Best Places to Visit in March from India

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

Visa-free for Indians, Indian community, food paradise

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

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

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

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

Endless tea-estate hills, honeymoon classic

Houseboat in backwaters, Kerala's calling card

Mumbai-Pune weekend hill station, strawberries everywhere

Turquoise water, white sand, India's Maldives alternative

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pink City — palaces, forts, bazaars, royal Rajasthan

Quiet coffee-plantation hill station, family-friendly

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

Vijayanagara ruins, giant boulders, river — Indiana Jones vibes

Toy train, tea estates, Kanchenjunga sunrise from Tiger Hill

Scotland of India — root bridges, waterfalls, music capital

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

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

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

World's tallest statue — Sardar Patel, 182m on a Narmada island, modern Indian landmark

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

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

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

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

Mangrove tiger reserve, boat safaris, Bengal at its rawest

Pilgrimage town with India's only Brahma temple, world-famous camel fair in November

Kerala's cliff beach — Arabian Sea sunsets, yoga retreats, alternative to Goa

Phi Phi day trips, James Bond Island, Thai beach classic

Squeaky-clean city-state, world-class food, Universal Studios

Bling, beaches, deserts, Burj Khalifa, Indian-friendly everything

Table Mountain meets ocean, wine country, safari add-on

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

Underrated Gulf — Muscat forts, wadis (water canyons), Wahiba desert, friendly visa-on-arrival

Tokyo neon + Kyoto temples — futuristic and ancient at once