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Eight cities stacked on one plain, and all of them still open for business.
12 places
3–5 days
🇮🇳 India
Twenty-eight states, twenty-two official languages and a different idea of what a holiday looks like every few hundred kilometres — desert forts, Himalayan passes, backwater villages and temple towns that have run…
25 destinations
INR
+91
October to March across most of the country
Entry & visas
Most nationalities need a visa. The e-Visa covers tourism for many passports and is applied for online before travel; protected areas such as parts of Ladakh, Sikkim and the Andamans need an additional permit. Check the official Bureau of Immigration site before booking.
By region
Regions & states
Rajasthan · 4
Karnataka · 3
Kerala · 3
Uttar Pradesh · 2
West Bengal · 2
Delhi · 1
Goa · 1
Himachal Pradesh · 1
Ladakh · 1
Maharashtra · 1
Odisha · 1
Puducherry · 1
Punjab · 1
Tamil Nadu · 1
Telangana · 1
Uttarakhand · 1
Where to go
Destinations in India
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A planned pink city with a fort on every ridge and a bazaar behind every gate.
11 places
2–4 days
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One building most people travel a continent for — and three more that deserve the same trip.
7 places
1–2 days
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Seven islands, twenty million people, and no time to explain.
11 places
2–4 days
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A hundred kilometres of coast with a Portuguese hangover.
10 places
4–7 days
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Five lakes, a working palace and the only Rajasthani city that feels soft.
9 places
2–4 days
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The oldest continuously lived-in city on the Ganga, and it hides nothing.
7 places
2–3 days
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A gold-covered shrine that feeds 100,000 people a day, free, every day.
6 places
2–3 days
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The ruins of an empire scattered across 26 square kilometres of boulders.
8 places
2–4 days
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A blue old town under the least-ruined fort in India.
6 places
2–3 days
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Six hundred years of trading, and every trader left something behind.
8 places
2–3 days
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The only Indian metro that would rather argue about a book than about money.
8 places
2–4 days
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A high desert at 3,500 m where the air is thin and the light is unreal.
8 places
5–8 days
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Tea to the horizon in every direction.
7 places
2–4 days
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A night on a houseboat, and nothing to do but watch the water.
6 places
1–3 days
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A royal city that switches on 97,000 light bulbs every Sunday night.
8 places
2–3 days
Qutb Shahi tombs on one side, glass towers on the other, biryani in the middle.
9 places
2–4 days
The end of the Kullu valley and the start of the high road north.
8 places
3–5 days
A living fort of yellow sandstone in the middle of the Thar.
6 places
2–3 days
A temple with fourteen towers and a city arranged in squares around it.
7 places
1–2 days
Garden city, tech capital, and the best weather of any Indian metro.
9 places
2–3 days
French street signs, a sea wall and no traffic before eight.
7 places
2–3 days
Yoga on one bank, white water on the other.
8 places
2–4 days
Tea, a toy train, and Kanchenjunga on a clear morning.
7 places
2–4 days
One of the four holiest towns in India, with a beach attached.
6 places
2–3 days