Advantages: A very atmospheric place with great views - well worth a visit
Disadvantages: Don't be surprised if it's all a bit baffling

Never Take India for Granted One of the strange things about India is that it’s often very difficult to tell how old something is. Sometimes you’ll visit a place that looks like it was built ten years ago and it’s a thousand years old, and at other t ... Read review

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Advantages: Much more than we expected to find
Disadvantages: Can get rather crowded

What? ANOTHER Temple? The Vashista Temple in Manali was the last attraction we visited on a very intense day of tourism. We nearly told our driver, Mr Singh, to just take us back to the hotel because we’d already done so much but fortunately he didn’ ... Read review

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Sometimes you come across little gems like this totally unexpectedly by catsholiday

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Advantages: A beautiful quiet space
Disadvantages: Not a lot to actually 'do'

Room to breathe Sometimes when you’re on holiday and visiting lots of different attractions, what you really want and need is a quite, peaceful place to sit and think and preferably not get pestered by lots of people. Our morning in Manali had been v ... Read review

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Looks like the Lickey Hills, only the trees are bigger! lol x by chrisandmark_is_here

How lovely - my kind of spot x by dawnymarie

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Advantages: Inexpensive and quite interesting
Disadvantages: Buddhist temples need some explanation - but ideally not TOO much

A Busy Day Some holiday days are just packed full of things about which to write reviews and our day in the Himachal Pradesh town of Manali was such a day. Before noon we’d visited a major Hindu temple, strolled round a museum of local culture and vi ... Read review

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This is why I love Ciao and other sites like it because I feel so grateful to be given the opportunity to read reviews like this. The pictures are beautiful. E from me.x by Violet1278

If only we could post photos on the other site, too. by MALU

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Advantages: We didn't have to stay very long
Disadvantages: It's a really rubbish attraction that you can easily skip.

Embrace the opportunity to visit rubbish attractions Every trip to India should include a few seriously poor tourist attractions and our day in Manali offered one of the lamest so-called attractions that we’ve yet experienced. We take a certain deligh ... Read review

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An interesting read :) x by Wee_Jackie_163

Yes, trying to spare the driver's feelings was a very British thing to do! x by Gingerkitty

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Advantages: There's nowhere else in India quite like the Ridge
Disadvantages: It's a 15-20 minute attraction - don't plan half a day.

The Centre of the City Shimla is a funny sort of place and it's rather hard to put your finger on what you could really call the 'centre' of the city. Because the city clings precariously to the mountainside, it's not as if there's really a mid-point ... Read review

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Excellent review the phots are stunning especially the mountain views. by garymarsh86

I am still jealous! by catsholiday

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Advantages: Remarkably undusty and lacking mouldy old exhibits
Disadvantages: Not a place you'll want to spend the whole afternoon.

Manali Museum On our second day in Manali, Himachal Pradesh (that's up in the Indian Himalayas for anyone who's scratching their head and wondering where it is) our driver took us to see the sights of the city. Some of them were contenders for our lo ... Read review

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Enjoying this trip seen through you! by catsholiday

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Advantages: A unique pedestrian street at the heart of Shimla
Disadvantages: It's quite steep in places and if you've newly arrived the altitude can make it tough going

What's a Mall? When I was a child growing up near Salisbury, the term 'The Mall' had only one meaning for me. It was the city's Old George Mall, for its time a rather exciting pedestrian shopping area. Over time I came to know 'The Mall' as the road ... Read review

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Lovely to read and see accompanying photos. by cha97michelle

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Advantages: A beautiful wooden building from the 1500s
Disadvantages: Angora attacks and not actually that much to see inside the temple

Have you Heard of Hadimba? On our first full day in Manali we took a trip to the Rohtang Pass. Since nearly every car in India is a little white Indica, we learned to check each vehicle we used for distinguishing features so we’d be able to find it ( ... Read review

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Oh my goodness - I absolutely love those bunnies (ok, the rest of the pics are great too, but...the bunnies!!!). by Amazingwoo

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Advantages: Spectacular views, super ponies, lots of crazy people
Disadvantages: You won't get snow all year round and in the winter it can be dangerous

I’m on the Top of the World, Looking Down on Creation I suspect there is a primitive human instinct that drives (many of) us to want to get to the top of big things. If there’s a mountain, we want to climb it – or better still be driven in comfort to ... Read review

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A wonderful read and photos to match by fizzytom

I'm so coming with you on your next jaunt... by Essexgirl2006

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Advantages: The animals are well kept in large pens and show few signs of stress
Disadvantages: It's not the most exciting nature park you'll ever find.

Welcome to Kufri Kufri is a small village and ski 'resort' (if the time of the year is right) not far from the city of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. A visit was included in the itinerary we booked for our trip to the Himalaya in November 2012 and since ... Read review

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An exceptional review by AnneLorraine1

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Advantages: A fabulous project to preserve the culture of Shimla's past
Disadvantages: I loved it but if you don't like tours, you might not.

A Missing Attraction If you have seen Michael Palin's excellent series about his journeys through the Himalaya, you'll maybe have an idea why we keep going back again and again to experience the mountains. One of my favourite episodes is the one where ... Read review

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Added to my list now!! by catsholiday

Brilliant review. by kiss_me2070

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Advantages: You may be able to get some great photos
Disadvantages: An old technique that's more for the foreigners than the fish

Look at the funny locals doing crazy things It's amazing what you can persuade tourists to consider an 'attraction' these days and equally how locally developed techniques for things like fishing or farming can become photogenic 'must sees' on the to ... Read review

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Great review x by xmum2fourx

Looks like an interesting spectacle...just a pity they are doing it more for the tourists than the fish. Lissy by Secre

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Advantages: Great shopping, friendly people, and if you don't go on Friday, a fascinating synagogue
Disadvantages: It can get very busy (but not on a Friday) if the cruise ships are in port.

Taking things easy The first five days of our holiday in India last year had been pretty intense and when we got to Kochi (formerly Cochin) we were determined to take things a bit easier. After six days of non-stop travel we were keen to not go very f ... Read review

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Good review, I like the photos :-) by Jo586

Fab review by cha97michelle

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Advantages: Eye-poppingly gorgeous murals
Disadvantages: Can get very crowded

Sorry we trashed your temple, here have a palace Mattancherry Palace in Kochi was built in the mid 1500s by Portuguese colonists as a gift for a local king called Veera Kerala Varma, partly in compensation and partly in apology for the damage that h ... Read review

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Excellent Review x by yazoo88

A lovely review & interesting read, E x by Wee_Jackie_163

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