I have visited Shimla 4 or 5 times with my family. I have written about so many places but never wrote about the place where I have been in my childhood, teenage and youth. Shimla is the best himachal pradesh destination from Delhi, people visit it often. I was in 12th [...]
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Shimla favourite himachal getaway from Delhi
Posted in Church, Father, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, animal rides, booking, booking tickets, british, children, chirst church, cottages, delhi, foreigners, garden, green, hill station, hills, himachal pradesh, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, horse riding, hotel, hotels, india, jakhu mandir, landscapes, lesiure, life, mall road, monsoon, mountains, nature, outdoors, park, peaks, people, point, reservation, resort, rock climbing, rooms, rose garden, shimla, shopping, summer, sunset, temple, tour, train tickets, travel, trekking, trip, vacations, valleys, village, weekend getaways on September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Kesroli Fort, weekend getaway from Delhi
Posted in Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, alwar, art, children, craft, foreigners, fort, green, highway, history, holiday, holidays, hotel, hotels, india, jaipur, kesroli hotel, lesiure, life, mountains, nature, neemrana hotels, offbeat destination, outdoors, people, reservation, rooms, summer, sunset, tour, tradition, travel, trip, vacations, weekend getaways on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
While going to Alwar for visiting the Dargah we saw this Neemrana property the Kesroli fort weekend destination from Delhi on our way and we decided that we would stay here for 1 night on our way back to home. It is a 14th century hill fort of Kesroli and is the [...]
The Chalets Naldehra, offbeat weekend destination from Delhi
Posted in Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, animal rides, appartments, bird, bird watching, booking, booking tickets, children, cottages, croquet, delhi, dinner, foreigners, forest, forest walk, golf course, green, hill station, hills, himachal pradesh, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, horse riding, hotel, hotels, india, jungles, lesiure, life, mountains, nature, offbeat destination, outdoors, park, people, photo, reservation, reserve, resort, river, river rafting, rooms, sand, shimla, spa, summer, sunset, swiming pool, the chalets naldehra, tour, travel, trekking, trip, vacations, valleys, weekend getaways on September 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This weekend we went to an offbeat weekend destination from Delhi near to Shimla 20km, the Chalets of Naldehra with my family for a break from regular routine. The place was 343 km from Delhi so we started on Friday evening so that we can enjoy the weekend in resting and [...]
Arts Reverie charming haveli in Ahmedabad
Posted in Mumbai, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, ahmedabad, airfares, art, arts reverie, booking, booking tickets, british, children, craft, delhi, dhal ni pol, dinner, foreigners, free tickets, green, havelis, history, holiday, holidays, hotel, hotels, india, lesiure, life, monsoon, nature, outdoors, paintaings, palace, people, reservation, summer, sunset, tour, tradition, travel, trip, vacations, weekend gateways, weekend getaways on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Arts Reverie is set in Dhal Ni Pol, one of the several pols that line the wall city of the Ahemdabad, weekend destination from Mumbai. Its one belongs to the Jain jeweler but has been brought up by Ahemdabad based author and art critic. It was 11 pm when I reached [...]
Pataudi Palace, the royal weekend destination from Delhi
Posted in Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, bird, bird watching, booking, booking tickets, cricket, delhi, foreigners, garden, green, haryana, havelis, highway, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, india, lesiure, life, mansur khan, mansur mahal, monsoon, mumtaz mahal, nature, neemrana hotels, outdoors, palace, pataudi palace, people, reservation, resort, roam, saif ali khan, saif mahal, sand, summer, sunset, tiger, tour, travel, trip, vacations, weekend gateways, weekend getaways on September 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
To me it was more than enough that I was visiting the home of Saif Ali Khan my favorite actor. However it was the Pataudi Palace, the royal palace which is now run by the Neemrana hotels. I went to enjoy my weekend in a royal style with my friends. It is [...]
