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Lonely Planet's India is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the magnificent monument to love that is the Taj Mahal, climb into the high Himalaya and Ladakh's moonscapes, and experience the dramatic rock-cut grottoes in the caves of Ajanta; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of India and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's India Travel Guide:
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak
Top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of India's best experiences and where to have them
What's new feature taps into cultural trends and helps you find fresh ideas and cool new areas
Pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with wi-fi, ATM and transport info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel
Planning tools for family travellers - where to go, how to save money, plus fun stuff just for kids
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
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Covers Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Kolkata, West Bengal, Sikkim, Northeast States, Gujarat, Odisha, Mumbai, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's India , our most comprehensive guide to India, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
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Table of Contents
Plan Your Trip | |
Welcome to India | p. 6 |
India Map | p. 8 |
India's Top Experiences | p. 10 |
Need to Know | p. 20 |
First Time India | p. 22 |
What's New | p. 24 |
Month by Month | p. 26 |
Itineraries | p. 30 |
Booking Trains | p. 36 |
Yoga, Ayurveda & Spiritual Pursuits | p. 38 |
Travel with Children | p. 41 |
Regions at a Glance | p. 44 |
On the Road | |
Delhi | p. 51 |
Rajasthan | p. 99 |
Jaipur | p. 102 |
Bharatpur & Keoladeo National Park | p. 121 |
Alwar | p. 125 |
Sariska Tiger Reserve & National Park | p. 127 |
Ajmer | p. 128 |
Pushkar | p. 131 |
Ranthambhore National Park | p. 136 |
Bundi | p. 139 |
Kota | p. 143 |
Chittorgarh (Chittor) | p. 144 |
Udaipur | p. 148 |
Mt Abu | p. 159 |
Nawalgarh | p. 164 |
Jhunjhunu | p. 166 |
Fatehpur | p. 167 |
Mandawa | p. 168 |
Jodhpur | p. 169 |
Jaisalmer | p. 178 |
Bikaner | p. 188 |
Punjab & Haryana | p. 195 |
Chandigarh | p. 197 |
Morni Hills | p. 205 |
Pinjore (Yadavindra) Gardens | p. 205 |
Amritsar | p. 205 |
Kapurthala | p. 214 |
Faridkot | p. 215 |
Bathinda | p. 215 |
Patiala | p. 216 |
Anandpur Sahib | p. 217 |
Kurukshetra (Thanesar) | p. 218 |
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary | p. 219 |
Kashmir & Ladakh | p. 221 |
Leh | p. 224 |
Markha Valley | p. 243 |
Nubra Valley | p. 245 |
Pangong Tso | p. 249 |
Tso Moriri Loop | p. 250 |
Leh to Kargil | p. 251 |
Kargil & Zanskar | p. 257 |
Srinagar | p. 264 |
Pahalgam & Aru | p. 271 |
Gulmarg | p. 272 |
Naranag & Lake Gangabal | p. 272 |
Sonamarg | p. 273 |
South of Srinagar | p. 274 |
Jammu | p. 274 |
Himachal Pradesh | p. 279 |
Shimla | p. 282 |
Rampur | p. 290 |
Sarahan | p. 290 |
Sangla Valley | p. 291 |
Rekong Peo | p. 292 |
Kalpa | p. 293 |
Mandi | p. 295 |
Rewalsar | p. 296 |
Tirthan & Banjar Valleys | p. 297 |
Bhuntar | p. 299 |
Parvati Valley | p. 299 |
Kullu | p. 304 |
Naggar | p. 305 |
Manali | p. 307 |
Dharamsala | p. 317 |
McLeod Ganj | p. 318 |
Dharamsala to Mandi | p. 329 |
