Best places to visit in March

Punjab

Anandpur Sahib

Anandpur Sahib — the 'Holy City of Bliss' — matters as much as anywhere in the Sikh faith outside Amritsar.

Pleasantly warm daytimes with cool refreshing evening winds.

Jammu & Kashmir

Vaishno Devi (Katra)

The shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi stands at 1,585 metres in the Trikuta Mountains of Jammu.

Pleasant spring weather good for long uphill foot travel.

Maharashtra

Mahabaleshwar

Mahabaleshwar sits at 1,353 metres on a broad plateau ridge of the Sahyadri range in Satara district, the highest and most extensive hill resort in…

Pleasantly warm daytimes with cool mountain evening breezes.

Meghalaya

Cherrapunji & Living Root Bridges

Cherrapunji, known traditionally by its indigenous name Sohra, is a high tableland at 1,430 metres on the southern face of the East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya.

Mild pleasant weather with clear dry canyon trekking tracks.

Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi

Varanasi is the oldest continuously lived-in city on earth and it will either be the best three days of your trip or the worst, with very little in between.

Warm but comfortable

Uttarakhand

Rishikesh

Famed globally as the 'Yoga Capital of the World', this crowded, restless city on the Ganges blends ancient spirituality with high-adrenaline adventure sports.

Uttarakhand

Haridwar

An ancient holy city where the Ganges emerges into the Indo-Gangetic plains, world-known for its evening Ganga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri.

Uttarakhand

Mussoorie

Famously nicknamed the 'Queen of the Hills', this historic colonial-era hill station looks out over the Doon Valley and Shivalik ranges.

Uttarakhand

Auli

India's winter skiing destination, with panoramic views of Nanda Devi and snow slopes.

Rajasthan

Jaipur

Jaipur repays getting up early more than almost anywhere in Rajasthan, because by ten the coaches have arrived and Amber Fort stops being a fort and becomes a…

Warm but pleasant

Goa

Goa

Goa, India's smallest state on the western Konkan coast, pairs golden Arabian Sea beaches with a relaxed Indo-Portuguese culture.

Getting warmer, fewer crowds

Himachal Pradesh

Manali

Manali is really two places, and knowing which one you booked matters more than anything else about the trip.

Snow melting, fresh and crisp

Rajasthan

Khatu Shyam Temple

Khatu is a small town in Sikar district, 80 km by road from Jaipur, and what is worshipped in its temple is a head, an idol in stone.

Sikar averages 30.3 °C by day and 15.2 °C at night, with 1.7 mm of rain.

Rajasthan

Karni Mata Temple

Karni Mata Temple, also called Madh, is the one known well beyond Rajasthan as the Temple of Rats, and the name is meant literally.

Warming fast: highs of 32.8°C and lows of 17.4°C at Bikaner, 8.0 mm of rain.