It had been long overdue, but I am happy that I have started following my passion. Past few years I have been traveling way too much. I would take you through some very exciting trips that I did in search for destinations which are exquisite, Eco-friendly, solitary yet comfortable and deep in the folds of mother nature. I was always fascinated with the beauty of hills, maybe because I was born in the queen of hills or maybe because of spending quite a number of years in different cities, I always wanted to go back to the calm, quite and serene hills.
There are many destinations in Shimla and its surroundings, which a normal tourist is not aware off. Shimla as a destination has something for everyone, but here I would be talking about places best suited for corporate travelers, Students, individual groups and people in search of solitude because I strongly feel that these category of people are looking out for small excursions, way out of their normal routines. For the rest of the people I believe that If you have good company, no matter what place. Jokes apart, these places can be fun if you are in big groups. Secondly, these are places where you reach after a long and tiring journey and hence I believe that a destination is not complete if it can't offer the very basics of everyday life blended with some service. In short these are destinations with luxury and semi luxury offerings.
So I start my destination sojourn with a place called Crossroadresort. This destination is situated bang on the National Highway 22, 45 Kms from Shimla. This destination offers solitude, serenity, homely food, Himachali culture and above all wonderful hosts. The Resort is situated in the crest of humongous mountains on one side and a deep valley on the other. The view of the sunset from the resort is just mesmerizing. At time the valley is covered with clouds and from the resort it appears to be a meandering river. A 10 Km stretch of the National highway is seen from the resort and one can see the snarls of traffic meandering along the mountains. The closest places to see are Narkanda, which is at a distance of 15 KMs from the resort. This place is known for its Skiing slopes, it has a Himachal tourism Resort, which offers great food both indoors as well as outdoors depending on the traffic.
The next good thing to see from here is Tannijubbar lake just 5 Kms from Narkanda. Here again the closeness of the white clad mountains and a quite clean lake provides immense pleasure to eyes and soul. Another place well connected to this place is thanedar, which is approximately 2 hr drive from Narkanda. Here again there is a beautiful resort called Banjara camps. One advise for all those planning to visit these places is that you need to carry your drinks and eateries. Weather here is always a little below normal and hence woolens are suggested, specially for children.
Crossroadresort is also a center point for a beautiful 3 to 4 hr trek to a very well known temple called Hatu Temple. The satisfaction you get after you reach this temple cannot be captured in words. Though now more than half the trek is motor-able, yet one feels refreshing after a small climb. The view from this place of the entire valley is just heavenly.
What more can one ask in a holiday trip of two to three days. The best part about this destination is that it offers all this at very reasonable prices and a group holiday can be planned with all itineraries like conferences, meetings , team building games like treasure hunt, difficult treks with theme puzzles etc. Moreover a suitable customization can always be planned.Hope this information is somewhat useful to the reader and I will try my best to make my further articles more comprehensive.
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Tushar
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