Siliguri is in West Bengal and is known as Gateway of North East India as usually we go to north eastern states via Siliguri.
When I was in Gangtok, we use to come to Siliguri via bus then board the train for Odisha or Bihar, because that there was no railway service in Gangtok.
Once we had stayed for few days in a hotel in Siliguri, it was a vacation kind of thing . I thoroughly enjoyed that trip, the food served in hotel was excellent, Fried fish with Lemon juice was their special dish .
The market was also good, many beautiful handicraft works could be seen there.
Siliguri is blessed with beauty of nature .
It is an important transportational, educational and trading centre .
It is the trade hub of whole of west Bengal.
Siliguri connects three international borders of China, Bangladesh, Nepal which is a rare thing.
Because of its location it has people of different religions and beliefs like Bengalis, Biharis, Gorkhas, Marwaris etc.
It is a perfect blend of ethinicity with modernisation.
Its a safe city .
One can enjoy a vacation there with lots of shopping as it is shoppers paradise, one can get various types of products from different cities and countries.