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Shimla Queen Of Hills
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Itinerary
The best way to know Shimla is to walk! Start your day with Mall Road, which is one of the longest of open-air, pedestrian, eating-strolling-shopping promenades in the world. Christ Church, with its imposing structure, stands tall on the Mall Road and next to it is the charming building of the State Library. Another site worth visiting is the Dorje Drag Monastery, replete with Tibetan prayer flags, chants of the monks and prayer wheels.
The Ridge-to-Viceregal Lodge bit of the Mall forms the core of the notified “Heritage Zone” of Shimla. The horse rides and ice-cream vendors draw children, the bars and restaurants draw adults, and the cozy benches and views draw everybody. Start early so that you can cover attractions like Telegraph Building, Catholic Church, State Bank of India building and other heritage buildings on the Ridge Road. Also, don’t miss Wake and Bake Cafe, one of the best travel cafes in India, in between your sightseeing expeditions on the Mall. Back to in your hotel.
Even though Shimla has so much to explore in itself, there are beautiful and fun getaways like Kufri.
Kufri has a lot of offerings to choose from–skiing, trekking, tobogganing, camping, rock climbing to horse rides and peaceful walks.
Jakhoo is the tallest of Shimla’s hills (7,500 ft) and towers over The Ridge. It’s crowned by the famous Jakhoo Hanuman Temple and an extravagantly gigantic statue of the god. There are viewing points and benches looking over the enchanting sunrises and sunsets. You can climb up the hill from a lane near Christ Church or you can drive up the other side of the hill from Sanjauli.
Shimla is also a walker’s paradise and there are many interesting walking trails including Ridge-St. Bede’s Walk, The Vidhan Sabha-Annandale Walk and Sanjauli-Jakhoo Hill-Ridge walk which are worth taking up. Opt for the Heritage Walking Tour in Shimla, one of the famous walking tours in India, to get the best of this pretty hill station.
About this activity
I hope this 3-day itinerary for Shimla will help you in exploring the local flavours of this pretty hill station and bring home some exciting memories.
Highlights
Shimla, the capital of the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, which borders Punjab, is India’s largest and best known hill station. It spans a 12km ridge in the foothills of the Himalayas, with steep, forested slopes falling away below and mountain views above.
