Shimla
Shimla also known as ‘The Summer Capital of British India’ is the capital and largest city of the northern
Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a district which is bounded by Mandi and Kullu in the
north, Kinnaur in the east, the state of Uttarakhand in the
south-east.It is unarguably one of the most popular hill stations, buzzing with
Indian vacationers all year long.
Traffic is banned from the central
part of town, so walking is pleasant – even when huffing and puffing uphill.
The long, winding main street, the Mall, runs east and west just below the
spine of the hill. South of it, the maze-like alleys of the bustling bazaar
cascade steeply down to traffic-infested Cart Rd.
From mid-July to mid-September, Shimla
is frequently wreathed in cloud, and in the winters it gets engulfed in a white
blanket of snow. It is also home to a number of buildings that are styled in
the Tudorbethan and neo-Gothic architectures dating from the colonial era which
attract a lot of tourists all through the year.
