Shelton Inn Guest House

Overview

Power cuts have a way of ruining an otherwise good stay, so Shelton Inn's UPS backup is worth flagging first, keeping the lights and fans going when the grid stutters. Add an on-site cook who can rust... read more

Power cuts have a way of ruining an otherwise good stay, so Shelton Inn's UPS backup is worth flagging first, keeping the lights and fans going when the grid stutters. Add an on-site cook who can rustle up a meal and you have a guest house that thinks about the practicalities of a longer visit. The rooms carry the usual essentials well, beds and mattresses provided, geysers for hot water, filtered drinking water, and Wi-Fi throughout. It sits on PMA Link Road in Jinnahabad, a handy address for university visitors, with COMSATS Abbottabad about 860 metres off, roughly a ten-minute walk, and Ayub Medical a little beyond at 1.1 km. Jamia Masjid Mandian and the Jinnahabad police station are both a short stroll away, which lends the area a settled, watched-over feel. Nightly rates fall between PKR 8,500 and PKR 12,500 per day. For guests who value uninterrupted power and a hot home-cooked meal at the end of the day over flashier trimmings, this Jinnahabad address quietly delivers where it counts.