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Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5
- Baratang5 placesMangrove creeks, a limestone cave and a small mud volcano, reached by a long…
- Diglipur5 placesThe far north of the Andamans: a rice-and-orange farming town, a turtle beach…
- Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep)20 placesWhite sand, clear water and a slow island pace: a place for underwater…
- Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep)10 placesCalm coves, soft sand and a natural rock bridge: an island that rewards slow…
- Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram)18 placesA historic port town where freedom's prison stands guard, and the island…
Andhra Pradesh 26
- Ahobilam12 placesA forest pilgrimage of nine Narasimha shrines in the Nallamala hills, where…
- Amaravati16 placesA capital emerging on the Krishna's banks: ancient Buddhist heritage, modern…
- Annavaram10 placesA hill shrine to Satyanarayana above the Pampa river, where families come to…
- Araku Valley13 placesA cool plateau in the Eastern Ghats: coffee estates, tribal markets, limestone…
- Bobbili5 placesA small town of old zamindari palaces, a famous 1757 battle and the hand-carved…
- Gandikota7 placesA ruined fort on the edge of a river gorge: temples, a mosque and a granary…
- Gooty5 placesA rocky plateau town beneath an old hill fort, with Munro's grave at its foot…
- Horsley Hills9 placesA small, breezy hilltop in the Eastern Ghats with one famous tree, a quiet…
- Kakinada7 placesA sheltered port city on the Godavari delta: mangrove creeks, old Vishnu and…
- Kurnool8 placesA river-town gateway to Rayalaseema: a 16th-century watchtower, a Nawabi tomb…
- Lambasingi7 placesA cold-weather hill village at about 1,000 m in the Eastern Ghats, known for…
- Lepakshi9 placesA small village on the Karnataka border with a sixteenth-century Vijayanagara…
- Machilipatnam9 placesA former Coromandel port of Dutch graves, block-printed cloth and gram-flour…
- Mantralayam12 placesA river-bank pilgrim town built around the brindavana of the saint Raghavendra…
- Maredumilli8 placesA forest village in the Eastern Ghats with seasonal waterfalls, a riverside…
- Palamaner5 placesA quiet hill-edge town near the Karnataka border, with an elephant sanctuary…
- Penchalakona5 placesA Narasimha temple valley in the Eastern Ghats, with forest paths, a waterfall…
- Puttaparthi11 placesA small town on the Chitravathi river built around one ashram: early sessions…
- Rayadurgam5 placesA textile and market town on the Karnataka border, built at the foot of a…
- Siddhavatam5 placesA quiet riverside village on the Pennar, with a 14th-century fort, old temples…
- Srikalahasti13 placesA riverside temple town where one of India's five element temples sits against…
- Srisailam12 placesA forest-ringed hill town on the Krishna, where one temple complex holds both a…
- Tirupati22 placesA city built in the shadow of a hill temple: ancient pilgrimage, spiritual…
- Udayagiri5 placesA small town under a forested hill, with a ruined Gajapati and Vijayanagara…
- Vijayawada15 placesA riverside city on the Krishna, with a temple perched on a sacred hill and…
- Visakhapatnam19 placesBay of Bengal beaches, a hilltop park above the city, ancient Buddhist sites…
Arunachal Pradesh 9
- Bomdila10 placesA cool ridge town on the road to Tawang, with hillside monasteries, orchid…
- Dirang11 placesA broad Himalayan valley on the Bomdila-Tawang road, with Monpa stone villages…
- Itanagar8 placesA young hill capital with an old brick fort, a Tibetan gompa on a hilltop and…
- Mechuka7 placesA high, flat valley on the Siyom river with Buddhist gompas, hanging bridges…
- Namdapha11 placesA remote rainforest reserve on the Myanmar border, reached through Miao and…
- Pasighat12 placesWhere the Siang river leaves the hills and meets the plains: Arunachal's oldest…
- Roing5 placesA quiet foothill town at the north-eastern edge of India: a clear forest lake…
- Tawang12 placesHigh-altitude Buddhist monastery, dramatic mountain passes and the thin air of…
- Ziro12 placesA high plateau of paddy fields, pine ridges and bamboo-built Apatani villages…
Assam 11
- Dibrugarh12 placesTea estates on every side, a wide Brahmaputra at the edge of town and a…
- Guwahati23 placesThe Brahmaputra flows through a city of temples, crafts and gateways: Guwahati…
- Haflong9 placesAssam's only hill station: a cool, cloud-prone town of lake, ridges and Dimasa…
- Jorhat7 placesThe last Ahom capital and the tea town of Upper Assam: a calm base for tea…
- Kaziranga23 placesGrassland safari where one-horned rhinos graze across riverine plains: a small…
- Kokrajhar7 placesA Bodo-majority town on the Himalayan edge of western Assam, with golden langur…
- Majuli13 placesA river island in the Brahmaputra where monasteries, mask-makers and hand-built…
- Manas10 placesGrassland, forest and a clear Himalayan river on the Bhutan border: a wildlife…
- Nameri8 placesA forest-and-river reserve in the eastern Himalayan foothills: gentle rafting…
- Sivasagar12 placesThe old Ahom capital: brick palaces, royal tanks and temples, and quiet tea…
- Tezpur15 placesA calm Brahmaputra town of legend hills, lakeside parks and some of Assam's…
Bihar 17
- Begusarai5 placesA refinery town on the Ganga's north bank, with a Ramsar oxbow lake, a lakeside…
- Bettiah5 placesA quiet Champaran town near the Nepal border, with a Raj-era past, an old…
- Bodh Gaya20 placesWhere Buddha found enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree: a small pilgrimage…
- Darbhanga9 placesA pond-studded Mithila city of brick Raj ruins, Kali temples, small museums and…
- Gaya14 placesA river-edge pilgrim town where families come to remember their ancestors…
- Jhajha5 placesA railway town at the edge of Bihar's southern hills, with two reservoir…
- Munger6 placesA Ganges fort town where Mir Qasim made his capital and a yoga school made its…
- Nalanda10 placesBrickwork and silence: an ancient Buddhist university where five centuries of…
- Patna12 placesAn old Ganga capital with Mauryan ruins, a famous gurdwara, two good museums…
- Pawapuri10 placesA small Jain pilgrimage town where a white marble temple floats in a lotus…
- Rajauli5 placesA small hill-edge town on the Jharkhand border: a quiet forest sanctuary, an…
- Rajgir14 placesAncient capital of kings, home to Buddha and Mahavira, ringed by five sacred…
- Sasaram8 placesA Sher Shah Suri town on the Grand Trunk Road, with a red sandstone tomb in a…
- Sitamarhi8 placesA small Mithila town where the Ramayana is local geography: two temples claim…
- Vaishali10 placesBrick mounds, a lion pillar and a white pagoda on the plain north of the Ganga…
- Valmiki Nagar12 placesA quiet border town on the Gandak, where a tiger reserve, a river barrage and…
- Vikramshila7 placesThe ruins of a great Pala-era Buddhist university, a stretch of the Ganges kept…
Chandigarh 1
Chhattisgarh 8
- Bilaspur6 placesA railway city on the Arpa River and the base for Kalachuri capitals, ancient…
- Dhamtari6 placesA quiet Mahanadi-side district town: a big reservoir, twelfth-century temples…
- Jagdalpur12 placesA quiet forest-country town with a royal temple, a tribal museum and a lake…
- Kawardha5 placesA small hill-edge town in the Maikal range, known for the carved Bhoramdeo…
- Mainpat7 placesA cool plateau of waterfalls, viewpoints and Tibetan monasteries, in a part of…
- Raigarh5 placesA river-town steel hub with a surprising musical past: Kathak patrons, painted…
