Capella
from 4,200 / night
⤢ Open the room
RA 05h 16m 41s · DEC +45° 59′ 53″
Stay where the hills meet the stars.
The threshold
The colour of a struck match.
Capella Cay is built around a single hour — the ten-minute band when the warm gold of the setting sun and Capella’s first light settle over the deep blue of the hills. Everything here is arranged so you don’t miss it.
18:40 · gold18:4018:50 · first star
the ten-minute band
The rooms
Rooms named for the lights in the sky.
A day at the Cay
One day, first light to last star.
06:10★ Menkalinan
The dawn walk
First light comes in low and cold over the hills. The valley is still, the world hasn't started yet, and for a while the Cay is entirely yours.
What's laid on
Amenities & services
Everything the house keeps ready, and everything we'll arrange on your behalf — so the only thing left to do is settle in and watch the hills go blue.
Amenity
Mountain & valley views
Every room opens onto the ridgeline and the long blue hour beyond it.
Amenity
Tea & coffee tray
Stocked in every room and refreshed each morning, however early you rise.
Amenity
Hot water & heating
Warm rooms and endless hot water to come back to after the cold air.
Amenity
Wi-Fi throughout
A reliable connection in every corner — work, then put it away.
Service
Home-cooked meals
Local breakfasts, and dinners by the fire on request.
Service
Guided hikes & treks
Trails for every pace, with a guide who knows the hills by heart.
Service
Bonfire & stargazing
Dark, clear skies and a fire to sit beside long after dark.
Service
Pickup & drop-off
We'll meet you at the nearest station or airport and bring you up.
Finding the Cay
34.1731° N · 74.8251° E
Srinagar · Kashmir
Above the valley, up in the Kashmir hills.
- 01Fly into Srinagar (SXR); the Cay is a calm drive up into the hills from there.
- 02Tell us your arrival and we’ll send the live pin and a name to ask for.
- 03Come the afternoon before — you’ll want to be here for the threshold hour.
Rendering the terrain…
Guest words
What people carry back down the hill.
We came for two nights and stayed for five. Nobody could explain why, and nobody tried.
I have watched a lot of sunsets. This is the only one I have set an alarm to be early for.
The quiet up here is a physical thing. I keep telling people and I can tell they don't believe me.
Reserve
Hold a night in the hills.
Tell us when you’d like to come and we’ll write back within a day with what’s open and how to get here. No deposit to ask — just a note.