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Puducherry offers the perfect setting for couples who prefer slow mornings, quiet walks, and simple meals. This 3-day itinerary — budgeted under Rs 11,000 — features heritage stays, coastal cafes, and local experiences, making space for connection, conversation, and calm without crowding your calendar.

'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.

Near Pench National Park, this wilderness camp is dismantled every year before the monsoon, allowing the forest and its wildlife to regenerate. Built by the family behind Project Tiger, the eco-stay uses reclaimed materials, local produce, and minimal infrastructure to create a model where tourism supports conservation — does not compete with it.

Monsoon in India is an invitation to explore hidden places where nature’s beauty grows richer and quieter. Journey beyond the usual spots to find secret valleys, misty forests, and gentle waterfalls that turn into something unforgettable when the skies open up.

Keyur and Nishit Barad turned their father’s dream into reality by transforming a barren three‑acre plot into The Chlorophyll Estate — a lush forest stay with more than 800 trees and 140 plant varieties just an hour from Mumbai.