- Raipur13 placesA calm state capital of old lake-side temples, a good regional museum and…
- Sirpur11 placesA quiet Mahanadi village that was once a capital: brick temples, Buddhist…
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3
Delhi 1
Goa 22
- Agonda Beach13 placesA long, quiet crescent of sand in South Goa, with a village behind it, turtles…
- Anjuna Beach13 placesA rocky, laid-back stretch of North Goa coast, with seasonal shacks, a…
- Arambol Beach14 placesA long, rocky-and-sandy curve at the northern end of North Goa, with a…
- Ashwem Beach9 placesA long, palm-backed strip of North Goa sand between Morjim and Mandrem, with…
- Baga Beach10 placesA long, lively strip of North Goa sand with fishing boats, shacks and water…
- Benaulim Beach10 placesA wide, quiet fishing beach in South Goa, a short drive south of Colva: slow…
- Betalbatim Beach9 placesA quiet, wide beach in South Goa between Majorda and Colva, reached through…
- Bogmalo Beach10 placesA small, curved bay a few minutes from Dabolim airport: calm water in season, a…
- Calangute Beach11 placesNorth Goa's largest and busiest beach: wide sand, a long line of shacks and a…
- Candolim Beach13 placesA long, calmer stretch of North Goa sand between Calangute and Fort Aguada…
- Cavelossim Beach11 placesA wide, relatively quiet South Goa beach between the Arabian Sea and the Sal…
- Colva Beach13 placesA long, flat stretch of pale sand in South Goa, close to Margao: easy for…
- Majorda Beach11 placesA long, flat stretch of pale sand in South Goa, calmer than the northern…
- Mandrem Beach10 placesA wide, quiet stretch of pale sand between Morjim and Arambol, backed by a…
- Morjim Beach11 placesA long, flat stretch of sand on the Chapora river mouth in North Goa, quieter…
- North Goa27 placesSunlit beaches, Portuguese forts and Christian churches side by side with spice…
- Palolem Beach14 placesA calm, crescent-shaped bay at the southern tip of Goa, with a gentle…
- Panaji19 placesPastel facades, red-tiled roofs and a riverside grandeur: Goa's capital on the…
- Patnem Beach8 placesA small, quiet beach in Canacona, South Goa, just south of Palolem, with a…
- South Goa25 placesQuiet beaches, Portuguese villages and backwater creeks: South Goa is Goa at…
- Vagator Beach12 placesBlack laterite cliffs, three small bays and a ruined fort above the river…
- Varca Beach8 placesA long, wide stretch of pale sand in South Goa, backed by palms and fishing…
Gujarat 31
- Ahmedabad19 placesWhere Gandhi built his ashram by the river, medieval mosques pierce the sky…
- Ambaji12 placesA marble temple town in the Aravalli foothills, where one of the Shakti…
- Bhavnagar11 placesA calm Gulf of Khambhat port city of lakes, marble temples and a former…
- Bhuj16 placesA small walled city filled with palaces, temples and craft bazaars, gateway to…
- Champaner12 placesA sultanate capital in the shadow of Pavagadh hill: carved mosques, a spiral…
- Dakor11 placesA small pilgrim town built around one Krishna temple, a lake and the rhythm of…
- Dasada5 placesA small town on the edge of the Little Rann: wild ass safaris, salt flats and a…
- Dholavira8 placesA 4,500-year-old stone city on an island in the salt desert, reached by a road…
- Dwarka20 placesAn ancient pilgrimage shore where the Gomti meets the Arabian Sea, and one of…
- Gandhinagar11 placesA planned capital of wide green sectors, a pink sandstone temple, a Gandhi…
- Jamnagar9 placesA lake-centred princely city on the Gulf of Kutch coast, with a water fort, a…
- Junagadh13 placesA fort-city at the foot of Girnar: Buddhist caves, stepwells, a nawabs'…
- Kevadia14 placesThe world's tallest statue stands above the Narmada valley: a monument to…
- Lothal11 placesA 4,000-year-old Harappan port town in the flat Bhal country, where you can…
- Mandvi12 placesA sea-facing Kutch port town of dhow yards, a seaside palace, and bazaars, best…
- Modhera8 placesAn 11th-century sun temple, a stepped tank of 108 small shrines and a very…
- Narayan Sarovar5 placesA sacred lake, a sea-edge Shiva temple and a chinkara sanctuary at the far…
- Palitana9 placesA small Saurashtra town below Shatrunjaya, the Jain hill of more than 860…
- Patan9 placesA quiet old capital on the Saraswati's bank, where an 11th-century stepwell…
- Polo Forest10 placesRuined 15th-century temples scattered through dry teak forest beside the Harnav…
- Porbandar11 placesGandhi's birthplace on the Arabian Sea: a quiet, flat port town of memorials, a…
- Rajkot15 placesGandhi's boyhood town in Saurashtra: colonial museums, a calm ashram, spicy…
- Ratanmahal5 placesA dry-deciduous forest on the Madhya Pradesh border, where sloth bears…
- Saputara12 placesGujarat's only hill station: a small lake town on the Sahyadri plateau, with…
- Sasan Gir14 placesThe only forest on earth where wild Asiatic lions still roam: a dry teak jungle…
- Shamlaji9 placesA river-bank Vishnu temple in the Aravalli foothills, with ruined shrines, a…
- Somnath10 placesA seaside shrine on the Arabian Sea, rebuilt through centuries: the Somnath…
- Songadh5 placesA small hill-fort town on the Tapi, where the Gaekwad dynasty began, close to…
- Surat9 placesA river port turned diamond and textile capital, where a 16th-century fort, old…
- Vadodara13 placesA princely-state city of palaces, museums, gardens and gentle street food, easy…
- Velavadar7 placesA flat, golden grassland on the Gulf of Khambhat, where blackbuck herds, winter…
Haryana 6
- Bhindawas6 placesA man-made wetland on the Jhajjar plains where winter brings thousands of…
- Hisar7 placesA Tughlaq-founded steel and farm city with a ruined palace fort, an Ashokan…
- Karnal9 placesA Grand Trunk Road town midway between Delhi and Chandigarh: a legendary lake…
- Kurukshetra12 placesThe land of the Bhagavad Gita: sacred tanks, a banyan said to witness the…
- Mahendragarh6 placesA small Aravalli-edge town of Patiala-era forts and hill ramparts, with…
- Pinjore6 placesA small foothill town with a terraced Mughal-style garden, the ruins of an…
Himachal Pradesh 29
- Arki5 placesA small Baghal hill capital with a frescoed palace-fort, a cave temple and…
- Baba Balak Nath (Deotsidh)11 placesA hilltop cave shrine in the Shivalik foothills, where pilgrims from Punjab and…
- Barot9 placesA small hydel-and-trout village on the Uhl river, deodar forest all round and…
- Bharmour8 placesA high Himalayan temple town in the Budhil valley: ancient wooden shrines…
- Bir Billing12 placesA Tibetan settlement, a ridge-top paragliding launch and tea country below the…
- Chail9 placesDeodar ridges, a Patiala palace and a quiet hilltop temple: a small, cool hill…
- Chintpurni12 placesA hill-top Shakti Peeth in the Shivalik foothills, where the goddess…
- Chitkul7 placesThe last settled village of the Baspa valley: wooden houses, a glacial river…
- Churdhar6 placesThe highest peak of the outer Himalayas, a sanctuary of deodar and oak, and the…
- Dalhousie19 placesA quiet colonial hill station surrounded by cedar and oak forests, where steep…
- Dharamshala23 placesHimalayan sanctuary of Tibetan culture, pine-clad mountains, and spiritual…
- Jibhi6 placesA forest village on the Tirthan River where timber homestays, short waterfall…
- Jwalamukhi9 placesA small Shivalik hill town built around a goddess who is worshipped as natural…
- Kalpa11 placesA mountain village at about 2,900 m with orchard terraces, timber temples and a…
- Kasauli13 placesA small cantonment hill town of pine ridges, an old Gothic church and short…
- Kasol20 placesA riverside village tucked between forested ridges, where mountain trails lead…
