Driving Holidays Across India 23 drives across India, spanning the length and breadth of the country, from Leh and Nubra Valley in the north to Kanyakumari in the south, Attari in the north-west to Kolkata in the east.
Strenuous drives such as Manali-Leh and Delhi-Spiti for the driving enthusiast, featured alongside easier drives such as Mumbai-Delhi and Chennai-Dhanushkodi.
Each drive has an exhaustive distance chart to guide you through the journey, with kilometer readings and landmarks. The chart tells you whether to turn left or right or head straight, the location of petrol pumps, service stations, auto repair shops, dhabas, teashops and hotels.
Detailed information is provided in each drive about the stopovers en route, the tourist attractions there, hotels and restaurants.
To plan your journey better, each drive also has a route guide that shows places, railheads and airports en route, and nearby water bodies and wildlife parks to help you plan detours.
A front-of-the-book section with information on what to pack, getting the car ready, handling accidents and tips for driving on various terrains in different seasons
An exhaustive accommodation listings at the back
Front Pages | |
How to plan your drive | 12 |
Getting your car ready | 15 |
What to pack | 17 |
How to handle an accident | 20 |
Tips for a smooth drive | 23 |
NORTH | 27 |
Delhi-Spiti-Manali-Delhi by Rishad Saam Mehta | 30 |
Delhi-Shimla-Thanedar-Sangla-Tabo-Kaza-Manali-Chandigarh-Delhi | |
MANALI-LEH-MANALI by Ahtushi Deshpande | 51 |
Manali-Rohtang Pass-Keylong-Baralacha La-Tso Kar-Tanglang La-Leh-Khardung La-Nubra-Zanskar-Leh-Manali | |
CHANDIGARH-CHAMBA-CHANDIGARH by Brinda Suri | 75 |
Chandigarh-Bilaspur-Mandi-Palampur-McLeodganj-Dalhousie-Chamba-Palampur-Pragpur-Chandigar h | |
DELHI-AULI-DELHI by Prerna Singh | 97 |
Delhi-Hapur-Moradabad-Rudrapur-Nainital-Almora-Auli-Joshimath-Ranikhet-Corbett NP-Delhi | |
DELHI-JAISALMER-DELHI by Simar Preet Kaur | 119 |
Delhi-Japur-Ajmer-Deogarh-Kumbhalgarh-Jodhpur-Pokaran-Jaisalmer-Bikaner-Nagaur-Pushkar-De lhi | |
DELHI-KHAJURAHO-DELHI by Brinda Suri | 147 |
Delhi-Agra-Gwalior-Jhansi-Khajuraho-Panna NP-Orchha-Gwalior-Agra-Delhi | |
EAST | 165 |
SILIGURU-GANGTOK-COOCH BEHAR by Suraj Gurung | 167 |
Guwahati-Tezpur-Bomdila-Dirang-Se La-Tawang- Se La-Bomdila-Bhalukpong-Tezpur-Guwahati | |
THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD by Chitralekha Basu | 204 |
Kolkata-Assansol-Varanasi-Allahabad-Kanpur-Agra-Delhi-Amritsar-Attari-Amritsar-Ludhiana-D elhi-Kannauj-Kanpur-Varanasi-Asansol-Kolkata | |
SOURTH | 247 |
HYDERABAD-MUMBAI-HYDERABAD by Manju Latha Kalanidhi | 249 |
Hyderabad-Bidar-Tuljapur-Solapur-Pune-Mumbai-Pune-Pandharpur-Solapur-Hyderabad | |
HYDERABAD-PENCH-HYDERABAD by Sheetal Vyas | 263 |
Hyderabad-Basar-Nirmal-Nagpur-Pench NP-Tadoba TR-Karimnagar-Hyderabad | |
CHENNAI-DHANUSHKODI-CHENNAI BY Parikshit Rao and Simar Preet Kaur | 277 |
Chennai-Mammallapuram-Pondicherry-Chidambaram-Nagapattinam-Thanjavur-Karaikkudi-Rameswara n-Dhanushkodi-Rameswaram-Madurai-Tiruchirapalli-Kumbakonam-Chennai | |
BENGALURU-PANJIM-BENGALURU by Parvati Sharma | 303 |
Bengaluru-Mangalore-Udupi-Maravanthe-Murudeshwar-Gokarna-Karwar-Panjim-Dharwad-Hampi-Beng aluru | |
BENGALURU-MUNNAR-BENGALURU by Kala Ramesh | 333 |
Bengaluru-Bandipur NP-Ooty-Coonoor-Palakkad-Thrissur-Kochi-Munnar-Palakkad-Salem-Bengaluru | |
BENGALURU-COORG-BENGALURU by Parikshit Rao | 359 |
Bengaluru-Mysore-Siddapur-Dubare-Madikeri-Talacauvery-Kakkabe-Madikeri-Mysore-Bengaluru | |
