Shimla

Worth seeing in and around Shimla

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla and Chandigargh

   Diocese of the Catholic Church in India

   300 m · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Jakhu Temple

   Hindu Temple

   1.5 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Christ Church (Shimla)

   Building in India

   900 m · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Indian Institute of Advanced Study

   Leading research institute in India

   2.3 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sanjauli Mosque

   Mosque, located in Himachal Pradesh

   2.5 km · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St. Bede's College, Shimla

   Women's college in Hitmachal Pradesh, India

   2.3 km · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mall Road, Shimla

   Major hangout and shopping centre in Shimla..

   500 m · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Peterhoff, Shimla

   Historical building in Chaura Maidan, Shimla

   2.1 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Kali Bari, Shimla

   Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh, India

   200 m · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Himachal Pradesh University

    State public university in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

    2.7 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Shimla

Airports

Shaheed Bhagat Singh (IXC), 60 km · Halwara (HWR), 152 km · Sri Guru Ram Das Ji (ATQ), 235 km

Stations

Shimla railway station, 700 m · Taradevi railway station, 4.1 km

• Chandigarh → Shimla

  55 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · ₹730–920
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• Halwara → Shimla

  151 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · ₹1,590–1,990
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• Amritsar → Shimla

  225 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · ₹2,160–2,710
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shimla

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Shimla. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Shimla – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.