- Manali25 placesAlpine valley where pine forests meet snow peaks, where roads climb toward…
- Mandi10 placesStone Shiva temples on the Beas, an old riverside market and mountain lakes…
- Manikaran9 placesA pilgrim town of hot springs, a Sikh gurdwara and Hindu temples packed beside…
- Narkanda9 placesA quiet fir-forest ridge on the old Hindustan-Tibet road: snow in winter, apple…
- Nurpur6 placesA quiet foothill town of Pathania history: a ruined hill fort, a Krishna temple…
- Palampur11 placesTea terraces below the Dhauladhar, a narrow-gauge railway, Tibetan monasteries…
- Paonta Sahib14 placesA small Yamuna-side town built around the gurdwara where Guru Gobind Singh…
- Rewalsar10 placesA small lake town in the Mandi hills where Buddhist monasteries, a Sikh…
- Sangla9 placesApple terraces, cedar slopes and a glacier-fed river: a high Kinnaur valley…
- Shimla18 placesA crisp mountain air, the chiming of the toy train, colonial churches and the…
- Spiti Valley16 placesA high-altitude cold desert of golden slopes, ancient monasteries and raw…
- Sujanpur Tira6 placesThe old Katoch capital above the Beas: a ruined palace-fort, painted temples…
- Tirthan Valley11 placesA quiet river valley at the edge of a UNESCO national park: trout streams…
Jammu and Kashmir 16
- Amarnath11 placesA cave shrine at about 3,888 m, reached on foot each summer by pilgrims…
- Basohli5 placesA small Ravi-bank hill town of ruined palaces, a famous painting school and a…
- Bhaderwah11 placesA saucer-shaped Himalayan valley of deodar forest, serpent temples and rajma…
- Doodhpathri8 placesA high Pir Panjal meadow of pine, streams and herders' huts, forty-odd…
- Gulmarg14 placesAlpine meadows, a soaring cable car, winter snow and clear mountain air…
- Gurez9 placesA high Himalayan valley beyond Razdan Pass: a green river, a pyramid peak and…
- Jammu14 placesA river-city of Dogra temples, hill palaces and kalari kulcha: an easy two or…
- Kathua6 placesThe first town on the Jammu side of the Ravi: Shivalik foothills, a ruined fort…
- Katra21 placesA small pilgrim town nestled in the Trikuta foothills, where three days mean…
- Kishtwar5 placesA Chenab Valley town at 1,634 m with a leafy central ground, autumn saffron and…
- Pahalgam14 placesPine forests, river meadows and the starting point of a sacred pilgrimage: a…
- Patnitop9 placesA pine-ringed plateau at about 2,000 metres on the Jammu–Srinagar road: cool…
- Poonch5 placesA quiet Pir Panjal border town with a damaged old fort, a famous Sikh shrine…
- Sonamarg10 placesAlpine meadows, glaciers and a gateway to Ladakh: where meadows turn gold in…
- Srinagar22 placesHouseboats float on mirror-still water, gardens bloom in terraces, and the…
- Yusmarg5 placesA pine-ringed Pir Panjal meadow a couple of hours from Srinagar: short on…
Jharkhand 10
- Betla6 placesA forest village at the edge of Jharkhand's only tiger reserve, with jeep…
- Chatra6 placesA forested plateau district on the old Grand Trunk Road, where a…
- Deoghar20 placesSacred hills, a great temple and pilgrimage crowds: a city built around faith…
- Gumla7 placesForest hills, Nagvanshi ruins and quiet hill shrines on the southern…
- Hazaribagh10 placesA cool plateau town of lakes, hills and sal forest, with a wildlife sanctuary…
- Jamshedpur12 placesA planned steel city of parks, lakes and wide roads, with the Dalma hills at…
- Netarhat13 placesA quiet plateau of pines, forest viewpoints and waterfalls, known for its…
- Parasnath (Shikharji)10 placesThe highest hill in Jharkhand and the holiest mountain of the Jains: a…
- Rajmahal6 placesA Ganges-side town of Mughal ruins at the edge of the Rajmahal Hills, once the…
- Ranchi12 placesA cool plateau capital of hill temples, waterfalls and tribal heritage, with…
Karnataka 49
- Agumbe9 placesA small hill village in the Western Ghats known for extraordinary monsoon rain…
- Aihole12 placesA quiet river village scattered with temples from the earliest days of Chalukya…
- Badami12 placesRed sandstone cliffs, a green-brown lake and cave temples carved fourteen…
- Bagalkot7 placesA Krishna-basin district town in dry North Karnataka: a base for the Chalukya…
- Ballari5 placesA steel-and-denim city on a plain of black cotton soil, with a granite-hill…
- Bandipur8 placesA tiger reserve on the Mysuru–Ooty road, where elephants cross the highway, a…
- Basavakalyan5 placesThe old Kalyani Chalukya capital: a ruined hill fort, a reformer's shrine and…
- Belagavi10 placesA cool-plateau garrison city with a moated fort, a 13th-century Jain temple…
- Belur and Halebidu10 placesTwo Hoysala capitals, 16 km apart, where soapstone temples carry some of…
- Bengaluru23 placesA garden city in the clouds: temples tucked into rocky outcrops, markets that…
- Bidar12 placesA plateau city of Bahmani gates, domed tombs and silver-inlaid metalwork, quiet…
- BR Hills5 placesA forested hill range on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, with a white-rock…
- Chikmagalur22 placesCoffee hills wrapped in mist, quiet trekking trails, and the hum of old estate…
- Chincholi5 placesA small taluk town in north-east Karnataka, close to the Telangana border, and…
- Chitradurga6 placesA town under a boulder-strewn hill fort of seven walls, with cool dryland…
- Coorg24 placesCoffee estates cascade down misty hills where Kodava culture runs deep, a hill…
- Dandeli9 placesA forest-edge river town on the Kali: rafting, hornbills and quiet bamboo…
- Dharmasthala12 placesA river-side temple town in the Western Ghats foothills where Hindu worship…
- Gadag7 placesA modest cotton-belt town with a cluster of Western Chalukya temples, a…
- Gokarna20 placesQuiet beaches, an ancient temple, and a slower pace: a coastal town where…
- Hampi21 placesRuins and temples scattered among giant boulders: the stone city where the…
- Hubballi-Dharwad8 placesTwin cities of commerce and culture, with Chalukya temples, a contested old…
- Jog Falls8 placesIndia's second-highest plunge waterfall on the Sharavati River: thunderous in…
- Kabini8 placesA long reservoir on the edge of Nagarhole forest, where elephants graze the…
- Kalaburagi11 placesA former Bahmani capital on the Deccan plateau: a ruined fort and great mosque…
- Kanakapura7 placesA silk-growing market town south of Bengaluru, and the gateway to the Cauvery's…
- Karwar7 placesA quiet port town at the mouth of the Kali River: calm beaches, a warship…
- Kollur8 placesA pilgrim village at the foot of the Kodachadri hills, where a goddess temple…
- Kudremukh8 placesA horse-faced Western Ghats peak, shola grassland, source rivers and a quiet…
- Kukke Subramanya9 placesA river-side temple village in the Western Ghats foothills, where serpent…
- Male Mahadeshwara Hills5 placesA forested pilgrim hill on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border: a major Shiva…
- Mangaluru19 placesA coastal city where temples and churches stand side by side, seafood steams on…
- Melukote11 placesA small Vaishnava temple town on a rocky hill above the Kaveri valley: stepped…
- Mudgal5 placesA small Deccan town with a moated frontier fort, Jesuit-era church and the…
- Murudeshwar11 placesA Shiva temple on a headland, a 20-storey gopura and a very tall statue, with…
- Mysuru19 placesA royal city of palaces, hilltop temples and autumn festivals: where…
- Nagarhole7 placesA large tiger reserve in the Western Ghats foothills, entered by the…
- Pattadakal11 placesA quiet river bend where Chalukya builders tried two ways of shaping a Shiva…
