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Dharamsala is known for its scenic beauty, calmness and serenity. It has high pine trees, tea gardens and timber yielding trees. Dharamsala, popularly known as the ‘Queen of the Hills’, is divided into lower and upper towns with a difference of 457m (1500ft.) between them. |
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Dharamshala Travel » Solan Tourism
Solan Tourism Blessed with a pleasant climate all the year round. Solan has an old brewery
and a sprawling horticulture and forestry university. HPTDC hotel and restaurant
are available. GENERAL INFORMATION
CLOTHING: Cotton clothes in Summer and light woolen to woolen in winter. LANGUAGE: Hindi, Punjabi, English are understood and spoken by the people engaged in tourism trade. APPROACH RAIL: The nearest broad gauge railway station is at Kalka and nearest narrow gauge railway station is at Solan, which are connected by regular bus services. ROAD: Solan is approachable by road from Shimla and Chandigarh. WHAT TO SEE  1. KASAULI: 77 k.m. from Shimla and 35 k.m. from
Kalka, at 1927 metres is a quaint little town that seems to exists in
a time wrap in an era that reminds one of the 19th century. Its colonial
ambience is reinforced by cobbled paths, quaint shops, gabled houses with
charming facades and scores of neat little gardens and orchards. Kasauli
is surrounded by a mixed forest of chir-pine, Himalyan oak and huge horse-chestnuts.
Its narrow roadslither up and down the hillsides and offer some magnificent
vistas. You can get vantage views from Monkey Point, 4 k.m. from the bus
stand. HPTDC hotel available. 2. BAROG: Barog once just a stop over on the Kalka-Shimla highway, this town has grown to be a destination in itself. Surrounded by pine forests, it presents a fascinating view of the Churdhar Peak, which poetically translates into 'Mountain of the Silver Bangle'. HPTDC runs hotel Pinewood here. 3. CHAIL: 43 k.m. from Shimla and with a lush green setting, this was the former 'summer capital' of the Patiala state. At 2250 metres it has the world's highest cricket pitch and a polo ground, the old palace, now a hotel, and the possibility of some angling are added attractions.  4. PARWANOO: This fast spreading town welcomes
the traveler to Himachal as one enters the state from Kalka. There is
an HPTDC tourist information office. Hotel Shivalik and restaurant is
located here. 5. KIARIGHAT: A little short of Shimla, Kiarighat was once a Dak bunglow. Now HPTDC runs a Tourist inn here. 6. DARLAGHAT: Situated on the Shimla-Bilaspur-Manali state highway. HPTDC runs Hotel Bhagal here.
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