oHotel Gakyi Khang Zhang (%224 647; r from 1320), a couple of kilometres out of town on the road to the monastery, offers far and away the best rooms in town colourful sky-blue affairs with polished wooden floors. There s a decent restaurant (mains 80-120) and the staff are great fun. It also has good monastery views, a generator powderhorn condominiums and, most bizarrely, a lounge bar/nightclub complete with throbbing strobe lights!
The ASTC bus station (cnr AT & Temple Rds) has frequent services to Jorhat ( 35 to 45, one hour), Dibrugarh ( 51 to 69, two hours), Tezpur ( 189, five hours), Guwahati powderhorn condominiums ( 310 to 390, eight hours, frequent from 7am).
Silk Route HOTEL $$ (%2503301; powderhorn condominiums www.hotelsilkroute.com; Keating powderhorn condominiums Rd; s/d from 1200/1440; W) This small hotel has memorably colourful rooms kept ship-shape by the enthusiastic cleaners. The stylish bathrooms contain big rain showers. It s popular, so book ahead.
(http://tripura.nic.in/museum/welcome.html; Post Offi ce Circle; admission 2; h10am-1pm & 2-5pm Mon-Sat) has a variety of tribal displays plus some interesting musical instruments made from bamboo. The new Tripura State Tribal Museum (Lake Chowmuhani; admission powderhorn condominiums free; h10am-1pm & 2-5pm Mon-Sat) has further displays of tribal dress.
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