- Pavagada6 placesA dry-country taluk town on the Andhra border, with a hill fort above its…
- Raichur6 placesA hot, cotton-growing Deccan city with a hilltop fort of many dynasties, quiet…
- Ranebennur5 placesA cotton-and-jowar market town on the Bengaluru-Hubballi road, with a blackbuck…
- Sakleshpur10 placesCoffee estates, misty ghat ridges and a railway that threads through the hills…
- Shivamogga8 placesA Tunga river town at the edge of the Western Ghats: elephant mornings, Keladi…
- Shravanabelagola12 placesTwo granite hills, one white pond and a statue that has stood for a thousand…
- Sringeri10 placesA river-bank temple town in the Western Ghats foothills, built around the…
- Talakadu8 placesTemples that the Kaveri's sand once swallowed, a river bend, and a quiet…
- Tumakuru9 placesA district town on the Bengaluru-Hubballi road, with granite hill forts…
- Udupi16 placesA coastal temple town where Madhvacharya's ancient monastery fuels pilgrimage…
- Vijayapura12 placesSultanate-era domes, tombs and fort walls on the dry northern Karnataka…
Kerala 25
- Alappuzha15 placesHouseboat cruises through palm-fringed backwaters, lagoon sunsets and the quiet…
- Athirappilly10 placesKerala's widest waterfall, a river forest of hornbills and elephants, and a…
- Bekal12 placesA keyhole-shaped laterite fort on the Arabian Sea, quiet beaches, northern…
- Guruvayur12 placesA temple town built around one shrine, with elephants, a music festival and a…
- Idukki7 placesTwo hills, one very tall arch dam and a long reservoir: a quiet, hilly corner…
- Kannur13 placesA laterite fort on the sea, long empty beaches, handloom looms and the…
- Kochi23 placesA port city where spice-trading histories linger in the lanes of Fort Kochi…
- Kollam12 placesAn old port on the edge of Ashtamudi Lake: slow boats, island villages, a…
- Kottayam12 placesOld churches, a riverside mosque, rubber hills and the printing presses of…
- Kovalam12 placesThree crescent beaches, a striped lighthouse and a working fishing harbour…
- Kozhikode13 placesA working port city of old spice-trade lanes, wooden mosques, halwa shops and a…
- Kumarakom20 placesLily pads, migratory birds and timber houseboats: a riverside village where…
- Marari7 placesA long, quiet Kerala beach village of coconut palms, fishing hamlets and slow…
- Munnar22 placesRolling tea plantations, misty Western Ghats peaks and cool high-altitude air…
- Nelliampathy8 placesA cool plantation hill range above Nenmara: tea, coffee and orange estates…
- Palakkad13 placesA rice-country city at the foot of the Palakkad Gap: an old fort, a Tamil…
- Ponmudi11 placesA cool, misty ridge in the Western Ghats, reached by 22 hairpin bends through…
- Poovar7 placesA quiet estuary at Kerala's southern edge, where a river, a lake and the sea…
- Sabarimala12 placesA forest-hill pilgrimage to the Ayyappa temple: a climb from the Pamba river, a…
- Thekkady14 placesTiger reserves and spice gardens in a misty mountain town, where boat rides on…
- Thiruvananthapuram18 placesWhere ancient temples meet Arabian Sea beaches: a spiritual gateway to Kerala's…
- Thrissur15 placesA temple-and-festival town built around one round road: Shiva's ghee-covered…
- Vagamon10 placesRolling grass hills, pine plantations and tea slopes above Kerala's plains: a…
- Varkala14 placesRed cliffs rising above soft sand, ancient temples tucked at cliff's edge, and…
- Wayanad15 placesForested hills, silver waterfalls, ancient caves and a pace that slows the…
Ladakh 7
- Hanle6 placesA small village on a vast high plain, with a 17th-century monastery, a mountain…
- Kargil20 placesA high-altitude crossroads: stone bazaars, the scars and memorials of a…
- Leh28 placesAncient monasteries cling to bare mountains; high-altitude clarity makes…
- Nubra Valley9 placesHigh-altitude sand dunes, ancient monasteries and double-humped camels: a…
- Pangong Tso6 placesA high-altitude lake where waters shift from deep blues to vivid greens with…
- Tso Moriri7 placesA remote, wind-carved lake on the Changthang plateau where silence and extreme…
- Zanskar12 placesA high, dry Himalayan valley of barley fields, cliff-side monasteries and…
Lakshadweep 2
Madhya Pradesh 38
- Amarkantak11 placesA high forested plateau where the Narmada, Son and Johila rivers begin: quiet…
- Ater5 placesA remote Bhadauria fort in the Chambal ravines, with a river sanctuary beside…
- Bageshwar Dham7 placesA Hanuman shrine in a small Bundelkhand village that now draws large crowds: a…
- Bagh5 placesA small Narmada-valley town known for Buddhist rock-cut caves…
- Bandhavgarh12 placesSal forest, rocky hills and one of India's densest tiger habitats, with a…
- Bhimbetka7 placesA forested ridge of painted sandstone shelters south-east of Bhopal, where…
- Bhopal20 placesA city of lakes and Nawabi heritage, with quiet gardens, grand mosques and an…
- Burhanpur11 placesA quiet Tapti-bank city of Faruqi and Mughal ruins, a 400-year-old underground…
- Chanderi11 placesA small hill-ringed town of sultanate gateways, a ruined hill fort, Jain caves…
- Damoh7 placesA quiet district town between Sagar and Jabalpur, with Durgavati's hill fort…
- Datia6 placesA small Bundela palace town with a seven-storey palace, a famous goddess shrine…
- Dhar8 placesA quiet Malwa town of sandstone fort, old mosque and Paramara memory, with…
- Gandhi Sagar7 placesA vast Chambal reservoir ringed by dry forest, with a remote hill fort…
- Gwalior17 placesA hilltop fort that has shaped empires, a palace that speaks of royal grandeur…
- Indore12 placesHolkar palaces, glass temples and the best night street food in the country: a…
- Jabalpur19 placesMarble gorges carved by the Narmada River, tiger reserves at your doorstep, and…
- Kanha12 placesSal forest, open grassy meadows and one of India's best-run tiger reserves: a…
- Khajuraho20 placesA cluster of thousand-year-old temples carved in sandstone, set among wheat…
- Kheoni6 placesA small, rarely visited tiger-country sanctuary in the Vindhya foothills…
- Maheshwar12 placesA fort-and-ghat town on the Narmada, where Queen Ahilyabai Holkar's stonework…
- Maihar8 placesA small hill-temple town where a Shakti Peeth, a ropeway and a famous music…
- Mandla6 placesA Narmada river town in Gond country: ruined palaces, quiet ghats and the…
- Mandu13 placesA ruined hilltop capital of the Malwa sultans: lakeside palaces, marble tombs…
- Narsinghgarh7 placesA small Malwa fort town above a lake, with a wildlife sanctuary on its doorstep…
- Omkareshwar14 placesSacred island temples shaped like the ॐ symbol, ghats along the Narmada, and…
- Orchha14 placesBundela palaces and towering temples rise from an island in the Betwa River, a…
- Pachmarhi21 placesA hill station folded into the Satpura mountains, with cave temples, waterfalls…
- Panna10 placesA small Bundelkhand town of royal temples and diamond lore, set beside a tiger…
- Patalkot6 placesA deep horseshoe valley in the Satpura hills, home to Bharia and Gond villages…
- Pench7 placesTeak forest, bamboo and open meadows on the Madhya Pradesh side of a tiger…
- Ratlam7 placesA railway-junction city in western Malwa, known for its crisp sev, an old…
- Sagar10 placesA lakeside city of old forts, with Gupta ruins, a waterfall and forest reserve…
- Sanchi13 placesStone gateways, carved railings and a dome rising from a hilltop: the Buddhist…
- Satpura Tiger Reserve12 placesSandstone hills, river backwaters and sal forest: a tiger reserve you enter by…
- Sheopur5 placesA quiet river-town fort and the gateway to Kuno National Park, where India's…
