Category: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Shimla is India’s most storied hill station — a town carved from the Himalayan ridgeline that served as the summer capital of the British Empire and has never quite lost the air of consequence that title bestowed. With its heritage architecture, toy train, forested walks, and sweeping views of the middle Himalayas, Shimla rewards those who look beyond the busy Mall Road to find the quieter pleasures: the colonial mansions, the ancient temples on Jakhu Hill, the wildflower meadows, and the deodar woods where leopards still move at night. Come for the history. Stay for the mountains.