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Loading…Palatial Retreat in Himachal Pradesh, India
Quiet forested suburb of Shimla (~2,146 m) with Carignano picnic spot and the President's retreat at Chharabra.
Hill station 12 km from Shimla on NH5; Mahasu peak, horse rides, Himalayan Nature Park and winter skiing.
Shimla's pedestrian shopping and promenade street lined with colonial buildings, cafes and woollen and handicraft shops.
Yellow neo-Gothic church on the Ridge, consecrated in 1857, known for stained glass and its landmark clock.
Hanuman temple on Shimla's highest hill (about 2,455 m) with a 108-ft Hanuman statue, reached on foot or by ropeway.
Victorian Gothic theatre on Mall Road (opened 1887) still used for plays, exhibitions and cultural events.
Wide open promenade in the centre of Shimla with mountain views, Christ Church at one end and the town's main festival ground.
Park in Shimla.
Vast ASI-protected hill fort of the Katoch rulers above Kangra town, ruined by the 1905 earthquake, with a museum near the gate.
1852 neo-Gothic Anglican church in deodar forest at Forsyth Ganj, burial place of Viceroy Lord Elgin.
early 13th century Shiva temple
About 500-year-old Kath Kuni stone-and-timber castle of the Kullu rajas, now an HPTDC heritage hotel and museum.
Cliff-top fort monastery at about 3,894 m above the Spiti-Pin confluence; listed by WMF as endangered in 2006.
Hill village 13 km above Reckong Peo with close views of the 6,050 m Kinner Kailash range and old temples.
1888 Jacobethan former residence of British Viceroys on Observatory Hill, now the IIAS, open for guided tours.
1553 pagoda-roofed wooden temple to Hidimba Devi set in a deodar forest above Manali, built over a cave shrine.