India Today Tourism Awards: Here are places you want to visit in India
The India Today Tourism Awards 2019 recognise popular travel destinations and attractions across the country in a range of categories. This year we commissioned market research company Ipsos to sample opinion through online and offline surveys in 10 urban locations from all corners of India. The list of winners holds some surprises and reflects the public thirst for variety: from thronging beaches to mountain wildernesses, and from riverbanks to highways. To keep things interesting, we've introduced some novel categories, such as 'Iconic Landscapes' and 'Scenic Roads', which we suspect will be bucket-list fodder for many readers. We're sure you'll have plenty of opinions on who should have won what. We did too, and since the survey results were out of our hands, we introduced an Editor's Choice award to anoint our in-house favourite state-tourism-wise. These are the India Today Tourism Awards, after all
Best adventure destination: Chadar Trek Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
The never-ending sheet of white under your feet can be as thrilling to the mind as it is exhausting to the eyes. Walking over the frozen Zanskar river, battling loud winds and temperatures below minus 20 degrees centigrade, this trek can stretch for as long as 105 km should you have the heart to go the whole hog. The trek is best done in February when the ice sheet is most stable, but be prepared for surprises nevertheless. Recommended for experienced trekkers only, the long march starts from the village of Chilling, where the Zanskar river begins to freeze. Magnetic Hill and the confluence of
