India doesn't even have to try: it will bowl you out with its head-reeling mix of cultures, its fast-swelling cities, its still-visible history and its thousands of different landscapes. Get on a train - the quintessential Indian experience - and chug your way past apple blossom and snowy peaks, fort-scattered deserts, tropical beaches and eerie salt plains.
Maximize your trip with this Lonely Planet India Travel Guide: Remarkable, bewildering, totally irresistible – India offers a million different experiences, all at once, all the time. If you seek spiritual enlightenment, the thrill of scaling the mighty Himalaya, or the buzz of a modern hypermetropolis – or if you just want to lie on a tropical beach and count cows – discover the sensory overload that is India with this topselling guide. REST EASY in the best accommodation – from budget guesthouses to Rajput palaces ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE with our chapters on India's extraordinary history and culture ESCAPE THE CROWDS and see the India beyond the tourist trail: little-known national parks, remote tribal villages and stunning mountain treks TELL YOUR KULFI FROM YOUR KULCHA with our comprehensive chapter on Indian cuisine, and indepth reviews of restaurants all over the country FIND YOUR WAY from Kargil to Kanyakumari and back again with the help of detailed transport information and over 200 maps
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