Shimla the capital of Himachal Pradesh, has always been one of the top honeymoon destinations. What makes it more special is the Kalka - Shimla toy train. But you really need to plan your visit in ease to experience the toy train journey. All we had was a day's time to take a trip from Chandigarh to Shimla, and so did we book a taxi for the day. With only a days visit, we had to cut short our visit to Kufri and Chail, which we had planned earlier.
We reached Shimla by 12, had lunch and wandered around. It seems like every hill station in India has a Mall Road, and all share the same look. Automobiles are not allowed on Mall road, though there are prams to hire to carry your kids.
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| State Library and Christ Church |
Once the summer capital of British, the place still preserves the colonial look, with its heritage buildings - Christ church, State Library, Municipal Corporation Building, Police Headquarters, Gaiety Theater, General Post Office. The shops on Mall Road sell beautiful handicraft and woolen cloths, they are quite reasonable as well.
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| Christ Church with Hanuman Statue of Jakhoo Hills |
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| Municipal Corporation Building |
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| General Post Office |
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| Murals on the walls of Mall Road |
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| The Lamp Post, a beauty in itself |
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| Statue of Freedom Fighter Lala Lajpat Rai at the junction of Mall Road and Ridge Road |
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| Rock models, representing Rock garden of Chandigarh |
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| An arch from the heritage building |
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| I liked this statue in front of Police Assistance Room, a Policeman with a kid, DUTY WITH LOVE, so meaningful. |
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| One of the stores at the mall road, any ordinary building, but liked the structural design with bright colour. |
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| Thats kiddo with her new muffler and ear muff, aren't they pretty? |
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Travel Tips:
Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, around 115km from Chandigarh.
By Road: Shimla is around 360km from National Capital Delhi and around 115km from Chandigarh and has regular PUNBUS and HRTC buses connecting Shimla with other places. There are over night Volvo buses as well playing between Delhi and Shimla.
By Train: Its the narrow gauge toy train which connects Shimla to Kalka. Chandigarh which is around 30km from Kalka, is connected to major cities of the country by train.
By Air: Shimla airport is 22km from Shimla city and well connected to Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities.
Best time to visit:
Winters, if you want to experience snow fall, summer to get of the heat from other parts of the country.
Do check out the complete series on this trip of mine
here.
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