Bantony Castle

Beautifully restored, very impressive old buildings

Dating back to the 18th century, these two buildings—Bantony Castle and Bantony Cottage, both within the Bantony Estate—were once the summer residence of the Maharajas of Sirmour. The name ‘Bantony’ i...

A ruin

The Bantony Estate is a heritage site built during the British era and is located on Bantony Hill of Shimla,is in ruins nowadays although H.P, govt has said to renovate it but until now nothing of sor...

Good

Old place and good for visiting. We visited in afternoon and it was bright sunny. Good place with lovely surrounding.

Ancient, but dilapidated structure

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh laid the foundation stone to begin the restoration work of the British-era Bantony Estate in Shimla, a grand private castle decaying for many decades. ...