Goa, a Portuguese colony until 1961, combines palm-fringed beaches with whitewashed churches. Old Goa's Basilica of Bom Jesus holds the tomb of St Francis Xavier, part of a UNESCO site. Panaji's Fontainhas quarter has colourful Portuguese houses.
North Goa beaches such as Anjuna and Vagator are lively; South Goa, such as Palolem and Agonda, is calmer. The season is November to March.
The ruins of Vijayanagara, once one of the world's richest cities, scattered among giant boulders, banana plantations and the Tungabhadra River, a UN…
Kodagu (Coorg) is a misty hill region of coffee and spice plantations in Karnataka.
A great basalt arch on Mumbai's waterfront, built to commemorate the visit of King George V in 1911, opposite the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
The opulent palace of the Wadiyar maharajas, built in 1912 in Indo-Saracenic style, with stained glass, mosaics and carved doors.
Two UNESCO-listed groups of rock-cut caves near Aurangabad.
A hill station in the Western Ghats of Kerala, surrounded by emerald tea plantations carpeting rolling hills.
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