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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 CitiesKilometer (km)Major CitiesKilometer (km)
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