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Blessed with a pleasant climate all
the year round. Solan has an old brewery and a sprawling
horticulture and forestry university..
PLACES OF INTEREST
KASAULI: 77 k.m. from Shimla
and 35 k.m. from Kalka, at 1927 metres is a quaint little town
that seems to exists in a time wrap in an era that reminds one of
the 19th century. Its colonial ambience is reinforced by cobbled
paths, quaint shops, gabled houses with charming facades and
scores of neat little gardens and orchards. Kasauli is surrounded
by a mixed forest of chir-pine, Himalyan oak and huge
horse-chestnuts. Its narrow roadslither up and down the hillsides
and offer some magnificent vistas. You can get vantage views from
Monkey Point, 4 k.m. from the bus stand.
BAROG: Barog once just a stop
over on the Kalka-Shimla highway, this town has grown to be a
destination in itself. Surrounded by pine forests, it presents a
fascinating view of the Churdhar Peak, which poetically translates
into 'Mountain of the Silver Bangle'.
CHAIL:
43 k.m. from Shimla and with a lush green setting, this was the
former 'summer capital' of the Patiala state. At 2250 metres it
has the world's highest cricket pitch and a polo ground, the old
palace, now a hotel, and the possibility of some angling are added
attractions.
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