Best Places to Visit in April from India

Rice terraces, surf beaches, yoga, Hindu temples

Canals, cycle lanes, museums — quirky compact city

Hanoi to HCMC, Halong Bay, pho — culture-rich and affordable

Queen of Nilgiris — tea estates, toy train UNESCO heritage, eucalyptus forests

Switzerland of India — green saucer meadow ringed by pine forests, snow in winter

Colonial hill station classic — Mall Road, Christ Church, toy train from Kalka

Queen of the Hills — closer to Delhi than Shimla, same colonial vibe

Harbour Bridge, Opera House, Bondi Beach, koalas a short drive away

Classic Himachal mountain town — apple orchards, snow, the Beas river

Endless tea-estate hills, honeymoon classic

Houseboat in backwaters, Kerala's calling card

Turquoise water, white sand, India's Maldives alternative

Kerala's wildlife belt — waterfalls, Edakkal caves, plantation stays, Banasura Sagar dam

Pyramids of Giza, Luxor temples, Nile cruises — 5,000 years of history

Toy train, tea estates, Kanchenjunga sunrise from Tiger Hill

India's ski resort — Nanda Devi views, skiing in winter, meadow walks in summer

Sikkim's capital — monasteries, MG Marg, Kanchenjunga viewpoints, Nathu La gateway

West Sikkim — the best Kanchenjunga views in all of India, quieter than Gangtok

World's biggest one-horned rhino reserve — UNESCO wildlife, jeep + elephant safaris

Apatani tribe valley — paddy-cum-fish farms, pine forests, India's coolest music festival

Inspiration for Kipling's Jungle Book — sal forests, tigers, barasingha (swamp deer)

India's best tiger-spotting odds — highest density of Bengal tigers, plus 1,500-year-old fort

Mini-India next door — beaches, tea hills, ancient cities

Overwater villas, blue lagoons, honeymoon classic

Last Shangri-La — Buddhist monasteries, no McDonald's, gross national happiness

Buddhist monastery town near the Tibet border, remote and stunning

Eiffel, Louvre, Seine — capital of romance and croissants

Concrete jungle, Broadway, Statue of Liberty, pizza

India's Buddhist + Hindu neighbour — Kathmandu temples, Pokhara lakes, Everest trekking

Rome ruins + Florence Renaissance + Venice canals — bucket-list European triangle

Europe meets Asia — Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazaar, Bosphorus

Tokyo neon + Kyoto temples — futuristic and ancient at once

Visa-free for Indians, Indian community, food paradise

The Alps in every postcard — trains, lakes, Pilatus, Titlis

Yoga capital, white-water rafting, the Ganga at its calmest

Mumbai-Pune weekend hill station, strawberries everywhere

City of Lakes — Lake Pichola palaces, royal Rajasthan most romantic

Karnataka's coffee country — Western Ghats peaks, Baba Budangiri shrines, plantation stays

Garden City + tech capital — pubs, parks, gateway to South India road trips

Madhya Pradesh's only hill station — Satpura range, caves, waterfalls, British-era cottages

Indian Ocean island — turquoise lagoons, Indian-Mauritian culture

Malaysia's food + heritage island — George Town UNESCO, street art, hawker stalls

Quiet coffee-plantation hill station, family-friendly

French quarter on the Bay of Bengal — cobbled streets, café culture

Scotland of India — root bridges, waterfalls, music capital

Closer-to-home Maldives — coral atolls, slow island life, permit-only entry

Golden Temple, Wagah border ceremony, the best food in North India

India's southernmost tip — sunrise + sunset over three seas, Vivekananda Rock

Quieter Portuguese-legacy beach alt to Goa — Nagoa Beach, fort, smaller crowds

Asia's cleanest village — Khasi tribe pride, single living root bridge, bamboo skywalk