New Theed · Jammu & Kashmir
Wake up in the Zabarwan
One hand-built A-frame cottage, alone in the pines at New Theed. Two bedrooms, a wide window, and nothing on the ridge but weather.
Welcome
A small property, run by the family that built it
We cleared a slope of pine above New Theed, in the hills behind Srinagar, and put up a single A-frame with a glass gable. It opened to guests in 2026.
One cottage means one booking at a time and one family looking after it. We cook the breakfast in our own kitchen and answer the phone ourselves. Nothing here is run by a chain, and nothing about it is trying to be a hotel.
Where you sleep
One roof in the forest
One A-frame in the pines at New Theed, with the Zabarwan ridge behind it and nobody else on the land. A double-height glass gable, two bedrooms with their own bathrooms, and a deck that catches the first light of the morning.
Hand-built A-frame · two bedrooms
The Bear Cottage
- Two bedrooms
- Two bathrooms, one attached to each
- The Zabarwan ridge
Rates on requestSent by reply, usually within a couple of hours
Everything included
Comfort, at the head of the valley
The mountain does the drama. Our job is to make sure the water is hot, the fire is lit and the lights stay on when the grid does not.
Heating & cooling
An air conditioner in each bedroom — warm through the winter, cool in July.
Hot water, all day
A gas geyser backed up by solar, so the shower is hot at dawn.
Power backup
Inverter and generator cover the winter cuts without a flicker.
A Kashmiri kitchen
Noon chai and girda in the morning; a proper dinner cooked to order.
Wi-Fi that holds
Broadband to work from, with mobile data behind it when the line drops.
Private parking
Gated, lit, and a few steps from your door.
A deck of your own
Seating outside under the pines, with the ridge in front of you.
Family friendly
Cots, high chairs and safety gates available at no cost.
In pictures
Photographed here, this year
Every image on this website was taken on the property. What you see is the cottage you will be handed the key to.
Why book with us directly
Four promises we do not break
You speak to the owner
Every message on this site reaches our family directly — not a call centre, not an agent, not a booking site taking its cut. Most replies land within a couple of hours.
A straight price for your dates
We do not publish a nightly rate, because the honest number moves with the season and the length of the stay. Ask, and you get the real figure by reply — with breakfast already in it.
What you see is what you get
Every photograph on this website was taken at the cottage. No stock images, no wide-angle tricks, no borrowed views of somebody else's garden.
Someone is always here
A caretaker lives on the property year round. Hot water, spare blankets and a torch are a knock away at any hour.
When to come
The same valley, four times over
Spring
Almond blossom, then the tulip garden below the Zabarwan for its few weeks. Mild days and cold nights — the kind that still want a warm room.
Summer
Our busiest season. Deep shade under the pines and mid-twenties here while the plains are at forty-five.
Autumn
The chinars turn, the walnuts come down, and the light is the clearest it gets all year. Our own favourite time to be here.
Winter
Chillai Kalan from the twenty-first of December. Snow, a kangri in your lap, and the reason the cottage was built this shape.
Plan your stay
Tell us your dates. We will hold the cottage.
Send us a message and we will reply with what is free, what it costs, and honest advice on the weather. This website never takes a payment or asks for your card.
Or call +91 7006 183094 — We answer 8:00 am – 11:00 pm · Caretaker on site overnight