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The Mall Road is also famous for its wooden furniture shops that
sell exquisite wooden articles, which look like antiques.
The Mall Road has many famous restaurants that specialize in not just
local cuisines but also delicacies from nearby places. Since there are
no vehicles allowed in the Mall, you don't quite have to worry about
watching out for the traffic.
While purchasing locally made goods, make sure you do some
bargaining. Ideally, you should make sure that you bargain till at 30%
of the amount quoted by the shopkeepers. The whole area is fun to loiter
around in and you wont even know when time flies by.
Getting There
Shimla is
well-connected by road. National Highway 22 (NH 22) connects Shimla to the
nearest big city of Chandigarh. Shimla is connected by road to all the major
towns. HRTC (Himachal Road Transport Corporation) runs 24 daily bus services
between Delhi to Shimla (including 7 luxury Volvo services). Buses from
Chandigarh to Shimla are available round the clock.
The Kalka
Railway Station and the Chandigarh Railway Station are the two closest broad
gauge railway stations from Shimla, the Kalka Railway Station being the
closest one. Both the railway stations connect all the major cities in
India.
Nearest airport to Shimla is
Shimla Airport,
located at Jabarhatti, around 22 km to Shimla. The airport currently not
provided any scheduled flight. The nearest domestic /
international Airport from Shimla is
Chandigarh International
Airport at
Chandigarh, roughly 3 hours 30 min (113.8 km) drive via NH5 from
Shimla. It is well
connected with major cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi and
Mumbai etc.
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