Tour spots in Chandigarh
Most of tourist’s attractions in Chandigarh were created by the government of India during the time of creation the city. You will found here several beautiful gardens, parks, museum include art galleries and some amazing lakes or valleys. There are some examples of popular tourist spots.
The Capitol Complex is the most important and busiest point including the administrative sectors of Punjab and Haryana, the Legislative assembly, the high court and the secretariat.
Rock Garden is one of the best examples of Indian superb sculptures. This garden is very popular for tourist due to its super sculpture on marvels, statues, waterfalls, pools and beautiful trees.
Rose Garden popularly known as Zakir Hussain rose garden. It is the largest rose garden in Asia and an annual rose festival pulls the concentrations of many tourists.
Sukhna Lake is a man made dam with charming view of mountains include several birds. Boating facilities are available here.
Museum and art gallery: Chandigarh Government Museum and art gallery is the best museum of rare historical evidence in the city and the International Dolls museum also another attraction of the city.
Leisure Valley and Rajendra Park, these two spots are situated back to back in the city. This location is one of the most beautiful and popular tourist attraction destinations in Chandigarh.
Some other tour spots are the Sukhna Lake and forest, Kalka-Shimla narrow gauge, Bouganvillea garden, Hibiscus garden and Shanti kunj.
How and where to go?
Travel by Road: Chandigarh is very well-connected with a good road network, bus and taxi services are available in every corner of the city. Two National Highway NH-22, NH-21 and several state highways make the city well connected to the other states and major cities.
Travel by Air: If you planned to reach Chandigarh by airways then Chandigarh International Airport would be the one and only destination airport. This airport is directly connected to Delhi, Leh and Amritsar.
Travel by Rail: Chandigarh railway network are also good. This city is directly connected to Delhi, Punjab and some other states.
Distance between Chandigarh to Other Indian Cities
There is a table of approximate distance between Chandigarh (capital Town of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Union Territory) to other major cities of India. These table data provides you an idia of road distance in the scale of Kilometer (km) from Chandigarh to rest parts of India.
Distance Chandigarh to -
Major Cities | Kilometer (km) | Major Cities | Kilometer (km) |
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Panchkula | 3 | Mohali | 11 |
Rupnagar | 32 | Fatehgarh Sahib | 40 |
Shimla | 56 | Patiala | 62 |
Nawanshahr | 77 | Ludhiana | 93 |
Sangrur | 111 | Saharanpur | 118 |
Hoshiarpur | 124 | Dehradun | 134 |
Jalandhar | 135 | Roorkee | 149 |
Panipat | 158 | Haridwar | 163 |
Bathinda | 190 | Gurdaspur | 199 |
Faridkot | 200 | Ámritsar | 213 |
Firozpur | 215 | Muktsar | 225 |
Delhi | 241 | Gurgaon | 260 |
Faridabad | 268 | Jammu | 289 |
Leh | 393 | Mathura | 395 |
Srinagar | 423 | Agra | 426 |
Firozabad | 440 | Jaipur | 448 |
Kanpur | 594 | Lucknow | 602 |
Allahabad | 780 | Bhopal | 840 |
Varanasi | 866 | Jabalpur | 907 |
Indore | 908 | Ahmedabad | 960 |
Vádodara | 999 | Patna | 1023 |
Nagpur | 1110 | Surat | 1150 |
Mumbai | 1388 | Pune | 1407 |
Kolkata | 1483 | Bhubaneshwar | 1495 |
Hyderabad | 1510 | Nalbâri | 1529 |
Visakhapatnam | 1610 | Bangalore | 1990 |
Chennai | 2001 | Mangalore | 2008 |