Best Time To Travel To Shimla – Experience Relaxing Summer Holidays

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Shimla is the largest hill city of India and also the most popular tourist town of the country that attracts visitors from all over the world throughout the year. As this charming beauty rests amidst lofty hills, it is also named as the Queen of hills. This capital city of Himachal Pradesh is located in the Himalayas above 2213m above sea level. It was also declared as the summer capital of British rule and since then Shimla is recognized as one of the best summer destinations. Shimla offers relaxing summer holidays and therefore summers are best time to travel to Shimla. However other seasons are no less in serving perfectly as a host. Nature unfolds itself at its best in Shimla. Surrounded by the forests of oak, pine and rhododendron, Shimla experiences pleasant summers on one hand and snowy winters on the other hand and thus drives a huge number of tourists throughout all four seasons of a year from all over the world. The hills in summer and the snowy misty winter morning welcome the tourists with irresistible charm. Thus, all fours seasons are best Shimla time to travel. There are many tourist spots in Shimla and the most ...
... frequented of these are: the Summer hill, Sankat Mochan, Junga, Anand Vilas, Kufri, Mall road, Tatapani, Sanjauli, the Christ Church, Jakhu temple, Shimla museum, Tara devi, The ridge, the scandal point and so on.

Apart from the natural glories, Shimla is also popular as the land of fairs and festivals as it hosts a number of colorful festivals. Therefore, festive time too serves as one of the best times to travel to Shimla as during festival the city has its own cultural glory and fascination. The most popular Shimla festivals are: Ice Skating Carnival festival that is hosted during the winters, Rhyali festival that is celebrated in the rainy season, summer festival enjoyed in the summers, Baisakhi in mid of April month, Bhoj fair in November, Diwali in November and Christmas in December. Huge numbers of tourists visit Shimla during these festivals to enjoy the merry making. There are few other traditional Shimla festivals that are very popular among tourists and these are namely Lavi fair, Lohri, Navratri, Sipi fair and so on. During festival the land offers the tourists an experience to enjoy the multi-colors of festivity along with the natural grandeur of Shimla. Thus, festivals are undoubtedly the best time to travel in Shimla.

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