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All India Travel Tours --» Weekend Tours --» Chandigarh Weekend Tour
Chandigarh Weekend TourDestinations : Delhi - Chandigarh - Delhi Day1: Delhi-Chandigarh  Drive from Delhi towards Chandigarh. the first man made city post independence of India. India's youngest city - planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier. Capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana. Transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel. Day 2: Chandigarh After breakfast take on full day city tour of the beautiful city of Chandigarh visiting Leisure Valley here during the monsoon, there runs a natural storm-water channel through the middle of the city, locally called a nullah. The nullah, along with the adjoining land has been converted into what is called the leisure valley. Starting from the foot of the hills to the west of the Capital Complex, the leisure valley extends into sector 3 and crosses over into sector 10. The leisure valley is spread over 6 kilometers and in accordance with the plan no vehicular traffic interrupts a pedestrian taking a walk in the park. Rose Garden-Zakir Gulab Baag is Asia's largest rose garden, spread out over 30 acres of land, in sector 16. Established in 1967, today around 50,000 rose trees of 1600 different species bloom here. Apart from roses, the other trees planted have medicinal value and some unique specimen trees were planted to enhance the beauty of the garden. The garden is located next to the city centre. Rock Garden of Chandigarh has been created by putting together the fossils of ancient life forms found in the Shivalik hills and by recycled waste material. Its creator, Nek Chand, was an inspector in the engineering department. Rock fossils have been arranged into an open air sculpture exhibition. Some of the sculptures include a wall made out of discarded fluorescent tubes, an army of clay monkeys and broken chinaware soldiers and shapes of women made out of discarded glass bangles. The garden covers an area of 6 acres.  Sukhna Lake spread over an area of 3 sq. kilometers in sector 6. The waters of a seasonal rivulet that ran through the city were impounded to create the Sukhna lake. Migratory birds arrive here from Siberia during the winter. A love for the lake draws many volunteers to desilt it just before the monsoon rains set in. While the lake promenade is a place for peace and tranquility, the area just at the entrance has been developed for children to enjoy themselves. Overnight at hotel. Day 3: Chandigarh-Delhi Day free for leisure and later end your journey in Delhi. |
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