A holy town on the Ganges at the foot of the Himalayas, the 'yoga capital of the world', with ashrams, yoga courses and the evening Ganga Aarti at Triveni Ghat and Parmarth Niketan. The Beatles studied meditation here in 1968; their ashram is open to visitors.
Rafting on the Ganges is popular from September to June. The town is vegetarian and alcohol-free.
A high Himalayan valley in Uttarakhand carpeted with wildflowers in the monsoon, part of a UNESCO site with Nanda Devi National Park.
A homestay on a forested ridge at Shoghi, about 13 km before Shimla on the highway from Chandigarh.
The Mughal emperors' palace fortress, with red sandstone walls, built by Shah Jahan in the 1640s, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, built in the 1560s, the first garden tomb in India and an inspiration for the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Herit…
The main temple of the Tibetan community in exile, next to the residence of the Dalai Lama, in McLeod Ganj above Dharamsala.
A waterfall in the hills above the village of Bhagsu, about 2 km from McLeod Ganj.
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