Destination guides
Know before you go.
Honest, practical guides to India's favourite trips: the months that work, how to get there, which area to stay in, the sights worth your time and what a day really costs.
Not sure where to go? See 160 trips trending this season- GoaGoa
Portuguese lanes, palm-fringed coves and the best sunsets on India's west coast.
Best Nov - Feb2 ready-made trips - KarnatakaHampi
The ruined capital of the Vijayanagara empire, scattered across a landscape of giant boulders.
Best Oct - Feb1 ready-made trip - RajasthanJaipur
The Pink City: hill forts, royal palaces and some of India's best bazaars.
Best Oct - Mar1 ready-made trip - RajasthanUdaipur
The City of Lakes: marble palaces on Pichola, rooftop sunsets and the Aravalli hills.
Best Sep - Mar1 ready-made trip - KeralaKerala
God's Own Country: backwaters, misty tea hills and a spice-scented coast.
Best Sep - Mar1 ready-made trip - Himachal PradeshManali
Snow peaks, apple orchards and cedar forests at the head of the Kullu valley.
Best Mar - Jun, Sep - Oct1 ready-made trip - UttarakhandRishikesh
The yoga capital of the world, where the Ganga leaves the Himalaya.
Best Oct - Nov, Feb - Apr1 ready-made trip - Uttar PradeshVaranasi
One of the world's oldest living cities, on the banks of the Ganga.
Best Oct - Mar1 ready-made trip - LadakhLadakh
High-altitude desert, Buddhist monasteries and lakes of impossible blue.
Best Jun - Sep1 ready-made trip