Once
called the Queen of the hills- Ideals for weekend.
You will find that the air is still pure & invigorating,
the mountains majestic, and the plains below green and verdant
to the jaded eye.
Fasten your seat belts and
enjoy the 34-Km drive up the steep, winding road, with its
innumerable hairpin bends. For your time in Mussoorie begins
as you leave Dehradun to begin the uphill climb.
Enjoy the changing scenery, the variation in Flora and the
sudden drop in temperature as you approach the hill station.
The first (the best) view of Mussoorie comes up as you take
the bend before Bhata village. Quite suddenly you see the
great ramp of Mussoorie in all its Panoramic Splendor. Half
an hour later you are in the Hill Station.
View from the Property
Mussoorie is in the mountains
(about 6500 ft up in the Himalayas) and far from the sea,
but in many ways it shares the characteristics of an English
seaside Resort packed with people in the summer months,
still and silent with a white Christmas in the winter, while
the monsoon mist will remind you of the Scottish highlands,
except that it is warmer.
Mussorrie, like other hill-stations of India was almost
entirely an invention of the British. It is in fact, just
a little over 160 years old.
View from the Property
Stand
beneath these Deodars and listen to the wind. These
trees have witnessed the entire history of Mussorrie.
They are much older than hill station- they were here
when the Mansuri ridge had just a few shepherds' huts,
when sheep and cattle grazed on the Mansur shrub which
was so plentiful and which gave the place its name.
Today,
people like to go beyond the hill station. The small
wayside halt of Dhanolti has become very popular. As
indeed has Kanataal further on. Between the two is the
temple of Surkhanda Devi dedicated to one of the incarnations
of Parwati. It has become increasingly popular with
visitors.
To the
west is the Kempty Waterfall & Yamuna Bridge and
further on, the old 13th century temple at Lakhdamandal
in the fascinating Jaunsar region. Here, in the hills
a new vista opens up at every bend in the road- New
Vistas, and The charm of the unexpected.
DESTINATION
ACCESS
Mussoorie
From / To
Distance Kms.
(Approx.)
Mode
(By Road)
Travel Time
(Approx.)
Delhi
280
Car
6:00 Hrs
Dehradun
34
Car
1:00 Hrs
Haridwar
90
Car
2:30 Hrs
Rishikesh
77
Car
2:30 Hrs
Shimla
276
Car
8:30 Hrs
Chandigarh
180
Car
4:00 Hrs
Nearest Airport :- Jolly Grant is 58 kms almost 1:30 Hr. by
Road.
Nearest Railway Station is 36 kms almost 1:00 Hr. by road.
