Need to know
Rooms
Six, including one suite.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates include an à la carte breakfast of homemade pastries, made-to-order eggs and crêpes, granola bowls and smoothies.
Also
None of the rooms are specially adapted for guests with limited mobility, but wheelchair-users can access the hotel’s restaurant, gardens, and pavilion area.
At the hotel
Sprawling gardens, charged laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, minibar, free bottled water, tea- and coffee-making kit, bathrobes and all-natural Gulnare Skincare toiletries.
Our favourite rooms
Named after local trees — Sheesham, Shahtoot, Neem, Amaltas, Gulmohar, and Banyan — Anvaya’s six rooms are light-filled spaces which frame leafy canopy views over the Asola-Bhatti Forest. The split-level Banyan Suite is the most spacious, with its own winding staircase leading up to a softly glowing bedroom decorated with natural cane and locally sourced teak accents.
Poolside
On a jungle-fringed deck just off the glass pavilion, the hotel’s infinity pool draws local birds and butterflies to its emerald waters (made so vibrant by the clever use of green marble). The edge of the pool drops into a tangle of verdant foliage, where you can watch Indian golden orioles — marked by bright yellow wings the same brilliant shade as the sunloungers — flit between Banyan tree branches.
Spa
Anvaya partners with local yoga instructors and Ayurveda practitioners to host seasonal retreats and garden wellness sessions, as well as therapists for on-demand massages.
Packing tips
A sturdy pair of walking boots might not spring to mind for a Delhi city break, but will come in handy when visiting the nearby Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, and hiking up and down the Aravallis, India’s oldest hill ranges.
Also
The hotel’s eye-catching exterior owes its sunshine-yellow colour to the architect’s experimental use of lime extract in the plastering and painting.
Children
Over-12s are welcome to stay, but aren’t especially catered for.
Sustainability efforts
Home to peacocks, wild birds, butterflies, bees and an abundance of local trees, Anvaya has an as-nature-intended approach to its 75-acre grounds. Eco-friendly irrigation systems keep everything watered efficiently, and organic produce from the hotel’s farm supplies the zero-waste kitchen. The limestone used to build the main residence and the pampas grass lining the glass pavilion cleverly regulate the temperature throughout, keeping electricity usage and air-conditioning to a minimum.