Chamba Valley | p. 332 |
Lahaul | p. 337 |
Spiti | p. 340 |
Agra & The Taj Mahal | p. 349 |
Agra | p. 350 |
Fatehpur Sikri | p. 367 |
Uttar Pradesh | p. 373 |
Varanasi | p. 376 |
Sarnath | p. 389 |
Gorakhpur | p. 390 |
Kushinagar | p. 392 |
Sunauli & the Nepal Border | p. 393 |
Lucknow | p. 394 |
Ayodhya & Around | p. 400 |
Prayagraj (Allahabad) | p. 401 |
Western Uttar Pradesh | p. 407 |
Uttarakhand | p. 411 |
Rishikesh | p. 413 |
Haridwar | p. 420 |
Rajaji Tiger Reserve | p. 424 |
Dehra Dun | p. 425 |
Mussoorie | p. 428 |
Yamunotri | p. 431 |
Uttarkashi | p. 431 |
Gangotri & Gaumukh Glacier | p. 432 |
Kedarnath | p. 434 |
Joshimath | p. 435 |
Valley of Flowers & Hem Kund | p. 436 |
Badrinath & Mana Village | p. 438 |
Corbett Tiger Reserve | p. 439 |
Nainttal | p. 443 |
Almora | p. 446 |
Around Almora | p. 447 |
Kausani | p. 449 |
Bageshwar | p. 449 |
Munsyari | p. 450 |
Kolkat (Calcutta) | p. 453 |
West Bengal | p. 487 |
Sundarbans Tiger Reserve | p. 490 |
Up the Hooghly | p. 490 |
Bishnupur | p. 492 |
Shantiniketan | p. 493 |
Murshidabad & Berhampore | p. 495 |
Gaur & Pandua | p. 495 |
Siliguri & New Jalpaiguri | p. 496 |
Kurseong | p. 498 |
Darjeeling | p. 500 |
Singaiila Ridge | p. 509 |
Kalimpong | p. 511 |
Jaldapara National Park | p. 517 |
Bihar & Jharkhand | p. 519 |
Patna | p. 521 |
Raxaul | p. 526 |
Gaya | p. 527 |
Bodhgaya | p. 527 |
Rajgir | p. 532 |
Naianda | p. 533 |
Ranchi | p. 535 |
Betla (Palamau) National Park | p. 537 |
Sikkim | p. 539 |
Gangtok | p. 542 |
Rumtek | p. 548 |
Mangan | p. 550 |
Dzongu | p. 550 |
Far North Sikkim | p. 551 |
Namchi | p. 553 |
Ravangla (Rabongla) | p. 554 |
Felling | p. 555 |
Khecheopalri (Kechuperi) Lake | p. 557 |
Yuksom | p. 558 |
Dzongri & Goecha La - the Khangchendzonga Trek | p. 559 |
Tashiding | p. 560 |
Kuluk & Rinchenpong | p. 561 |
Northeast States | p. 563 |
Assam | p. 565 |
Arunachal Pradesh | p. 576 |
Nagaland | p. 583 |
Manipur | p. 588 |
Mizoram | p. 590 |
Tripura | p. 592 |
Odisha | p. 601 |
Bhubaneswar | p. 603 |
Puri | p. 611 |
Konark | p. 616 |
Chilika Lake | p. 618 |
Gopalpur-on-Sea | p. 620 |
Koraput | p. 621 |
Rayagada | p. 623 |
Jeypore | p. 624 |
Cuttack | p. 624 |
Dhenkanal | p. 625 |
Pusphagiri Ruins | p. 626 |
Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary | p. 627 |
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh | p. 631 |
Gwalior | p. 633 |
Orchha | p. 638 |
Khajuraho | p. 643 |
Panna Tiger Reserve | p. 653 |
Bhopal | p. 654 |
Sanchi | p. 658 |
On the Road | |
Pachmarhi | p. 663 |
Indore | p. 667 |
Ujjain | p. 669 |
Mandu | p. 672 |
Maheshwar | p. 677 |
Omkareshwar | p. 678 |
Jabalpur | p. 680 |
Kanha Tiger Reserve | p. 682 |
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve | p. 684 |
Perch Tiger Reserve | p. 687 |
Raipur | p. 688 |
Jagdalpur | p. 689 |
Gujarat & Diu | p. 693 |
Ahmedabad (Amdavad) | p. 695 |
Vadodara (Baroda) | p. 707 |
Bhavnagar | p. 711 |
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park | p. 712 |
Palitana | p. 712 |
Din | p. 714 |
Somnath | p. 718 |
Gir National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary | p. 720 |
Junagadh | p. 722 |
Gondal | p. 725 |
Jamnagar | p. 726 |
Rajkot | p. 729 |
Kachchh (Kutch) | p. 731 |
Bhuj | p. 731 |
Little Rann of Kachchh (Kutch) | p. 738 |
Mumbai (Bombay) | p. 741 |
Maharashtra | p. 779 |
Nashik | p. 781 |
Aurangabad | p. 785 |
Ellora | p. 789 |
