The city Chandigarh is renowned all over India for its cleanliness and beauty and is more commonly known as ‘The City Beautiful’.
Chandigarh is designed with expansive open spaces that provide a refuge from the usual hubbub of the city. Its parks, lakes, and gardens make it a perfect place for exploring the majestic outdoors.
There are several places in Chandigarh which offer the tourists a delight to their eyes.
Five of the must-visit places in the city are cited under:
1. Rock Garden:
Also known as ‘Nek Chand’s Rock Garden’, this place forms a sculpture-garden in Chandigarh created secretly by its founder Nek Chand. He started working on it in 1957 and the garden has now become a crucial Recycling-Project.
Crafted like a dreamland, Rock Garden has bridges, amphitheaters, staircases, a magnificent waterfall, narrow-corridors and an indigenous market at the end.
It has incredible animal and human figurines made with the use of recycled materials like bottles, tiles, bangles, and wires.
Visit this place and experience the wonders of a marvelous artist.
2. Government Museum And Art Gallery:
Crafted by Le Corbusier and this art gallery has 4 wings, and each wing demonstrates art, portraits, natural history, and art.
The main attractions include a collection of around four thousand Rajasthani and Pahari mini-paintings. Over six hundred sculptures of Buddhism from the region of Gandhara are also present in the museum.
It also portrays the sketches and uncommon plans concerned with the planning of Chandigarh.
4. Leisure Valley:
Leisure Valley is a range of several theme-gardens. Le Corbusier shaped the Leisure Valley in the battered valley of a seasonal-rivulet.
It begins from Sector-1 in the North and extends till the south-Edge of the city in Sector-53. It includes the largest Rose Garden of Asia, botanical gardens devoted to several selections of bougainvillea, fragrant-flowers, hibiscus and even a model of the celebrated Eiffel Tower. Also, this valley forms a cool hangout zone for the youngsters of the city.
5. Sukhna Lake:
Sukhna Lake is a man-made water body which is a well-known tourist spot. Moreover, located at the foothills of Himalayas, a lake is a place where one can go boating or just take a leisurely walk along the promenade.
The lake has migratory birds like storks and Siberian cranes in the month of winter, You can visit with family and friends to enjoy its scenic beauty.
6. Pinjore Gardens:
These gardens are located in Pinjore in the district of Panchkula which is 22 kilometers from Chandigarh. The gardens were built by the ‘Patiala Dynasty Rulers’ and are an example of the gardens from the Mughal-Era.
Interspersed with lawns, palaces, a Japanese-garden and a zoo, Pinjore gardens form a perfect getaway from the fast-paced city life. Also, a water channel located at the center runs through the complete stretch of the garden.
You can visit cool cafes and restaurants within the garden which will offer you delightful refreshments.
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