, converted from the booking feed

Where we would book first

Live rates first, then the highest-rated rooms in the neighbourhood.

Every hotel in Matheran

Priced stays lead the list; the rest show a live price one click away.

Planning a stay in Matheran

When to go

October to February is Matheran's best stretch: the monsoon has cleared, the red earth paths are dry rather than sliding underfoot, and daytime temperatures at 800 metres are noticeably cooler than in Mumbai below. This coincides with the wider region's wedding season, which can tighten availability at the heritage bungalows in particular, so book those further ahead if you are travelling in December or January. Monsoon itself, June to September, turns Matheran green and the viewpoints dramatic with cloud, and some travellers come specifically for that, but the paths are slippery and several of the thirty-odd viewpoints are genuinely hazardous in heavy rain.

Weekends throughout the cooler months bring crowds, tour groups and higher horse and hand-rickshaw rates at Dasturi Naka, since this is one of the most accessible hill stations from Mumbai and Pune alike; a weekday visit in the same October-to-February window gives you a quieter town at the same weather without much of a price difference on rooms. Avoid arriving without checking whether your hotel includes a meal plan, since many mid-range properties on MG Road build it into the rate and expect you to eat there rather than at the handful of other options in town.

Getting there and around

From the airport, a taxi to Neral or Dasturi Naka takes two and a half to three and a half hours, ₹2,800 to ₹4,000 by app cab. The cheaper and often faster route is by rail: a Central Line local or express from CSMT or Dadar to Karjat or Neral takes about two hours, followed by a shared taxi up the ghat to Dasturi Naka for around ₹100 a head, roughly 45 minutes of hairpin bends. Either way, you arrive at Dasturi Naka, the vehicle limit for the town, rather than at Matheran itself.

From Dasturi Naka it is 3 km on foot into town, 40 to 50 minutes at a normal walking pace, or a horse at ₹400 to ₹700, or a hand rickshaw for those who cannot or would rather not walk or ride. There is no toy train alternative currently reliable enough to count on for arrival planning. Inside Matheran itself there are no vehicles of any kind: everything is walking distance, in practice 20 to 60 minutes depending on which viewpoint or hotel you are headed to, so pack light and expect a porter to carry heavier bags for a fee.

Where to stay in Matheran

Stay on or just off MG Road for the shortest walk to food and the market: mid-range hotels there run ₹3,500 to ₹6,500 a night in season, most with a mandatory meal plan that is generally good value given how limited eating out is once you are here. Parle Inn Hotel, one of the few Matheran properties currently carrying a live rate on our booking feed, starts from ₹1,900, useful as a sense of where the budget end of the market sits, though rates move with season and day of the week and this figure is only a snapshot.

The heritage bungalows are scattered along the Charlotte Lake and Louisa Point directions: bigger rooms, wood floors, verandahs, ₹8,000 to ₹18,000, and a 15-to-25-minute walk in from Dasturi Naka that you should factor into arrival planning, especially with luggage. Budget lodges near the railway station run ₹1,800 to ₹2,800 and are often noisy with tour groups. Avoid any property describing itself as five minutes from the station without specifying whether that means walking or on horseback, and be wary of weekend rates in season, which run well above the weekday figures quoted here.

What a room costs here

Parle Inn Hotel currently carries a live rate on our booking feed starting from ₹1,900, a useful anchor for the budget end of the Matheran market, though it is a snapshot rather than a guaranteed quote and will move with season and demand. Beyond that one live figure, the wider market runs from roughly ₹1,800 for a basic lodge near the station up through ₹3,500 to ₹6,500 for a mid-range MG Road hotel with meals included, to ₹8,000 to ₹18,000 for a heritage bungalow near Charlotte Lake or Louisa Point.

Meal plans complicate a straight room-rate comparison: many MG Road properties bundle breakfast, lunch and dinner into the nightly rate, which is often good value given how few independent restaurants there are in town, but it means the headline figure is not directly comparable to a room-only rate elsewhere in Mumbai. Prices rise for weekends throughout the October-to-February season and for the wider region's wedding season in the same months. A weekday visit in season is the most reliable way to get toward the lower end of any of these bands.

Questions travellers ask

More about the neighbourhood itself — what to do, how to move, what it costs — on the Matheran page.