- Shivpuri10 placesScindia summer-capital history, marble cenotaphs and a quiet dry-forest…
- Sidhi5 placesSal forest, river banks and a tiger reserve at the quiet north-eastern edge of…
- Ujjain19 placesAn ancient pilgrimage city where temple bells ring along sacred river ghats…
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- Akola6 placesVidarbha's cotton city on the Morna River, with a ruined Mughal fort, an old…
- Alibaug21 placesA coastal town where forts rise from turquoise waters, seafood tastes of salt…
- Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)20 placesA living museum of Mughal India: twin cave empires nearby, a white mausoleum…
- Beed5 placesA semi-arid Deccan district town with a Shiva temple standing in a water tank…
- Bhandardara17 placesA British-era dam, a long green lake and the Sahyadri's tallest peaks: a quiet…
- Bhimashankar10 placesA Jyotirlinga temple in a Western Ghats forest: a short pilgrimage, a few quiet…
- Buldhana5 placesA hill-edge district town in Vidarbha, close to Lonar, Shegaon and the forests…
- Chikhaldara8 placesVidarbha's only hill resort: cool Satpura air, valley viewpoints, a ruined fort…
- Chiplun7 placesA Konkan river town on the Vashishti: a hill temple, a ruined estuary fort…
- Dapoli12 placesPalm-fringed beaches, hilltop temples and quiet fishing ports on the southern…
- Devgad7 placesA small Konkan port town with two sea forts, a seaside Shiva temple and long…
- Dharashiv6 placesA quiet Marathwada district town, formerly Osmanabad, with rock-cut caves on…
- Ganpatipule10 placesA small Konkan beach town built around a self-manifested Ganesh shrine, with…
- Harihareshwar12 placesA small Konkan temple town where a Shiva shrine, a rocky sea-shore circuit and…
- Igatpuri12 placesA cool hill town on top of the Thal Ghat: monsoon valleys, an easy hill fort, a…
- Jalna5 placesA working Marathwada city of steel and seeds, with a Nizam-era fort, a…
- Jamkhed6 placesA quiet Deccan town between Ahilyanagar and Beed, with a Nimbalkar fort, a…
- Jejuri11 placesA hill-top temple town where devotees throw turmeric until the steps turn gold…
- Junnar10 placesShivaji's birthplace fort, Buddhist caves, an ancient pass and a ring of…
- Kannad5 placesA quiet taluka town on the Satmala hills, with a ruined hill fort, a forest…
- Karmala5 placesA small Deccan taluka town with a Nimbalkar land fort, a 96-step temple well…
- Kinwat5 placesA forest-edge taluka town on the Painganga: sanctuary country, a hot-spring…
- Kolad18 placesA small river village on the Konkan Railway, known for monsoon rafting on the…
- Kolhapur19 placesA river-plain temple city with a living royal family, a wrestling tradition and…
- Koyna8 placesA big reservoir ringed by Sahyadri forest: a dam, a wildlife sanctuary and a…
- Latur5 placesA flat-planned Marathwada trading city with Ausa and Udgir forts, rock-cut…
- Lonar8 placesA small Deccan town built around a meteor-impact crater, a salt lake and a…
- Lonavala25 placesA green escape above the plains: monsoon waterfalls, Buddhist caves, and cool…
- Mahabaleshwar20 placesA ridge-top hill station where viewpoints frame the valley below, strawberry…
- Malvan11 placesA working fishing town on the southern Konkan coast, with a Maratha sea fort a…
- Matheran17 placesA small hill station on the Sahyadri edge where no cars are allowed: red-earth…
- Mumbai33 placesColonial ramparts and art deco towers, street food and monsoon light, the…
- Murud Janjira13 placesA quiet Konkan shore town facing an island fort that was never taken: boat…
- Nagpur16 placesThe orange city at the centre of India: a calm, spread-out base for Buddhist…
- Nanded12 placesA Godavari river city and one of Sikhism's five Takhts, where a pilgrimage to…
- Nashik18 placesSacred ghats and ancient caves, vineyards and pilgrim rituals, a city folded…
- Navegaon-Nagzira8 placesDry deciduous forest, old irrigation lakes and quiet sanctuaries in eastern…
- Palghar6 placesA coastal district town north of Mumbai, with Portuguese and Maratha forts, a…
- Panchgani12 placesA small Western Ghats hill station built round viewpoints, boarding schools and…
- Pandharpur8 placesA river-bend pilgrim town built around one temple and one tradition: queues…
- Panvel6 placesA rail and road junction on the edge of Mumbai, and the easiest base for…
- Pune24 placesA city of forts and devotion, where Peshwa palaces meet spiritual ashrams, and…
- Ratnagiri13 placesCoastal forts, Alphonso mango orchards, uncrowded beaches and a palace where a…
- Salher5 placesSahyadri's highest fort and the hills around it, where a 1672 Maratha victory…
- Sangli5 placesA Krishna river city known for turmeric, Marathi theatre and Miraj's…
- Satara7 placesThe old Maratha capital under its seven forts: Ajinkyatara, Sajjangad, the Kaas…
- Shahapur6 placesA forest and reservoir town on the edge of the Western Ghats, with a hill fort…
- Shani Shingnapur9 placesA village shrine to Shani with a stone under open sky, houses without doors and…
- Shirdi12 placesA sacred town centred on a saint's memory, where pilgrims gather in the…
- Shirpur5 placesA Tapi-valley town in Dhule district, with a ruined river fort, a…
- Solapur6 placesA dry Deccan textile city with a ruined land fort, a lakeside saint's temple…
- Tadoba14 placesTeak and bamboo forest, a perennial lake and some of India's most watched…
- Tarkarli10 placesClear water, a Maratha sea fort, mangrove backwaters and fish-curry lunches: a…
- Trimbakeshwar11 placesA small temple town at the foot of Brahmagiri, built around a Jyotirlinga and…
- Tuljapur12 placesA hill-town pilgrimage built around the goddess Tulja Bhavani, with queues…
- Vasai5 placesA creekside town just north of Mumbai, with a ruined Portuguese sea fort, an…
- Vengurla6 placesA quiet Konkan port town near the Goa border, with a ruined Dutch factory, a…
- Yawal5 placesA Khandesh taluka town at the foot of the Satpura hills, the base for Yawal…
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Meghalaya 6
- Dawki8 placesA small border town where the Umngot river runs so clear that boats seem to…
- Jowai11 placesA quiet plateau town in the Jaintia Hills, wrapped by the Myntdu river, with…
- Mawlynnong7 placesA small Khasi village of swept lanes, bamboo dustbins and a living root bridge…
- Shillong20 placesA misty hill station where waterfalls tumble, pine forests cool the afternoons…
- Sohra (Cherrapunji)13 placesA cliff-edge plateau of waterfalls, limestone caves and living root bridges…
- Tura11 placesA quiet hill town at the foot of Tura Peak: Garo culture, forest walks and…
Mizoram 4
- Aizawl13 placesA ridgetop capital of stacked houses and white church spires, where mornings…
- Champhai9 placesA high rice valley on the Myanmar border, with forest reserves, old Mizo stones…
- Dampa5 placesMizoram's largest protected forest: steep bamboo hills, gibbon calls and…
- Lawngtlai5 placesA remote Lai hill town in far southern Mizoram, gateway to Phawngpui, Mizoram's…
Nagaland 5
- Dimapur6 placesNagaland's gateway city on the Dhansiri: Kachari stone pillars, crowded markets…
- Dzukou Valley6 placesA high grassy bowl south of Japfü peak, reached only on foot: a demanding…
- Kohima16 placesA small Naga capital perched on green hills, where WWII history meets living…
- Mokokchung10 placesA hill town and Ao Naga cultural heartland, where old villages, church history…
- Mon8 placesKonyak country on the Myanmar border: Angh chiefs' villages, carved log drums…
Odisha 20
