Raja's Seat

A large resort and spa at Kedakal village outside Madikeri, at the top of the district's price range.

The Taj group's resort outside Madikeri, set in rainforest on the edge of the town — the most expensive room in Kodagu, along with the Marriott.

Resort. Somwarpet Road, Makkandur Village Post, Kodagu district, Madikeri, Karnataka 571201.

A budget hotel on Kohinoor Road opposite the State Bank, named for its outlook towards the fort. The fort is the high ground in Madikeri and this is within walking distance of it, so you can do the fort, the Omkareshwara temple and the middle of town on foot.

A central budget hotel on Daswal Road behind Jedi Hospital, which advertises hot water round the clock — not a given in a hill town where mornings are cold most of the year.

A homestay near the Madikeri bus stand — a mid-range room in town rather than out on a plantation, which suits you if you have come by bus and are not driving.

A hotel up by Raja's Seat, about 2 km from the centre — the end of town people walk to for the sunset over the valley.

A coffee estate stay with a stream running through it, on the Madikeri-Siddapur road at Kadagadal. Rates were quoted per couple including breakfast, which is the usual Kodagu plantation arrangement.

A plantation property at the 3rd Mile on the Madikeri-Siddapur road, with a golf course and eco-tourism activities on the estate.

An 1880s planter's bungalow on a working coffee estate at Kedakal, north of Madikeri, with a pool. The colonial-era bungalow let out to guests is the characteristic Kodagu stay.

A homestay close to the middle of Madikeri, behind Cauvery Wedding Hall on Field Marshal Cariappa College Road. It takes bookings on its own site rather than through a booking platform.

A homestay outside Madikeri among coffee plantations, booking direct through its own website.

A hotel near the bus station in the middle of Madikeri. Everything central is within walking reach from there — the fort, the Omkareshwara temple and Raja’s Seat — which is worth something in a hill town where the sights are spread up and down a slope.

A hotel near the Madikeri bus stand. Mercara is the older English name for the town and still turns up on signs and letterheads.

A stay in the middle of Mercara with a green setting, so you get the plantation feel without driving out of the town. Madikeri is still called Mercara by many of the businesses here, and this is one of them.

A budget lodge a couple of hundred metres from the private bus stand, in the middle of town. Near the private bus stand, Madikeri, Karnataka 571201.

A budget lodge directly opposite the KSRTC bus stand — the cheapest sort of room in Madikeri, and the closest to the long-distance buses.

A budget lodge on the Mangalore road out of Madikeri. That is the side of town the coast buses leave from, which makes it convenient if you are going down the ghat to Mangaluru rather than back towards Bengaluru.

A budget lodge by the bus stand in central Madikeri, among the cluster of cheap rooms there. Rooms at this end of the market are not booked ahead in Madikeri; you walk in and ask, and on a festival weekend you may have to try several.