Gokarna a weekend getaway
Posted in Arabian sea, Bangalore, Kerala, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, airfares, beach, booking, booking tickets, cottages, dinner, fishing, foreigners, free tickets, gokarna, green, half moon, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, india, jogging, karnataka, lakes, lesiure, life, massage, monsoon, nature, om beach, outdoors, park, people, priest, reservation, reserve, resort, river, sand, sea, sea food, summer, sunset, swa swara resort, temple, tour, train tickets, travel, trip, vacations, weekend gateways, weekend getaways on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was traveling in a bus to the town of Gokarna a weekend destination from Bangalore. When I reached Gokarna in Karnataka I asked for Swa Swara, the local name for this beach resort is simply aa hosa jaaga. I took an auto rickshaw and reached my place. My room in [...]
Kumarakom, Queen of Vembanad
Posted in Kerala, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, ayurveda, ayurveda holiday, ayurvedic, ayurvedic centre, ayurvedic massage, backwaters, beach, boat race, boating, booking, booking tickets, children, classical dance, cottages, dance, fishing, foreigners, free tickets, hindus, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, house boat, india, kettuvallom, kumarakom, lakes, lesiure, life, luxury house boat, massage, nature, onam, outdoors, people, reservation, resort, river, river crossing, river rafting, roam, sanctuary, sand, sea, sea food, shopping, spa, summer, sunset, tour, tradition, travel, trip, vacations, vembanad lake, village, weekend gateways, weekend getaways on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is the perfect backwater village of Kumarakom which lies on the bank of Vembanad Lake, 15 km west of Kottayam. My biggest dream of seeing the backwaters of Kerala came live when I went there. It is the best weekend destination or weekend getaway of the people of Kerala. Kumarakom is [...]
Kochi once upon a lagoon
Posted in Arabian sea, Church, Kerala, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, airfares, animal rides, beach, boating, booking, booking tickets, broadway, cochin, cottages, craft, ernakulam, forces, foreigners, fort, green, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, house boat, india, kochi, lagoon, lakes, life, massage, mattancherry, nature, park, people, reservation, reserve, resort, river, river crossing, river rafting, running, sea, sea food, shopping, st. basilica church, summer, sunset, temple, tour, tradition, travel, trip, vacations, weekend getaways on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The massive port of Kochi encompasses Fort Kochi and Mattancherry a weekend getaway, from Bangalore a cluster of islands on Vembanad Lake and Ernakulam and Thripunithura all to me was my idea of enjoying the weekend with my family. Welcomed with traditional warmth and contemporary gumption I’m at the airport [...]
Kalari Kovilakom, Ayurvedic Centre
Posted in Kerala, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, airfares, art, ayurveda, ayurveda holiday, ayurvedic, ayurvedic centre, ayurvedic massage, beach, booking, booking tickets, foreigners, free tickets, green, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, house boat, india, kalari kovilakom, kollengode, kovilakom, lakes, lesiure, life, massage, medication, nature, outdoors, people, priest, religious, reservation, resort, river, sacred, sea, summer, travel, trip, vacations, weekend getaways, yoga on September 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Other than few temples, there isn’t much to see in the small town of Kollengode, an ayurveda holiday destination or a weekend destination in Kerala (weekend getaway from bangalore too), but this is something I have to be told. I would never have discovered this for myself, for as a guest [...]
Review on Mandvi Palace
Posted in Rajasthan, Weekend Destination, accommodation, accomodation, adventure, arms, art, bird, bird watching, booking, booking tickets, british, camping holidays, children, classical dance, craft, dance, dinner, emperor, fishing, folk dance, foreigners, garden, green, gujarat, havelis, highway, hills, hindus, history, holiday, holidays, honeymoon, hotel, hotels, india, kutch, lakes, lesiure, life, luxury beach camp, mahal, mandvi palace, monsoon, mountains, nature, palace, park, people, rajmahal, resort, running, summer, sunset, tent house, tradition, train tickets, travel, trip, vacations, vijay villas, weekend getaways on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two and a half kilometers of beach, a perfect honeymoon getaway, all to me was my idea of enjoying the camping holidays with my family on a weekend destination within Gujarat. The waves gambol in the few feet away. I’m at the beach at Mandvi Palace. It is in the middle [...]
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