5 Best Places To Visit Around Chandigarh

You’ve been dazzled by the beauty of this city since the start. Be it the true piece of historical brilliance that is the Rock Garden, or the serenity and tranquility offered at the banks of the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh never ceases to enthrall us with its beauty. Given the harsh climatic conditions at present, considering the brutal summer heat, the ton of cursing that comes along with it, the toil and irritation, now isn’t the best time to hang outdoors solely because of unfavorable conditions. We know just how badly the summer heat has diluted the excitement in you, so we’ve bought you the places you must visit this summer to seek your redemption. 

So folks, get out those traveler bags, boot up and gather around because we promise this will be a bumpy ride! Taking into account the innumerable travel options present all around Chandigarh, we’ve narrowed down our list to the top 5 places that necessarily need to be on your travel agenda, should you want to enjoy a summer like never before. These places will blow over you like a breath of fresh air in the confines of a desert whose heat seems to rise with each passing day. 

1. Timber Trail 

Located in the state of Himachal, at the bottom of the beautiful Himalayan Mountain Ranges, Timber Trail Heights is accessed through a cable car. How can we forget to include the absolutely bedazzling view of the Shivalik Mountains, along with a full 30 km depiction of India’s majestic and panoramic beauty? With reviews of the place ranging from good to excellent, several visitors have praised the travel through the cable car and the location of the hotel proffering a truly unique experience. 

 2. Gurudwara Nada Sahib 

A place of holy worship, the Gurudwara Nada Sahib offers tranquility in solitude. Providing travelers with mental peace, it draws in a lot of customers throughout the year because of its location, the chance to be one with God and for the serenity. A top-notch langar, mouth-watering food and a never seen before ambience, the Nada Sahib will amaze you each second you spend time there. With only excellent reviews given by the entire junta of people who visited the place, all people do here is meditate, ask for love and forgiveness, and inevitably, get lost in the bliss. 

 3. Mughal Gardens 

Situated on the Kalka-Shimla Road, the Mughal Gardens are one of the best options for a family’s weekend retreat. Over the years, there has been an outpour of tourists in this place that gives an insight of our culture and heritage. Several reviews given by the visitors here have been above very good, with the most common response about the place being that it is a good place to visit for a day tour, the garden is very well maintained by the authorities and that the children seem to revel in the company and the games played in the place. 

 4. Mansa Devi Temple 

A temple that is deemed to be of utmost importance in a nation such as India, it is visited annually by thousands of pilgrims. Located in the Bilaspur region near Manimajra, situated in Panchkula, it has one of the highest occupancies when it boils down to the most visited religious sites in our country. Every year, Navratras announces the arrival of a national festival, resulting in a large number of devotees visiting the devotional place. Being packed throughout the year, this temple should be placed at the top of your bucket list should you be a devotional and religious person. 

 5. Cactus Garden

The Sarkaria Cactus Garden, located on the outskirts of Panchkula, is a place with a beautiful landscape, a home for plants of different varieties and a must-visit place for all those with a love for every aesthetic in the world since truly, the place is a wonderful chunk of nature's beauty. A majority of the people who have visited the place have deemed it to be a unique attraction, worth the journey made in order to reach it, with a plenty of variety of cactus and other plants on display. 

This sums up our list. We suggest you visit all these places as soon as you can if you haven’t already. Stay tuned for more!