Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Status: Open to tourists 9:30 AM-5:00 PM with guided tours by time slot; closed Mondays and national holidays. No closure notice on the institute's tourist page.
1888 Jacobethan former residence of British Viceroys on Observatory Hill, now the IIAS, open for guided tours.
Designed by Henry Irwin and completed in 1888, the Viceregal Lodge was the summer residence of the British Viceroys. The 1945 Simla Conference was held here. The estate now houses the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Visitors see parts of the building on 30-minute guided tours in Hindi and English, and can walk the lawns and gardens.
Within 1 km of Viceregal Lodge (Rashtrapati Niwas / Indian Institute of Advanced Study).
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.
Kali temple built in 1845 by a Bengali Brahmin, near the Mall; linked to the goddess Shyamala, from whom Shimla's name is said to come.
Indian cultural museum
Wide open promenade in the centre of Shimla with mountain views, Christ Church at one end and the town's main festival ground.
Crowded bazaar below Mall Road for everyday goods, clothes and snacks.
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.
About 500-year-old Kath Kuni stone-and-timber castle of the Kullu rajas, now an HPTDC heritage hotel and museum.
Early 8th-century monolithic rock-cut Hindu temple complex near Kangra, facing the Dhauladhar across a temple pool.
early 13th century Shiva temple
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.
1553 pagoda-roofed wooden temple to Hidimba Devi set in a deodar forest above Manali, built over a cave shrine.