“Gar firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast.” “If there is a heaven on earth, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here.” – Mughal Emperor Jehangir said it all when he visited Kashmir.

Smiling locals and winding roads covered with Chinar Trees on either side, lead the way through a charming hamlet in a quiet little hill town called Tangmarg, aptly located 40 km from Srinagar and 14 km before Gulmarg. As you lose yourself gently in the narrow lanes of this quiet and peaceful village, you come across an endearing private estate that once belonged to the Maharaja of Kashmir.

​The Cheese Cottage sits in a quaint corner of the estate, interspersed with wildflowers and fruit trees and, blissfully intersected by a calming water stream that originates from the Drung River. It houses 02 elegant bedrooms and a dramatic living area with quintessential larger-than-life elements, exposed-cement walls and oversized windows giving the house its distinctive modern vibe coupled with an old-world charm.

With its colonial exterior design and the mighty backdrop of the Pir Panjal Range, this 02 bedroom cottage is reminiscent of a fairy-tale mountain home: an ideal space to escape the mundane rigidity of modern life and find inspiration in design and the little things that nature has to offer.