- Bhawanipatna7 placesThe district town of Kalahandi: a goddess temple, a forest sanctuary and…
- Bhitarkanika12 placesTidal creeks, saltwater crocodiles and a mangrove forest at the mouth of three…
- Bhubaneswar22 placesA city of ancient temples set against monsoon skies, where stone carving…
- Chandipur8 placesA small Bay of Bengal resort where the sea walks away every day, with quiet…
- Chandragiri6 placesPrayer flags, a five-storey Tibetan monastery and quiet Eastern Ghats forest: a…
- Chilika Lake18 placesA vast lagoon where migratory birds gather by the hundreds of thousands…
- Cuttack12 placesA river-delta city of forts, festivals and silver filigree, where the street…
- Daringbadi8 placesPine slopes, coffee gardens and cool air at about 915 metres: Odisha's small…
- Dhenkanal9 placesA quiet inland district town with a hill shrine, a sal forest sanctuary and a…
- Gopalpur11 placesA small, quiet beach town on the Bay of Bengal, with a lighthouse, an old port…
- Keonjhar6 placesA forested, mineral-rich district town of waterfalls, tribal shrines and quiet…
- Konark11 placesA 13th-century stone chariot carved for the Sun God, rising from the coast near…
- Koraput12 placesA cool, green highland town in Odisha's tribal south, where waterfalls, cave…
- Nrusinghanath6 placesA forest temple at the foot of the Gandhamardan hills, with cascading streams…
- Nuapada5 placesA quiet border district of river, hill and forest: Shiva temples at Patora, a…
- Puri20 placesA temple town on the Bay of Bengal where ancient rituals meet the sea, and…
- Raghurajpur10 placesA single street of painted houses near Puri, where families still make…
- Sambalpur7 placesA river city of handloom, a long dam and forest country: slow, local and best…
- Satkosia10 placesA 22 km gorge where the Mahanadi squeezes through the Eastern Ghats: boat…
- Simlipal12 placesA forest of sal and silk-cotton trees with two big waterfalls, melanistic…
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Punjab 8
- Abohar5 placesA kinnow-orchard town on the Punjab-Rajasthan-Haryana borderlands, and the…
- Amritsar20 placesGolden domes above a sacred lake, langar lines stretching across marble floors…
- Anandpur Sahib14 placesA small Sikh pilgrimage town at the edge of the Shivalik foothills, where the…
- Bathinda5 placesA fort town on the Malwa plains with a Sikh takht nearby: history, gardens and…
- Fatehgarh Sahib9 placesA small town of great weight: the shrines of the youngest sahibzadas, Mughal…
- Gurdaspur6 placesA quiet border district between the Beas and Ravi, with Guru Nanak's Dera Baba…
- Kapurthala10 placesA small Punjab town with a French-flavoured palace, a Moroccan-style mosque and…
- Patiala19 placesA former princely capital of brick forts, mirror-work palaces, gurdwaras and…
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- Abhaneri5 placesA small village on the Jaipur–Agra road, known for one extraordinary stepwell…
- Ajmer15 placesA pilgrimage city of narrow lanes and spiritual depth, where a sacred dargah…
- Alwar (Sariska)11 placesA quiet Aravalli city of lakes, a ridge fort and a palace museum, with a tiger…
- Banswara7 placesA green, river-cut corner of southern Rajasthan, where the Mahi's islands, Bhil…
- Barmer9 placesA working desert town with a hill fort, ruined Solanki temples and a deep…
- Bhainsrorgarh5 placesA fort-village on a ridge between the Chambal and Bamani rivers, with a…
- Bhangarh8 placesA ruined Rajput town on the edge of Sariska: temples, a market street and a…
- Bharatpur (Keoladeo)10 placesFlat wetland tracks, a moated fort that held off British assaults and quiet Jat…
- Bikaner20 placesDesert fort, havelis of honey-coloured stone, camel safaris and a city that…
- Bundi20 placesPainted palaces clinging to hillsides, stepwells descending into the earth, and…
- Chittorgarh16 placesAncient forts, honour and flame: a fortress city where Rajput legends and…
- Deeg7 placesA small Jat capital of garden palaces, reservoirs and fountains, quieter than…
- Deogarh8 placesA small Mewar fort town in the Aravallis: a family-run hilltop palace, lake…
- Dholpur7 placesA small Chambal-side town of red sandstone, ruined forts and river wildlife…
- Dungarpur7 placesA quiet lake town of painted palaces, stone temples and river pilgrimages in…
- Hanumangarh5 placesA canal-fed border town on the Ghaggar, with a big brick fort, an Indus Valley…
- Jaipur47 placesPink sandstone, hilltop forts, slow bazaars and palace mornings: a city that…
- Jaisalmer17 placesA living golden fort carved from sandstone, merchant havelis with latticed…
- Jalore5 placesA granite town under a golden hill fort, with Jain and Hindu pilgrimage sites…
- Jhalawar7 placesA quiet former princely capital in south-east Rajasthan, with a UNESCO water…
- Jodhpur17 placesIndigo and terracotta houses tumble beneath a fortress crown, a desert city…
- Karauli7 placesA small red-sandstone town on the Bhadravati river, with a royal palace, a…
- Khatu Shyam Ji10 placesA small Rajasthan town built around one shrine: queues, marble, aarti bells and…
- Khejarla5 placesA small farming village in Marwar where a 1611 red sandstone fort still…
- Kota14 placesA river city of lakeside palaces, miniature-painting traditions and handloom…
- Kuchaman5 placesA small Marwar town under a cliff fort, with old gates, havelis and folk…
- Kumbhalgarh12 placesA fifteenth-century hill fort with a very long wall, old temples and Aravalli…
- Mandalgarh5 placesA long hilltop fort in Bhilwara district where the Banas, Berach and Menali…
- Mandawa12 placesA small desert market town where merchants painted the outsides of their…
- Mehandipur Balaji8 placesA Hanuman pilgrimage town between two small hills on the Jaipur–Agra road…
- Merta City5 placesThe small Rajasthan town where the poet-saint Meera Bai was born: a Krishna…
- Mount Abu21 placesRajasthan's only hill station: cool mornings, sacred temples, a lake ringed by…
- Nagaur5 placesA working desert market town with a superbly restored fort, old Sufi shrines…
- Nathdwara10 placesA small pilgrim town in the Aravallis, built around the haveli of Shrinathji…
- Osian5 placesAn ancient temple town on the edge of the Thar: Pratihara-era carving, a…
- Pokaran5 placesA desert fort town on the Jodhpur to Jaisalmer road, with a lived-in fort, a…
- Pratapgarh6 placesA quiet hill town on the Malwa edge of Rajasthan, known for Thewa gold-on-glass…
- Pushkar21 placesA sacred lake ringed with 52 ghats, the Brahma temple, pilgrims at dawn, and…
- Ranakpur7 placesA marble Jain temple in a quiet Aravalli valley, best seen slowly, in the…
- Ranthambore13 placesTiger forest, hilltop ramparts and still lakes ringed by ancient walls: a…
- Rohet7 placesA small Rathore estate village south-east of Jodhpur, known for a lakeside…
- Salasar Balaji5 placesA small desert town in Churu district, known across north India for its bearded…
- Sambhar Lake7 placesA vast, pale salt playa in the Aravalli country: flamingos in winter, a goddess…
- Sanwaliya Seth5 placesA roadside Krishna pilgrimage on the Chittorgarh-Udaipur highway, where…
- Shergarh5 placesA ruined fort, an inscription from AD 790 and a quiet forest sanctuary on the…
- Tijara5 placesA small Mewat town in the Delhi region, with a restored fort-palace, a Digambar…
- Todgarh5 placesA small Aravalli town in Beawar district, gateway to the Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife…
- Udaipur23 placesLake-side palaces, quiet bazaars and a valley breeze: a gentler Rajasthan where…
Sikkim 9
- Gangtok20 placesMountain mist, prayer flags, and temples perched on quiet ridges: Sikkim's…
