Popular Summer Destinations in North India

Dawn breaks softly over Srinagar, gilding the rooftops and mosque minarets in a misty gold as the city stirs to life. The scent of wood smoke mingles with dew, ...

Early morning in Leh has a rarefied hush, the air crisp and almost sweet, mountain sunlight fanning across flat rooftops and whitewashed stupas. In the old city...

In Gulmarg, the morning air tastes crisp and clean, laced with an undercurrent of cedar and pine as mist uncurls between slopes mottled with wildflowers. As you...

The mountain air in Manali is crisp even at midday, laced with the scent of pine and woodsmoke. Apple orchards press up against winding roads, their blossoms ...

In Dharamshala, the air holds pine and cedar and a freshness that sharpens the mind. Winding up from the tea gardens of Kangra, you reach streets alive with ...

Early light wakes Shimla gently, haze lifting over steep ridges as chime of temple bells mingles with the chorus of rickshaw horns winding up Mall Road. Pine ...

Morning mists drift through the deodars, lending Mussoorie a gentle, elusive hush broken only by birdsong and the puff of distant car horns. There’s a crispness...

The morning mist lingers just above emerald-green Naini Lake, a silvery hush settling over the town as sunlight filters through pine and oak. Up the winding ...

At first light, Corbett stirs with the calls of barking deer echoing through teak forests, the air thick with the earthy scent of leaf mold and hidden streams. ...

Gangtok wakes gently, clouds slipping through the emerald slopes as prayer flags flicker in the morning breeze. There is a cool nip in the air, tinged with ...

Mist unfurls in slow ribbons over emerald tea gardens as dawn breaks in Darjeeling, and the air – sharp, tinged with eucalyptus and the distant promise of rain...

There is a particular hush to McLeod Ganj’s mornings: chill mist twines between cedars, dampens prayer flags, and wraps the hills in peace interrupted only by ...