Travel + Leisure India & South Asia

The Intelligent Traveller

MOUNTAIN HIGH

On a weekend getaway to Palampur, RASHIMA NAGPAL ventures into the heart of the beautiful hill station nestled in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh and finds a destination fit for the entire family.

I TAKES A 10-HOUR DRIVE from Delhi to I reach but Palampur is worth the wait. The sun has set by the time I arrive at Araiya Palampur - A Norwood Heights Resort. I hear nothing but the silence of the mountains surrounding the sleepy little village of Kandi, where the 25-room boutique resort is set. With a deluxe suite perched at the far end of the 2.7-acre property, I feel blissfully away from the clutches of city life. Not from creature comforts,

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