Gastronomy
Śimla does not have a satisfactory gastronomic base and in this respect it differs from popular mountain resorts, such as. Darjeeling. Mail Road has the most good restaurants.
Baljee's is very popular. The biggest crowd is here in the evening hours. The restaurant specializes in typical Indian meat dishes, efficient service is also an advantage. The prices are, Unfortunately, high, from 50-70 INR for the main course. The Fascination Restaurant is located on the second floor, also frequented.
Gourmets of meat dishes a little further west to the rather expensive Alfa Restaurant. For less affluent tourists, we recommend the nearby Indian Coffeee House. The prices are not very high here, and the Indian snacks are very tasty; it is worth trying the delicious coffee with milk. Similar dishes are served at the nearby The Devicos.
The state tourism department operates two restaurants on the main square, near the tourist office. The elegant Asliiana Restaurant is considered by regulars to be much better than the Goof located below. Similar prices apply in both premises.
The Park is just off the Mail Road. Cafe, A perfect place for pizza gourmets, served with real mozzarella cheese. The most expensive pizza costs 40 INR, the least you pay for pizza with cheese and tomato sauce (20 INR). There are also good desserts here. We recommend the capuccino and banana yoghurt, as well as milk ice drinks and fresh fruit juices.
The best meat dishes, prepared in the tandori way, serves Shere-e-Pun-jab, on Lower Mail Road. Dinners, cheaper than in Baljee's, they enjoy prosperity among the locals.
There are also two Tripti restaurants in Śimla. First, located at Lakkar Bazaar, specializes in South Indian vegetarian dishes. Larger premises, in which both meat dishes are served, as well as vegetarian, it is situated near Oberoi Clarlce's. Despite the exorbitant prices, the food in both places is delicious, and the service was very efficient. Main restaurant on Mali Road, currently being renovated, it should be reopened soon.
The places in the bazaar district are known for their fairly low prices, near the center. The cheapest are two bars serving tasty Chinese dishes. The Chung Fa Chinese Food Shop at Middle Bazaar has a better reputation for The Mail 63, below the stairs. The owner is a Cantonese speaking Bengali (Fortunately!). The second bar is Kwon Tung Aunty's Chinese Food Shop at Middle Bazaar 44/31. Go down the stairs past Baljee's on The Mail and take the first street on the right, henceforth the road is marked.
There is a fairly expensive Malook Restaurant between the two Chinese restaurants, led by a very polite Sikh. You can go for tasty Chinese and Tibetan dishes here.
Gourmets with more money at their disposal, they'll probably want to go to the Oberoi Clarke's feast. The dinner set and the meals from the smorgasbord are very expensive 162 INR, and a carafe of Australian red wine 300 INR.
There are also several fine bakeries on Mail Road and Lower Mail Rd. A bakery stand is located at the entrance to Baljee's. WKrishna Bakers, at the eastern end of the Mail, in addition to tasty chicken and vegetarian burgers, you can also buy bread and cakes.
Shopping
Śimla is not the best city for shopping. In the shops for tourists, shawls and wooden sculptures are so much sought after by newcomers. WTibetan Refu-gee Shop, between the cable car station and Oberoi Ciarka's, are original fabrics, bags and clothes, but also beautiful jewelry.
Connections
Plane On Tuesdays and Thursdays, a Jagson Airlines plane lands in Śimli, flying on the Delhi-Śimla-Kulu-Gaggal route. The ticket from Śimli to Delhi costs money 82 $, and to Kulu 49 $. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Archana and KCV airlines fly on the Śimla-Delhi route.
Bus Travel by comfortable buses, deluxe, should be booked at the tourist office on Mail Road.
Śimla has a bus connection with Delhi (204 INR, 10 time.). Buses from Chandigarh often run here (43 i 86 INR, respectively for a regular or deluxe bus ride, 5 time.).
Buses run north from Śimli, m.in. do Dharamsali i doliny Kulu. The journey from Śimli to Manali costs money 115 or 200 INR (higher price for the deluxe bus ride) and lasts eleven hours. Ticket to Dharamsali (10 time.) it costs 88 INR, a do Mandi 60 INR (6 time.). The journey to Dehra Dun takes nine hours and you have to pay for it 88 or 114 INR (higher price for the deluxe bus ride).
Trains The timetable for trains and narrow-gauge railways can be found at the reservation office at the train station.
Tourists going to Śimli by train have a change in Kulu, just north of Chandigarh. This is where the broad-gauge railway ends, which is then replaced by the narrow-gauge railway route. After about six hours, the train arrives in Śimla. Travel is an attraction for tourists, who still see the mountains emerging from behind successive bends and hills. In summer, due to the heat and more travelers than usual, the cable car ride is tiring. Those returning to Candigarhu can get off in Solana after a three-hour drive and continue by bus.
Railway wagons are divided into three classes. The 2nd class compartments have old wooden benches and more comfortable chairs with cushioned seats, while the most comfortable and, at the same time, the most expensive places have compartments 1. class. Travel from a distance of 364 km Delhi costs money 88 i 303 INR, respectively for the passage of wagons 2. i 1. class. Tourists, who are going to make this trip in the day, should buy tickets for the Himalayan Queen train, leaving Delhi, Fr. 6.10; planned arrival in Śimla: 17.05. The train leaves for the return journey 10.15 and comes to Delhi by Fr. 21.40.
Taxis There are fixed prices for journeys to such places, how: airport (300 INR), get up (550 INR), Chandigarh (750 INR), Cost (1500 INR) i Delhi (2200 INR). You can try to bargain with the driver.
Communication
City buses depart from Cart Road, in the northern part of the city. The stop is below the ice rink, on the street off the Mail Road, below ANZ Grindleys Bank.
Half a kilometer east of the main bus station is the chairlift station, which can get you up The Mail. Let's go for a ride: it will save us a long and tiring journey on foot, and moreover, the rather unusual sight of the operator of the cable car warming up by a burning fire will be pleased.