SINGAPORE TRIP Geographically small but giant in experience! Singapore is known as the Garden City and it feels exactly this way starting right when one enters Singapore’s Changi Airport to various areas in this city-state. Singapore is clean, well planned and well connected country. It offers amazing view of sky scrapers and its infrastructure is breath taking. The parks and garden concepts are out of the world. It is an ultra modern country with diversity in its…
The best place to stay in Pokhara is by the lakeside i.e. on the lane right opposite to Lake Phewa. The area stretches up to 5 kms, with numerous hotels of all range, multiple restaurants, various shops, café’s, massage parlours etc. Staying by the lakeside Pokhara gives you an added advantage of enjoying the street market shopping, relishing the best of food, enjoying good music and getting the beautiful view of Lake Phewa. You can go out…
BEST TIME TO VISIT KASHMIR TULIP GARDEN IN SRINAGAR With more than one million tulip bulbs planted, Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden is the largest Tulip garden in Asia, situated in Srinagar, Kashmir and the second largest in the world after Keukenhof Gardens, situated in South Holland, Netherlands. Government of Jammu & Kashmir as a strategy to boost tourism in Kashmir opened Tulip Garden in year 2007. It is spread across 30 hectares of land with Zabarwan…
Almost all tourist places like Tulip Garden, Shalimar Bagh, Pari Mahal, Shankaracharya Temple etc. in Srinagar are close to the Dal Lake. Therefore, the best place to stay in Srinagar is either at the banks of Dal Lake or close by. Being a beautiful tourist destination, Srinagar is full of multiple choices of hotels – luxurious, mid range and budgeted hotels to choose from. For a different experience you can also plan to stay on a houseboat…
Lalit Grand Palace Srinagar is the most popular hotel in Srinagar. For most of the people it is the very 1st choice. Hotel was originally a Palace of the last ruling king of Jammu & Kashmir – Maharaja Hari Singh. Because of this royal image, the tariff of this hotel is the highest in entire Srinagar i.e. roughly Rs 20,000 – Rs 25,000/Day (266 US$ – 333 US$). So is staying at Lalit Grand Palace Hotel Srinagar…
Brief History of Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir was a princely state under the British rule in India, which means it was ruled by the king but with an agreement to pay taxes in return. It was ruled of Maharaja Hari Singh. On 15thAug’ 1947, when India gained independence, Maharaja Hari Singh was given a choice to either join India or Pakistan or remain independent. He chose to remain independent but on a unfaithful day of…
Wondering which are the best places to stay in Gili Islands? Here I am presenting an overview of all three Islands – Gili Trawangan, Air Meno and Gili Air. It suggests the best places to stay in Gili Islands. Get to know about Luxury, Mid Range and Budget hotels, so that you can have a great stay in Gili Islands. BEST PLACE TO STAY IN GILI TRAWANGAN Gili Trawangan is the most preferred Island to stay out…
TRIP TO BANGKOK & PHUKET Planning a trip to Bangkok & Phuket? Here I am sharing a very interesting itinerary for a trip to Bangkok & Phuket in a week – best time to visit, where to stay, best things to do etc. Thailand’s capital Bangkok is definitely a fun city to visit. It is a perfect blend of modern city with huge skyscrapers along with ancient temples depicting its rich culture. The city is economical as compared to…
Do not miss out on the delicacies of Kashmir while visiting Srinagar. Food plays an integral part in the culture of Kashmir and some of the dishes are very authentic, rare and only available in the valley. Below are some of the best restaurants in Srinagar, which one may consider trying, to enjoy the wonderful delicacies of Kashmir. THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN SRINAGAR, CLOSE TO DAL LAKE 1. The Chinar at Lalit Grand Palace, Srinagar A very…
GOA ITINERARY Goa is a complete package for all kinds of people looking out for a beach vacation in India. It has clean beaches, amazing food and great party places. I bet, one can never explore entire Goa in just a few days. Every time I go there I see a different part of Goa. Here, I am sharing a very interesting itinerary for 5 days in Goa especially for the first timers. It covers North as…