- Lachen9 placesA small Bhutia mountain village at about 2,750 m, the overnight base for…
- Lachung16 placesA high-altitude mountain village where rhododendrons bloom, rivers converge…
- Namchi10 placesA calm district town in South Sikkim, with a giant Guru Rinpoche statue, a…
- Pelling12 placesMountain monasteries at 7,000 feet, glass skywalk viewpoints of Kanchenjunga…
- Ravangla11 placesA quiet ridge town at about 2,100 metres, with a giant Buddha, small…
- Yuksom9 placesSikkim's first capital: a quiet trailhead village under Kanchenjunga, with a…
- Yumthang Valley6 placesA high-altitude meadow where rhododendrons paint spring pink and white, with…
- Zuluk12 placesA tiny high-altitude hamlet on the Old Silk Route, with a stack of hairpin…
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- Chennai22 placesMarina Beach at dusk, temple gopurams rising above compact lanes, and South…
- Chettinad13 placesTeak-pillared mansions, hand-made tiles, peppery kitchens and quiet village…
- Chidambaram12 placesA temple town built around Shiva as the Lord of Dance: four towering gateways…
- Coimbatore13 placesA working textile and engineering city at the foot of the Western Ghats, with…
- Coonoor9 placesA quieter, lower hill station among tea estates, with a UNESCO-listed railway…
- Courtallam10 placesA small temple town where the Chittar river tumbles over rocks beside a…
- Dindigul8 placesA granite rock fort in the middle of town, a hill road to Sirumalai and a…
- Erode7 placesA turmeric and textile city on the Kaveri, with a Ramsar bird sanctuary…
- Hogenakkal11 placesA maze of rock channels where the Kaveri enters Tamil Nadu: coracles, mist and…
- Kanchipuram12 placesPallava stone temples, Vishnu and Shiva shrines, and looms that still weave…
- Kanyakumari22 placesIndia's southern tip where two seas meet, crowned by a rock memorial to one of…
- Kodaikanal23 placesA misty lake ringed by eucalyptus and pine trees, cooler than the plains below…
- Kolli Hills11 placesA quiet Eastern Ghats plateau reached by about 70 hairpin bends, with a very…
- Kotagiri9 placesThe quietest of the Nilgiris' three hill stations: tea slopes, a sacred peak, a…
- Krishnagiri5 placesA hill-fort town on the Bengaluru highway, with mango orchards, a quiet…
- Kumbakonam13 placesA town of temple gateways, a sacred tank and strong filter coffee in the Kaveri…
- Madurai20 placesTemple spires rising above narrow bazaar lanes, sacred waters of the Vaigai…
- Mahabalipuram21 placesRock-carved temples, shore sunrises and a UNESCO coast where 7th-century…
- Megamalai6 placesMisty tea hills, a hairpin road and a little-visited tiger reserve in the…
- Namakkal5 placesA town built around a single rock: a hill fort, two rock-cut temples at its…
- Ooty11 placesA cool-climate hill station at 2,240 metres, known for tea gardens, the toy…
- Palani11 placesA Murugan pilgrim town at the foot of the Palani Hills, where a hill shrine, a…
- Ramanathapuram10 placesA quiet Sethupathi capital on the road to Rameswaram, with a painted palace…
- Rameswaram21 placesAncient temple corridors, the iconic Pamban Bridge spanning the sea, and the…
- Salem10 placesA working city of steel, textiles and old temples, ringed by hills and hill…
- Sathyamangalam6 placesA quiet Bhavani River town at the edge of a tiger reserve: forest safaris, big…
- Srivilliputhur6 placesA temple town at the foot of the Western Ghats, where Andal's tower rises over…
- Thanjavur17 placesA thousand years of Chola ambition carved in stone: the greatest temple of the…
- Tharangambadi12 placesA small Danish-era port town on the Bay of Bengal, with a 1620 fort, two old…
- Tiruchendur10 placesA working pilgrim town where a great Murugan temple opens straight onto the…
- Tiruchirappalli13 placesA rock fort, two great river-island temples and an easy base for the Kaveri…
- Tirunelveli15 placesA river city of Shiva temples, evening halwa queues and a ring of waterfalls…
- Tiruvannamalai11 placesA temple town under a sacred hill: dawn walks around Arunachala, the great…
- Valparai12 placesTea estates on a rain-washed Ghats plateau, reached by forty hairpin bends: a…
- Vedanthangal5 placesA village tank where thousands of waterbirds nest each winter: a quiet half-day…
- Velankanni10 placesA small coastal town built around one of India's great Marian shrines: white…
- Vellore11 placesA granite fort with a moat, old temples and a famous hospital: a compact Tamil…
- Yelagiri9 placesA small, quiet hill town of lake boats, forest trails and cool mornings, within…
- Yercaud12 placesA cool coffee-and-orchid plateau above Salem, with a natural lake, easy…
Telangana 14
- Bhadrachalam10 placesA small Godavari river town built around one great Rama temple: quiet most of…
- Gadwal7 placesA quiet Krishna-side town of fort ruins, handloom saris and a doorway to the…
- Hyderabad24 placesMinarets rising above bazaars, biryani that draws families across generations…
- Karimnagar9 placesA granite-and-reservoir district town on the Manair, with Kakatiya-era hill…
- Kaulas5 placesA remote border-country fort village with one of Telangana's largest ruins…
- Khammam5 placesA Munneru-river city under a Kakatiya hill fort, with a lakeside walk, an old…
- Mahabubnagar5 placesA dry-plateau district town of hill forts, an enormous old banyan and quiet…
- Mancherial5 placesA Godavari coalfield town in northeast Telangana, and the practical base for…
- Medak5 placesA granite hill fort, a vast Gothic cathedral and a forest sanctuary, all within…
- Medaram6 placesA forest village that fills with millions every other year for the Sammakka…
- Nagarjuna Sagar10 placesA giant masonry dam, a lake with a Buddhist island in it and a hillside park of…
- Nizamabad6 placesA Deccan district town of hill fort, lakes and Kakatiya temples, easy to reach…
- Warangal14 placesWeathered fort ramparts from the Kakatiya dynasty, thousand-pillared temples…
- Yadagirigutta5 placesA hill temple town an easy drive from Hyderabad, with a rebuilt Narasimha…
Tripura 5
- Agartala13 placesA small, quiet border capital of royal palaces, lakes and tribal-Bengali…
- Belonia6 placesA quiet border town at the southern tip of Tripura, useful as a base for a gaur…
- Jampui Hills6 placesTripura's only hill station: a quiet ridge of Mizo villages, orange gardens and…
- Udaipur6 placesTripura's old Manikya capital on the Gomati: a Shakti pitha with a turtle pond…
- Unakoti7 placesA forested ravine of weathered rock-cut gods near Kailashahar, reached by a…
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- Agra22 placesWhite marble, red sandstone and Mughal gardens: a city built on love, power and…
- Aligarh5 placesA university town built around a ruined fort and a founder's vision: red-brick…
- Ayodhya20 placesWhere the Saryu flows past sacred ghats, and the freshly consecrated Ram Mandir…
- Ballia5 placesA river town on the Ganga and Ghaghra: an oxbow bird sanctuary, a sage's ashram…
- Bithoor8 placesA small Ganga pilgrim town north of Kanpur, where Brahma's legend, Valmiki's…
- Chitrakoot16 placesWhere Rama spent eleven years in exile along the Mandakini river: temples on…
- Chunar7 placesA sandstone fort above a wide bend of the Ganga, Mughal tombs and a stone that…
- Deogarh6 placesA quiet Betwa river village with a Gupta-era Vishnu temple, a hill fort full of…
- Dudhwa12 placesSal forest, wet grassland and swamp deer on the Nepal border: a quiet…
- Gorakhpur12 placesA temple-and-publishing city on the Nepal side of Uttar Pradesh: easy…
