Places to visit in Chandigarh, India

Last updated on February 22nd, 2022 at 02:59 pm

Places to visit in Chandigarh: The City of Kings

Chandigarh is considered to be one of the best cities in India. With the capital’s recently completed construction, this small city has become a modern hub for business and tourism that stands next to New Delhi, India’s capital. As neighboring states have grown in recent years, Chandigarh has been able to maintain its status as an important center for government and commerce. This article will give you some great suggestions on places to visit in Chandigarh as well as what you can do.

List of places:

Nek Chand’s Rock Garden

Even if this is your first time visiting Chandigarh in Punjab, you know you’ve hit the jackpot because of the Rock Garden at the Kamla Nehru Park. Whether or not you are here with friends and family, make the effort to visit this well-known sculpture garden. Every piece of art that punctuates this garden has been created from nothing but rock and things we consider ‘waste’. It certainly adds a cultural charm to everything you see.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Rock Garden |450 metres

Sukhna Lake

The Sukhna Lake is often described as one of the most beautiful manmade lakes in India, and you would agree if you have had the pleasure of capturing it with your own eyes. The picturesque waterbody has been sought out for beauty since it was built in 1958. You can head to the lake at dawn or dusk and see a breathtaking sunrise or sunset. Around the destination are activities such as boating, which everyone loves.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Bus-Stop Lake |350 metres

Zakir Hussain Rose Garden

The Rose Garden is a lush, impressive place for all flowers lovers and a wonderful image to call out as home. Since it sprawls across 30 acres and boasts of over 1600 different types of roses, this garden stuns people with its cluster-flowery scent, large stems of plants reaching towards the clouds and a gnome holding a chic parasol serene at the center.

The Rose Festival takes place in Chandigarh, India every year during the month of February when everything began to bloom again. During this event, a garden is specially made that has over 6000 kinds of roses from all different regions around the world.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Sector 16 / 10 |350 metres

Chhatbir Zoo

The Mahendra  Chaudhary Zoological Park is a five hundred and five acre wildlife park and home to animals from all over the country. The animals usually brought in include numerous creatures of the wild ranging from butterflies, peacocks, monkeys, and blue bears. In addition to this, it also includes a vivarium with tropical small animals.

It is home to more than 1200 creatures that represent more than 100 species. Among the dozens of mammals you can admire here are the black buck, white buck, Indian gazelle, Indian elephant, common leopard, lion, leopard cat, Royal Bengal tiger and white tiger. Furthermore, you can view many bird species from up-close such as falcons, doves, kalij pheasants and many more.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Chhatbir Zoo|900 metres

Government Museum & Art Gallery

Despite having been around for quite a while, many people might not know what to expect inside the austerely beautiful  Government Museum and Art Gallery. Unlike government museums in other parts of the world, this spot hardly exudes grandeur due largely to its limited resources. There is hardly anything here that reminds one of royalty or stately drapes, but there is plenty worth photographing. Among the most prized possessions of the museum are Gandhara sculptures and Rajasthani miniature paintings.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Sector 9D-10C|550 metres

International – Dolls Museum

So, if you’re visiting this city for a break or just exploring new tourist spots, make plans for your excursion to International Dolls Museum in Chandigarh. Historians will love recalling the regional and international influences on Chandigarh crafts as you explore the extensive collection that shows over 400 dolls. The museum, where it is necessary to purchase tickets before entering, still has some things on exhibit from around the world including Denmark, Germany, Russia, Korea and Spain.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Sector 23 / 16 | 350 metres

Japanese Garden

A recent addition to the list of popular places to visit in Chandigarh, this garden’s stunning architecture as well as tranquillity have given it a high level of preference, even with its newly opened and connected phases. Tourist are city-defenders themselves, who left their mouse clickers in their homes and abandoned the very activities they work endlessly on to drink these views in. If you are traveling anywhere in the Sector 31 area, snatch some time out too and take delight.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Sector-31 | Market-600 metres

Nada Sahib Gurudwara

These stunning murals also bring history to life as you traverse through Mughal, Muslim and Sikh periods. Members of the community from different walks of life produce work displays with pride and have them showcase on the walls of this grand monument.

• Nearest Bus Stop: Nada-Sahib-120 metres