Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northwestern India, serving as a shared capital for the states of Punjab and Haryana.
Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the remaining directions. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It is located 260 km northwest of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar and 104 km southwest of Shimla.
Getting to Chandigarh
- 01Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport
- 02Chandigarh NR
- 03New Inter State Bus Terminus
It provides connectivity from all major destinations in the neighbouring states Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu, and Delhi (limited).
- 04Inter State Bus Terminus in Sector 17
Offers connectivity from all major towns of Haryana (except those on Himachal Route like Kalka) and Delhi.
Things to do
Cricket:
- 01Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium
This stadium, capacity 40,000, was completed in 2021.
- 02Main Market
FunCity – 20 km (12 mi) from Chandigarh on the Panchkula - Barwalla Nadha Sahib Gurudwara Highway near Ramgarh.
Where to eat
You can relish all type of cuisines from local Punjabi flavors to continental food. Now there are many food delivering apps and websites like Zomato, Uber Eats, and Swiggy, which deliver meals from the city's restaurants to your doorstep. Many Western fast food chains have registered their presence in Chandigarh.
Getting around Chandigarh the local way
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- Get aroundThe service named as "tuk-tuk" is available round the clock.
- Get aroundOn the whole, auto-rickshaws are quite popular in the city and are easily available at bus terminals, railway stations, and auto stands in the commercial market of every sector.
- Go nextJust 45 km from Chandigarh, the town is a popular day trip & weekend destination with the Tikkar lakes just nearby.
From Wikivoyage: Chandigarh, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Biswarup Ganguly (CC BY 3.0), Wikimedia Commons.