MANGALORE-KANYAKUMARI-MANGALORE by Stuart Forster | 376 |
Mangalore-Kannur-Kozhikode-Kochi-Alappuzha-Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari-Thiruvan anthapuram-Kochi-Thalassery-Mangalore | |
WEST | 395 |
AHMEDABAD-BHUJ-AHMEDABAD by Divya L | 396 |
Ahmedabad-Limbdi-Morbi-Bhuj-Sumrasar-Bhujodi-Kukma-Mandvi-Dhola Vira-Morbi-Dhrangadhra-Ahmedabad | |
MUMBAI-DELHI-MUMBAI by Ruchika Vyas | 414 |
Mumbai-Daman-Vadodara-Udaipur-Ajmer-Delhi-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai | |
MUMBAI-GOA-MUMBAI by Ruchika Vyas | 429 |
Mumbai-Ghiplun-Ratnagiri-Malvan-Vengurla-Panjim-Sawantwadi-Vengurla-Chiplun-Mumbai | |
MUMBAI-PANCHGANI-MUMBAI by Kaushik Ramu and Vinod Sreedhar | 443 |
Mumbai-Alibaug-Kashid-Murud-Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani-Pune-Mumbai | |
SPECIALS | 459 |
MALVAN FOOD TRAIL by Preeti Mankar | 460 |
NASHIK WINE CIRCUIT by Janhavi Acharekar | 470 |
CHERRAPUNJEE by Poornima Anand | 480 |
ROUTE GUIDES | |
Delhi-Spiti-Manali-Delhi | 28 |
Manali-Leh-Manali | 52 |
Chandigarh-Chamba-Chandigarh | 74 |
Delhi-Auli-Delhi | 98 |
Delhi-Jaisalmer-Delhi | 120 |
Delhi-Khajuraho-Delhi | 146 |
Siliguri-Gangtok-Siliguri | 166 |
Guwahati-Tawang-Guwahati | 188 |
Grand Trunk Road | 202 |
Hyderabad-Mumbai-Hyderabad | 248 |
Hyderabad-Pench-Hyderabad | 262 |
Chennai-Dhanushkodi-Chennai | 278 |
Bengaluru-Panjim-Bengaluru | 302 |
Bengaluru-Munnar-Bengaluru | 332 |
Bengaluru-Coorg-Bengaluru | 358 |
Mangalore-Kanyakumari-Mangalore | 374 |
Ahmedabad-Bhuj-Ahmedabad | 397 |
Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai | 412 |
Mumbai-Goa-Mumbai | 430 |
Mumbai-Panchgani-Mumbai | 444 |
Cherrapunjee | 481 |
INFORMATION | |
Accommodation Listings | 489 |
Road Sings | 538 |
Driving Holidays Across India 23 drives across India, spanning the length and breadth of the country, from Leh and Nubra Valley in the north to Kanyakumari in the south, Attari in the north-west to Kolkata in the east.
Strenuous drives such as Manali-Leh and Delhi-Spiti for the driving enthusiast, featured alongside easier drives such as Mumbai-Delhi and Chennai-Dhanushkodi.
Each drive has an exhaustive distance chart to guide you through the journey, with kilometer readings and landmarks. The chart tells you whether to turn left or right or head straight, the location of petrol pumps, service stations, auto repair shops, dhabas, teashops and hotels.
Detailed information is provided in each drive about the stopovers en route, the tourist attractions there, hotels and restaurants.
To plan your journey better, each drive also has a route guide that shows places, railheads and airports en route, and nearby water bodies and wildlife parks to help you plan detours.
A front-of-the-book section with information on what to pack, getting the car ready, handling accidents and tips for driving on various terrains in different seasons
An exhaustive accommodation listings at the back
Front Pages | |
How to plan your drive | 12 |
Getting your car ready | 15 |
What to pack | 17 |
How to handle an accident | 20 |
Tips for a smooth drive | 23 |
NORTH | 27 |
Delhi-Spiti-Manali-Delhi by Rishad Saam Mehta | 30 |
Delhi-Shimla-Thanedar-Sangla-Tabo-Kaza-Manali-Chandigarh-Delhi | |
MANALI-LEH-MANALI by Ahtushi Deshpande | 51 |
Manali-Rohtang Pass-Keylong-Baralacha La-Tso Kar-Tanglang La-Leh-Khardung La-Nubra-Zanskar-Leh-Manali | |
CHANDIGARH-CHAMBA-CHANDIGARH by Brinda Suri | 75 |