Ajanta | p. 792 |
Jalgaon | p. 795 |
Nagpur | p. 796 |
Konkan Coast | p. 798 |
Matheran | p. 802 |
Lonavla | p. 804 |
Pune | p. 805 |
Kolhapur | p. 811 |
Mahabaleshwar | p. 813 |
Goa | p. 815 |
Panaji | p. 818 |
Old Goa | p. 824 |
Mapusa | p. 825 |
Candolim | p. 826 |
Calangute & Baga | p. 829 |
Anjuna | p. 834 |
Assagao | p. 838 |
Vagator & Chapora | p. 839 |
Morjim | p. 842 |
Asvem | p. 843 |
Mandrem | p. 844 |
Arambol (Harmal) | p. 845 |
Margao | p. 847 |
Colva | p. 849 |
Benaulim | p. 850 |
Agonda | p. 851 |
Palolem | p. 852 |
Patnem | p. 857 |
Karnataka | p. 861 |
Bengaluru (Bangalore) | p. 863 |
Hesaraghatta | p. 879 |
Mysuru (Mysore) | p. 879 |
Bandipur National Park | p. 890 |
Nagarhole National Park | p. 891 |
Kodagu (Coorg) Region | p. 892 |
Hassan | p. 894 |
Belur | p. 895 |
Halebid | p. 895 |
Sravanabelagola | p. 896 |
Mangaluru (Mangalore) | p. 896 |
Dharmasthala | p. 899 |
Udupi | p. 899 |
Malpe | p. 900 |
Gokarna | p. 900 |
Hampi | p. 903 |
Anegundi | p. 910 |
Hosapete (Hospet) | p. 911 |
Hubballi (Hubli) | p. 911 |
Badami | p. 911 |
Vijapura (Bijapur) | p. 913 |
Bidar | p. 917 |
Telangana & Andhra Pradesh | p. 919 |
Hyderabad | p. 921 |
Bhongir | p. 939 |
Warangal | p. 939 |
Palampet | p. 940 |
Vijayawada | p. 940 |
Amaravathi | p. 942 |
Nagarjunakonda | p. 942 |
Visakhapatnam | p. 943 |
Tirumaia & Tirupati | p. 947 |
Kerala | p. 951 |
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) | p. 953 |
Kovalam | p. 958 |
Varkala | p. 962 |
Koliam (Quilon) | p. 968 |
Aiappuzha (Alleppey) | p. 970 |
Marari & Kattoor | p. 975 |
Kottayam | p. 975 |
Kumarakom | p. 978 |
Periyar Tiger Reserve | p. 979 |
Munnar | p. 983 |
Kochi (Cochin) | p. 987 |
Thrissur (Trichur) | p. 1002 |
Kozhikode (Calicut) | p. 1005 |
Kannur & Around | p. 1010 |
Bekal & Around | p. 1012 |
Lakshadweep | p. 1014 |
Tamil Nadu | p. 1017 |
Chennai (Madras) | p. 1020 |
East Coast Road | p. 1037 |
Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) | p. 1038 |
Kanchipuram | p. 1044 |
Tiruvannamalai | p. 1046 |
Puducherry (Pondicherry) | p. 1049 |
Auroville | p. 1057 |
Chidambaram | p. 1058 |
Tharangambadi (Tranquebar) | p. 1059 |
Kumbakonam | p. 1059 |
Thanjavur (Tanjore) | p. 1061 |
Trichy (Tiruchirappaili) | p. 1065 |
Chettinadu | p. 1070 |
Madurai | p. 1072 |
Rameswaram | p. 1077 |
Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) | p. 1078 |
Kodaikanal (Kodai) | p. 1082 |
Coimbatore | p. 1087 |
Coonoor | p. 1089 |
Kotagiri | p. 1091 |
Ooty (Udhagamandaiam) | p. 1092 |
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve | p. 1097 |
Anamalai Tiger Reserve | p. 1098 |
Andaman Islands | p. 1101 |
Port Blair | p. 1105 |
Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep) | p. 1111 |
Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) | p. 1116 |
Little Andaman | p. 1121 |
Understand | |
History | p. 1124 |
The Way of Life | p. 1141 |
Spiritual India | p. 1148 |
Delicious India | p. 1156 |
The Great Indian Bazaar | p. 1166 |
The Arts | p. 1174 |
Sacred Architecture | p. 1179 |
Wildlife & Parks | p. 1184 |
Survival Guide | |
Scams | p. 1190 |
Women & Solo Travellers | p. 1192 |
Directory A-Z | p. 1194 |
Transport | p. 1207 |
Health | p. 1218 |
Language | p. 1225 |
Index | p. 1239 |
Special Features | |
Red Fort | p. 56 |
Taj Mahal | p. 352 |
Fatehpur Sikri | p. 368 |
Khajuraho Temples | p. 648 |
Mysuru Palace | p. 880 |