If you’re looking for a weekend getaway or a long trekking trip then Dharamshala is the place for you! Go there during the summer months when its warmer than the winter months. Dharamshala has a number of places to visit besides the trekking trips up the mountains. Make sure you opt for staying in a guest house in Mcleodganj which will make hotel expenditure a bare minimum. Besides, Mcleodganj offers the best restaurants which serve up everything you can imagine for a peaceful, balanced well nourished vacation. Visit restaurants like Carpe Diem and Gakyi.
You will be amazed by the adeptness at international cuisines. Don’t forget to try out the local Tibetan cuisine as well since this is the place where the Tibetan Government in Exile is currently stationed! Which brings me to an important aspect of Dharamshala: Visit the Dalai Lama Temple and the museum just outside it to learn about the Tibetans’s their violent histories of persecution and exile from their homeland.
Do not be shocked at the tight security in the temple however despite it the Temple is a wonderful piece of modern+traditional fusion architecture! And oh, Dharamshala has tonnes of foreigners passing through every year so you will either delighted or taken aback about how social intermingling here is so free- its refreshing really! Pack your bags and get going. NOW!