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Vacation in India : Highlights & Travel Tips
India is a destination of extraordinary scale and variety, where ancient traditions, dramatic landscapes, and vibrant daily life create an unforgettable travel experience. Travelers are drawn by its remarkable contrasts: Mughal monuments and sacred temples, Himalayan mountain towns and tropical backwaters, bustling mega-cities and quiet desert villages. From watching the sunrise over the Taj Mahal to exploring Jaipur’s palaces, cruising Kerala’s waterways, spotting wildlife in national parks, or joining festivals filled with color, music, and ritual, India offers a depth of culture and sensory richness that few places can match.
For first-time visitors, popular highlights include the Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, as well as Varanasi for its spiritual atmosphere, Rajasthan for forts and desert heritage, Goa for beaches, and Kerala for nature and wellness retreats. Practical planning makes a big difference: distances are long, so it is best to focus on one region at a time; booking trains, flights, and major sights in advance can save time; and dressing modestly, carrying cash for smaller purchases, drinking filtered or bottled water, and allowing flexibility for crowds and traffic will help the trip go more smoothly. India can feel intense, but travelers who arrive with curiosity and patience are often rewarded with some of the world’s most memorable food, hospitality, and cultural experiences.
Best time to travel India
The best time to visit India is generally October to January, with October (0.22) and January (0.18) showing the strongest popularity and February (0.12) also remaining favorable. These months are typically preferred because the weather is cooler and more comfortable across many regions, making sightseeing, festivals, and longer journeys much easier than during the hotter pre-monsoon and rainy monsoon months.
Best travel reports from India
Jaisalmer -If
The desert. A habitat that normally makes life itself difficult or impossible due to its harsh living conditions. The origin of all life, water, can only be found through wells...
Mumbai - If
Somehow I manage to make my night trips more and more adventurous and I'm starting to wonder where this will lead. Since I went to Mumbai too spontaneously, I couldn't get a...
South Goa - India
After the hellish journey by train, I arrived near Goa at 2 a.m. exhausted and waiting for my next connection that would take me to Goa. I spent the 2 hour waiting time making...
A heap of impressions in Delhi
More or less recovered, we started our first day in Delhi. We met Shipra, who would guide us through the day and New and "Old" Delhi, in the lobby of the hotel at 9 a.m. This...
Day 6 - Flip Flops and other disasters
01/07/2020 On Tuesday, we had a lot on our agenda: some sightseeing with Ravi and the handover of the donated notebooks to the school project in the 'Sanjay Community,' one of...
Incredible India
Wir ließen also die Himalaya-Berge hinter uns und machten uns auf nach Delhi, Indien. Himalaya, Nepal Wie gewohnt stürzten wir uns gleich mitten ins Getummel und...
'Come as a guest and leave as a friend'
- from hospitality, to family unity, to a Hindu wedding The saying 'Come as a guest and leave as a friend' is something that I randomly heard on the colorful streets of Mumbai...
Don Curry becomes tourist attraction
Don Curry likes to visit the major attractions of the world. Unfortunately, these are the places where whole busloads of tourists are regularly brought in to be quickly...
Don Curry stranded
Don Curry is disappointed. When he plans a trip, he reads a lot. He wants to know as much as possible about the places he plans to visit. Over time, the many pieces of...
Don Curry is going vegetarian
Don Curry is very conscious about his diet. While there are people who eat anything without thinking about what they are actually eating, this is not the case with Don Curry. He...
2024-12-13 Hampi, India
3 Days in Hampi
2024-11-27 Udaipur, India
27.11.24 Kathmandu->Udaipur. Just before 4 AM, I am awakened by cigarette smoke, which seems to be wafting from the lobby down the hallway into my room. It's so uncomfortable...
Yoga in Rishikesh
Hello everyone! I am still in Rishikesh and there are two reasons for that. Firstly, I like it here, and secondly, my attempt to travel from here to Amritsar by train has...
Rishikesh
Off to Rishikesh. After a week in Pushkar, I set off on my journey to Rishikesh. Unfortunately, I once again realize that I've waited too long to book a train, and there are no...
BLOG 13: Continue through Rajasthan towards Jodhpur
Today we continue by car, mostly on side roads, via Ranakpur to Jodhpur. First of all, rural things pass us by, which also shows the less beautiful side of India - “Incredible...
BLOG 11: Bhopal City & ANDRITZ Hydro
One of the main goals of our tour through Madhya Pradesh is Bhopal - Gerhard's favorite city in India. During many business trips, he got to know Bhopal as a relatively calm...
Jaipur - If
To be honest, there is not much to say about the cities in this entry, as in the following about Delhi. I had my energy low in these cities and was especially looking forward to...
Hampi - India
Wow. Just wow. No matter what words I try to describe this place with, mine and no other words will do justice to this sight. A landscape that had to look like a mixture of the...
Vagamon, Kumily - India
The hostel I stayed in in Vagamon was in the middle of nowhere and had a wonderful view of the Kerala mountains. Since I made the resolution the night before that I wanted to...
Rishikesh: Yoga, Holi and Wedding Rituals
The flight from Delhi to Dehradun was as short as it can be: 30 minutes of flying time, whereas it would have taken 5 hours by car. We stepped out of the plane into the warm air...
India, the South: From Goa to Kerala
On the 6th November, late in the evening, I arrived in Goa after a flight from Udaipur via Mumbai. From the airport, I took a taxi to Panjim, the capital of Goa. My start was...
India, the North: The Golden Triangle and Rajasthan
On Sunday, the 23rd of October, I arrived in Delhi, unfortunately just in time for the Diwali festival, the Hindu Festival of Lights, which was supposed to reach its peak on the...
Sightseeing in Delhi on foot !? (Day 35 of the world trip)
09/10/2019 The night was a bit restless today. The man sleeping downstairs kept moving in his sleep and the not-so-stable bed shook with every movement. A bit annoying but oh...
In the Footsteps of the Maharajas
Back in Delhi, we picked up Isabell from the airport, who wanted to accompany us through Rajasthan. We spent the rest of the day preparing, i.e. getting her a colorful Indian...
Don Curry in the unrestricted return flight
Day 38: From Goa back
Don Curry is becoming native
Day 35: From Hampi to Badami
Don Curry and the Jain Priest
Day 32: From Ooty to Hassan
Don Curry spends the night at the Maharaja's
Day 30: From Yercaud to Ooty