Seven of India’s most scenic Vande Bharat routes for the monsoon window. Three cover the Western Ghats (Konkan, Thal Ghat, Koyna). Two cover the Himalayan foothills (Shivaliks, Kalka corridor). Two…
Konkan in monsoon is one of India's most rewarding coastal trips — and also one of the easiest to get wrong, because the three things most first-timers plan around are…
The South Raigad coast is a two-day loop from Mumbai through Diveagar (a long beach and the Suvarna Ganesh temple), Shrivardhan (a quiet beach and sunset) and Murud (a long beach, the Ahmedganj Palace and the…
Saptashrungi Devi Temple sits at roughly 1,230 metres in the Sahyadris above Vani, Maharashtra, ringed by seven peaks that give the goddess her name — Saptashrungi, "she of the seven…
Kuruva Island — Kuruvadweep in Malayalam — is a 950-acre cluster of uninhabited river-delta islands on the Kabini in north Wayanad, Kerala, reached only by a bamboo-raft ferry run by…
The Madhyamaheshwar trek (also written Madmaheshwar) is the Panch Kedar circuit's best-kept secret: a 16 km walk from Ransi village in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district to a 3,497 m stone temple…
Ninety kilometres and one ferry ride from Mumbai's concrete sprawl, the village of Munawali keeps its own pace — paddy fields on one side, the promise of the Arabian Sea…
The best infinity pool villas in India don't just have a pool — they have a disappearing act. The water's edge lines up with a lake, a valley, or the…
Villas near waterfalls in India get booked out fast between July and August — and for good reason. This is the only season when the Sahyadris, the Western Ghats and…
