Hi friends, I have been to Shimla thrice & its one of my favorite tourist destination. My review is as under: It takes around 5 hours from Chandigarh. Transport facilities like Bus, AC Bus or taxi is easily available for Shimla at chandigarh.Shimla is the capital of Himachal pradesh where you can enjoy heritage walk, eye catching local bazzars, shopping mall for traditional items.Sight Seeing is amazing there, as it is covered by mountains from all sides. You will not observe any kind of pollution there. Even sky color is dark sky blue only. The mall road is must visit place along with church.You can experience toy train journey too from Shimla to Kalka.Hotels are value for money and local people are nice there, and always helpful with advise on travel routes or local food.Other must visit places include: Ridge, Jakhu Temple, Himalayan nature park, Sankat mochan temple, Scandal point.You may streach your tour till Kurfi. Its around half hour drive from Shimla & has the great scenic beauty of nature.In a budget of 5000 per head we enjoyed shimla & kufri for 4 Days & 3 Nights that too at good hotel.Highly recommended for solo tour.