- Hardoi5 placesThe Prahlad story's home town, a lake sanctuary for winter birds and a handful…
- Hastinapur7 placesThe Mahabharata's capital as a quiet Ganga-side town: Jain temple complexes…
- Jhansi12 placesA granite hill fort, a queen's palace and the story of 1858, in a calm…
- Kannauj6 placesThe ancient capital of Harsha and India's attar capital: copper stills, old…
- Kanpur10 placesA Ganga-bank industrial city with a heavy 1857 past, a brick Gupta temple on…
- Kushinagar13 placesWhere the Buddha entered Mahaparinirvana: a small pilgrimage town with the…
- Lucknow20 placesNawabi courtyards, grand Imambaras and a food scene that shaped Indian cuisine…
- Mahoba7 placesA former Chandela capital of granite lakes, ruined temples and ballad-singing…
- Mainpuri5 placesA quiet district town on the old Grand Trunk Road branch, known for brass-wire…
- Mathura20 placesSacred ghats, Krishna's birthplace, temple bells at dawn, and lanes where…
- Mirzapur10 placesA quiet Ganga river town between Varanasi and Prayagraj, with calm ghats, a…
- Naimisharanya10 placesA small riverside pilgrimage town on the Gomti, where a circular sacred tank, a…
- Prayagraj20 placesThree rivers merge into one at a sacred confluence; pilgrims sing in the dawn…
- Raebareli5 placesA river-town district headquarters in Awadh, with a Sharqi-era mosque and fort…
- Rampur5 placesA former Nawabi capital where a fort holds a famous manuscript library, a Jama…
- Sarnath20 placesWhere the Buddha shared his first teaching—pilgrimage, museums, monasteries…
- Shravasti11 placesAncient monastery ruins where the Buddha spent many rainy seasons, in a quiet…
- Sonbhadra5 placesUttar Pradesh's far south-east: Kaimur hill forts, a billion-year-old fossil…
- Varanasi22 placesRiver mornings, lamp-lit evenings and old lanes that ask you to slow down…
- Vindhyachal7 placesA Shakti Peeth town on the Ganga where one pilgrimage circuit links a riverside…
- Vrindavan19 placesNarrow lanes, temple bells, and the memory of Krishna: a quiet pilgrimage town…
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- Almora12 placesA ridge-top Kumaoni town of stone temples, narrow bazaars and Himalayan…
- Auli20 placesHimalayan slopes crowned by Nanda Devi, winter skies and summer meadows: a…
- Badrinath19 placesHigh-altitude pilgrimage in the Himalayas: a small town devoted to the…
- Bageshwar9 placesA Kumaon temple town at the Saryu–Gomti confluence around the Bagnath Temple…
- Bhimtal11 placesA broad, quiet lake at about 1,370 m, with an island, a 17th-century Shiva…
- Binsar11 placesOak and rhododendron forest on a quiet Kumaon ridge, with long Himalayan views…
- Chakrata8 placesA quiet cantonment hill town among deodar forest, high meadows and old temples…
- Chaukori7 placesA quiet ridge-top village at about 2,000 m, with tea terraces, pine forest and…
- Chopta8 placesA small ridge-top meadow in the Garhwal hills, the base for Tungnath and…
- Dehradun12 placesA green valley city of colonial institutions, Tibetan shrines and foothill…
- Dhanaulti5 placesA small ridge-top village of deodar and oak at about 2,300 metres: forest…
- Gangotri12 placesA small white temple at about 3,100 metres where the Bhagirathi runs loud and…
- Haridwar17 placesGolden ghats, evening aarti lights, pilgrims in prayer and the roar of a young…
- Hemkund Sahib10 placesA Sikh gurdwara beside a glacial lake high in the Garhwal Himalaya, reached by…
- Jim Corbett15 placesIndia's oldest national park, famed for tiger safaris through teak forests…
- Joshimath7 placesA pilgrim town on the road to Badrinath, with temple traditions that go back…
- Kanatal5 placesA small ridge village of oak forest and apple country, kept for quiet days…
- Kausani11 placesA pine-covered ridge at about 1,890 m with a long, quiet view of the Kumaon…
- Kedarnath19 placesHigh-altitude pilgrimage to a sacred Shiva temple, wrapped in Himalayan peaks…
- Lohaghat10 placesA small Kumaon hill town on the Lohawati river, used as a quiet base for…
- Lohajung7 placesA small roadhead village in Chamoli's Pindar country, the start of the Roopkund…
- Mukteshwar9 placesA quiet Kumaon ridge at over 2,000 metres: a Shiva temple, a colonial-era…
- Munsiyari12 placesA small Himalayan outpost at about 2,200 m, facing the five summits of…
- Mussoorie21 placesA colonial hill station clinging to the Himalayan foothills, where Mall Road…
- Nainital20 placesA glassy lake ringed by pine hills, where the Mall Road hums with quiet…
- Pithoragarh11 placesA quiet Kumaon valley town under Panchachuli light: small Shiva shrines on the…
- Ranikhet12 placesPine ridges, army meadows and a Himalayan skyline: a small cantonment town for…
- Rishikesh17 placesSacred Ganga ghats, yoga ashrams in the foothills, and a rhythm that slows to…
- Sankri8 placesA small wooden village where the road ends and the forest begins: the gateway…
- Uttarkashi10 placesA Bhagirathi river town with a Shiva temple, a mountaineering school and trails…
- Valley of Flowers8 placesA short, high, monsoon-fed season of alpine wildflowers, reached on foot from…
- Yamunotri10 placesA small shrine to the goddess Yamuna at the head of her valley, reached only on…
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- Bakkhali8 placesA long, quiet beach at the edge of the Ganges delta, with mangroves, a fishing…
- Bardhaman7 placesA former princely seat on the Grand Trunk Road: Raj-era temples, a colonial…
- Bishnupur12 placesA small Malla-era capital of terracotta temples, silk weavers and classical…
- Bongaon7 placesA quiet border town on the Ichamati, where a small deer sanctuary, a novelist's…
- Cooch Behar9 placesA former princely capital of wide avenues, a red-brick palace and a central…
- Darjeeling20 placesTea gardens climbing misty hillsides, the toy train's whistle echoing through…
- Digha13 placesA long, shallow Bay of Bengal beach, a sea wall at sunrise and a fish market at…
- Gangasagar8 placesWhere the Ganga meets the Bay of Bengal: a quiet island shrine for most of the…
- Gorumara5 placesRhino grassland, elephant forest and tea estates in the Dooars, with the…
- Jaldapara10 placesTall grass, one-horned rhinos and Himalayan foothills: a short, wild safari…
- Kalimpong13 placesA quiet hill station of Buddhist monasteries, flower nurseries and sweeping…
- Kolkata22 placesColonial grandeur, temple fervor, the Hooghly river and some of India's finest…
- Kurseong10 placesA tea-and-railway hill town at about 1,500 metres, where the toy train runs…
- Lava9 placesA misty forest village at the gate of Neora Valley, with a working monastery…
- Malda13 placesBrick ruins of Bengal's sultanate capitals, a river town and a mango…
- Mandarmani9 placesA long, firm-sand beach on the Bay of Bengal, a calmer weekend break than…
- Mayapur11 placesA riverside pilgrimage town where the Ganga meets the Jalangi: Chaitanya's…
- Mirik11 placesA small hill town built around a lake, with tea slopes, pine forest and a…
- Murshidabad12 placesThe old Nawabi capital of Bengal: river palaces, mosques, cemeteries and…
- Raiganj5 placesA trading town on the Kulik River in North Bengal, best known for its bird…
- Santiniketan12 placesTagore's school under the trees: low mud houses, red laterite earth, Baul songs…
- Siliguri11 placesThe flat gateway to the eastern Himalaya: Buddhist stupas, a forest sanctuary…
- Sundarbans13 placesThe world's largest mangrove delta, seen from a slow boat: tidal creeks…
- Tarapith8 placesA riverside pilgrimage village in Birbhum, built around a Tara temple, a…