Houseboat is a Novel type of accommodation available in Kashmir. Living on a houseboat experiences a fun and real joy for those who experience such stay and always carry cherishing moments along with as a memory for the entire lifetime. The Staff at service on a Houseboat comprises of a Captain, Room Boy, Chef, besides attached Shikara with Shikara-wala for to and fro Crossings and other Shikara Rides. Thus one feels homely atmosphere while one's stay on a Houseboat. The houseboat is usually made out of Cedar wood and constructed imparting modern amenities and facilities available like Corridor, Drawing room, Dining room, Pantry, 02 to 07 bed rooms with attached fully sanitary fitted bath rooms with hot and cold water running. The accessories usually are carved out of Walnut wood and to add to the beauty of house boats, these accessories are put in various rooms and even the doors and windows have walnut wood carving touch and also provide Sun Deck to have an experience of Sun bath. The interior furnishing is palatial which covers Carpets, Crewel Curtains, Embroidered Bed Sheets, foot mats etc.
Many tourists are attracted to Srinagar by the charm of staying on a houseboat, which provides the unique experience of living on the water in a cedar-paneled elegant bedroom, with all the conveniences of a luxury hotel. Srinagar's thousand or so houseboats are moored along sections of the Dal and Nagin Lakes and river Jhelum, each decorated fancifully and named romantically and even whimsically. Like hotels, houseboats vary in degree of luxury and have been accordingly graded by the Department of Tourism. A luxury houseboat, like a luxury hotel has fine furniture, good carpets and modern bathroom fittings, while the 'D category' (the lowest category) of houseboats, like low-budget hotels, is spartanly furnished.
Source: Wikipedia & http://www.royalhouseboats.com/houseboats.asp
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