Travel

This month, swap crowded cities for cobbled lanes and colonial charm. Puducherry offers a slice of France — with a South Indian twist. Think bougainvillaea-draped villas, cycling cafés, Creole cuisine, and calm you can carry home in 24 hours.

Planning a trip to Darjeeling with your children? From toy trains to tiger safaris, here’s how to turn it into a magical, meltdown-free adventure.

Cocooned by oak and rhododendron forests, Jilling Terraces in Uttarakhand offers a mountain escape rooted in sustainability. From locally sourced food to mindful architecture that features wood, mud and stone cottages, Jilling Terraces reflects a deep respect for nature and community.

Just 225 km from Bengaluru, Sakleshpur offers the perfect monsoon break — with hidden waterfalls, warm homestays, and filter coffee mornings. No crowds, no chaos, just three peaceful days under the rain-drenched skies.

'Aashraya on the Ganga' is a sustainable homestay in Rishikesh featuring dry stone and wood from a car showroom. But its sustainability spills beyond the architecture and into a forest thriving with thousands of fruit trees.

Nehal Shah’s unique experiences are helping parents across India reconnect their children with nature — one forest trail at a time.

Raghav and Ansh Kumar, architects from Delhi, created Tiny Farm Fort, a homestay in Rishikesh. Made using cob, this sustainable retreat aims to reconnect people with nature and traditional building techniques.

Built with locally-grown bamboo and mud from the fields, the farmstay is sustainability personified, not just in its construction but also in the quotidian habits of the family that runs it.

This 5-day, budget-friendly itinerary to Spiti Valley for couples offers ancient monasteries, remote villages, and soul-stirring landscapes, all under ₹20,000. Perfect for those seeking connection, not crowds.

Nothing less than an Enid Blyton novel, the Roy family's journey to revisiting their ancestral palace in Kasim Bazar, West Bengal and finding it in a state of ruins and then restoring it to its former glory, will have you hooked. Visitors can now visit Cossimbazar Palace.