Chandigarh-Bilaspur-Mandi-Palampur-McLeodganj-Dalhousie-Chamba-Palampur-Pragpur-Chandigar h | |
DELHI-AULI-DELHI by Prerna Singh | 97 |
Delhi-Hapur-Moradabad-Rudrapur-Nainital-Almora-Auli-Joshimath-Ranikhet-Corbett NP-Delhi | |
DELHI-JAISALMER-DELHI by Simar Preet Kaur | 119 |
Delhi-Japur-Ajmer-Deogarh-Kumbhalgarh-Jodhpur-Pokaran-Jaisalmer-Bikaner-Nagaur-Pushkar-De lhi | |
DELHI-KHAJURAHO-DELHI by Brinda Suri | 147 |
Delhi-Agra-Gwalior-Jhansi-Khajuraho-Panna NP-Orchha-Gwalior-Agra-Delhi | |
EAST | 165 |
SILIGURU-GANGTOK-COOCH BEHAR by Suraj Gurung | 167 |
Guwahati-Tezpur-Bomdila-Dirang-Se La-Tawang- Se La-Bomdila-Bhalukpong-Tezpur-Guwahati | |
THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD by Chitralekha Basu | 204 |
Kolkata-Assansol-Varanasi-Allahabad-Kanpur-Agra-Delhi-Amritsar-Attari-Amritsar-Ludhiana-D elhi-Kannauj-Kanpur-Varanasi-Asansol-Kolkata | |
SOURTH | 247 |
HYDERABAD-MUMBAI-HYDERABAD by Manju Latha Kalanidhi | 249 |
Hyderabad-Bidar-Tuljapur-Solapur-Pune-Mumbai-Pune-Pandharpur-Solapur-Hyderabad | |
HYDERABAD-PENCH-HYDERABAD by Sheetal Vyas | 263 |
Hyderabad-Basar-Nirmal-Nagpur-Pench NP-Tadoba TR-Karimnagar-Hyderabad | |
CHENNAI-DHANUSHKODI-CHENNAI BY Parikshit Rao and Simar Preet Kaur | 277 |
Chennai-Mammallapuram-Pondicherry-Chidambaram-Nagapattinam-Thanjavur-Karaikkudi-Rameswara n-Dhanushkodi-Rameswaram-Madurai-Tiruchirapalli-Kumbakonam-Chennai | |
BENGALURU-PANJIM-BENGALURU by Parvati Sharma | 303 |
Bengaluru-Mangalore-Udupi-Maravanthe-Murudeshwar-Gokarna-Karwar-Panjim-Dharwad-Hampi-Beng aluru | |
BENGALURU-MUNNAR-BENGALURU by Kala Ramesh | 333 |
Bengaluru-Bandipur NP-Ooty-Coonoor-Palakkad-Thrissur-Kochi-Munnar-Palakkad-Salem-Bengaluru | |
BENGALURU-COORG-BENGALURU by Parikshit Rao | 359 |
Bengaluru-Mysore-Siddapur-Dubare-Madikeri-Talacauvery-Kakkabe-Madikeri-Mysore-Bengaluru | |
MANGALORE-KANYAKUMARI-MANGALORE by Stuart Forster | 376 |
Mangalore-Kannur-Kozhikode-Kochi-Alappuzha-Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari-Thiruvan anthapuram-Kochi-Thalassery-Mangalore | |
WEST | 395 |
AHMEDABAD-BHUJ-AHMEDABAD by Divya L | 396 |
Ahmedabad-Limbdi-Morbi-Bhuj-Sumrasar-Bhujodi-Kukma-Mandvi-Dhola Vira-Morbi-Dhrangadhra-Ahmedabad | |
MUMBAI-DELHI-MUMBAI by Ruchika Vyas | 414 |
Mumbai-Daman-Vadodara-Udaipur-Ajmer-Delhi-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai | |
MUMBAI-GOA-MUMBAI by Ruchika Vyas | 429 |
Mumbai-Ghiplun-Ratnagiri-Malvan-Vengurla-Panjim-Sawantwadi-Vengurla-Chiplun-Mumbai | |
MUMBAI-PANCHGANI-MUMBAI by Kaushik Ramu and Vinod Sreedhar | 443 |
Mumbai-Alibaug-Kashid-Murud-Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani-Pune-Mumbai | |
SPECIALS | 459 |
MALVAN FOOD TRAIL by Preeti Mankar | 460 |
NASHIK WINE CIRCUIT by Janhavi Acharekar | 470 |
CHERRAPUNJEE by Poornima Anand | 480 |
ROUTE GUIDES | |
Delhi-Spiti-Manali-Delhi | 28 |
Manali-Leh-Manali | 52 |
Chandigarh-Chamba-Chandigarh | 74 |
Delhi-Auli-Delhi | 98 |
Delhi-Jaisalmer-Delhi | 120 |
Delhi-Khajuraho-Delhi | 146 |
Siliguri-Gangtok-Siliguri | 166 |
Guwahati-Tawang-Guwahati | 188 |
Grand Trunk Road | 202 |
Hyderabad-Mumbai-Hyderabad | 248 |
Hyderabad-Pench-Hyderabad | 262 |
Chennai-Dhanushkodi-Chennai | 278 |
Bengaluru-Panjim-Bengaluru | 302 |
Bengaluru-Munnar-Bengaluru | 332 |
Bengaluru-Coorg-Bengaluru | 358 |
Mangalore-Kanyakumari-Mangalore | 374 |
Ahmedabad-Bhuj-Ahmedabad | 397 |
Mumbai-Delhi-Mumbai | 412 |
Mumbai-Goa-Mumbai | 430 |
Mumbai-Panchgani-Mumbai | 444 |
Cherrapunjee | 481 |
INFORMATION | |
Accommodation Listings | 489 |
Road Sings | 538 |