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can't go past these prices. Take a city bus to Maruthi Temple, from where it's a short
walk; an autorickshaw costs ?60.
Hotel Dasaprakash
( 2442444;
www.mysoredasaprakashgroup.com
; Gandhi Sq; s/d from ?400/702, d with AC ?1732; )
Popular
with local tourists and pilgrim groups, rooms here are a bit rundown, but the building has
character and makes for a decent budget option. It has an inexpensive veg restaurant with
good dosas.
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Hotel Mayura Hoysala
( 2426160; 2 Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Rd; s/d incl breakfast from ?953/1050; )
This government-owned
hotel continues to offer its blend of mothballed heritage (lace-lined curtains, heavy
wooden doors, assorted cane furniture and old photographs lining its corridors) at afford-
able prices. The bar here is popular with Mysore's tipplers.
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Green Hotel
HERITAGE HOTEL
$$
(
4255000;
www.greenhotelindia.com
; 2270 Vinoba Rd, Jayalakshmipuram; s/d incl breakfast from ?3550/4050;
)
Undergoing several fascinating reincarnations over the years, the character-filled
Green Hotel was originally built as the Chittaranjan Palace in the 1920s by the maharajah
for his three daughters, before becoming a major film studio from the 1950s to 1987.
Today its 31-rooms, set among charming gardens, are all run on solar power and those in
the Palace building include themes such as a Writers room or kitschy Bollywood decor.
Best of all, the profits are distributed to charity and environmental projects across India.
It's 3km west of town.
Parklane Hotel
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HOTEL
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( 4003500;
www.parklanemysore.com
; 2720 Harsha Rd; r from ?2000; )
Travellers' central
on Mysore's tourist circuit, the Parklane is over-the-top kitsch but it's hard to dislike with
its massive rooms which are immaculate, ultracomfortable and thoughtfully outfitted with
mobile-phone chargers and very useful toiletry kits. The restaurant on the 1st is always
busy and has a lively atmosphere.
