Travel within India – states, hill stations, beaches, road trips
A short Jaisalmer itinerary is the perfect desert escape — pairing the living “Golden City” fort and its exquisitely carved havelis with a camel safari and a starlit night in the Thar dunes. In two or three days you can wander the honey-coloured Sonar Quila, marvel at the lacework mansions, ride into the Sam or…
Jodhpur, the Blue City, is one of Rajasthan’s most captivating destinations — a sea of indigo houses beneath the mighty Mehrangarh Fort, with grand palaces, bustling bazaars and the gateway to the Thar Desert. A well-planned itinerary lets you experience its forts, blue lanes, palaces and desert in just two or three days. This day-by-day…
A two-to-three day Pondicherry itinerary is the ideal seaside long weekend — a relaxed plan that pairs the photogenic French Quarter with Auroville, the beaches and the town’s superb cafés. This route makes the most of “Puducherry” at its gentle, walkable pace: heritage strolls and the seafront Promenade, the spiritual calm of the Aurobindo Ashram…
Hampi rewards a proper plan. Spread across a surreal landscape of giant boulders and the Tungabhadra river, the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire are too vast and too special to rush, and a well-paced two-to-three day itinerary lets you experience the sacred centre, the royal quarter and the laid-back river side at their best. This…
Three days is just enough to fall for Goa — and with a smart plan, a long weekend covers the best of both its lively north and its laid-back charm. This itinerary balances beaches and nightlife with Old Goa’s churches, the pastel lanes of Panaji and a taste of the green hinterland, all wrapped in…
Two days is enough to fall for Udaipur, the “City of Lakes” — and with a focused plan, a weekend captures the most romantic city in Rajasthan without rushing. This itinerary pairs the grand City Palace and a sunset boat ride on Lake Pichola with the Mughal-style gardens, a Monsoon Palace sunset and the old-city…
Two days is enough to fall for Jaipur — and with a tight, well-ordered plan you can cover the Pink City’s blockbuster forts, palaces and bazaars without feeling rushed. This itinerary devotes one day to the magnificent hill forts and another to the old-city palaces, observatory and markets, with sunset viewpoints and Rajasthani feasts woven…
The Do Dham Yatra — Kedarnath and Badrinath — pairs the two holiest of Uttarakhand’s Char Dham shrines into one profound Himalayan pilgrimage. Kedarnath, a revered Shiva temple reached by a long mountain trek, and Badrinath, a sacred Vishnu temple in a stunning valley, draw devotees from across India each season. Shorter than the full…
Tirumala, near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, is home to the Sri Venkateswara Temple — one of the world’s most visited and richest temples, drawing tens of thousands of devotees daily for darshan of Lord Balaji. With its hilltop setting, vast crowds and multiple darshan options, a well-planned trip makes all the difference. This day-by-day Tirupati…
The Vaishno Devi Yatra is one of India’s most popular and revered pilgrimages — a journey to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi nestled in the Trikuta hills of Jammu. Millions of devotees make the trek from the base town of Katra each year to seek the blessings of the Mother Goddess. A…
The Ooty–Kodaikanal route is the classic Tamil Nadu hill-station double — pairing the heritage toy train, lake and gardens of Ooty in the Nilgiris with the misty, lake-centred calm of Kodaikanal in the Palani Hills. Over about a week you can ride the famous railway, boat on two of South India’s prettiest lakes, walk cliff-edge…
The Munnar–Alleppey route is the perfect short Kerala trip — a compact loop pairing the misty tea hills of Munnar with the serene backwaters of Alleppey, bookended by the colonial charm of Kochi. In just three or four days you experience two of the state’s signature landscapes: cool mountain greenery and palm-lined waterways, with a…