Manali Resorts - Reviews and Rates

Arrival in New Manali after a 16 hour freezing cold, nerve-wrecking bus ride from Delhi. After a cup of tong-roasting masala chai I then found a nice enough taxi driver to take me to Vashisht, on the opposite side of the valley from Old Manali, at 2500m.

Staying at the Acharya Guest House where 21 year old Anku is the Chief. Room at 150ru...

Short update, Manali is the place we are currently presiding after having travelled north of Delhi into the Punjab region. From our one nights stop in Delhi and the brief sightseeing we achieved, we headed for the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Who did i see on entering, none other than my sister once again. Golden Temple was sweet, got a free bus r...

Manali, another traveller's place in Himachal Pradesh. We stop here to rest for a couple of days. Our accomodation is a small room in the house of a nice family. Cheap and good. It is in a quite site valley and we wake up by the sound of cows. Hiring a motorbike is great fun. A hot spring in the middle of the village gives a good morning bath. R...

At the moment you are probably thinking 'where the hell is Manali?' Well, its up in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, a state in NW India. Its quite a cultural mix here - there are a large number of Tibetan refugees who have fled the wicked communist occupying forces as well as many western back packers (particularly Israelis, for some reason) ...

Manali Vale [haiku] Sun on snowy peaks. Crystal streams thru pine forests. Memorable vale. Turbulent Beas Drains the pine shaded valley, Tranquil and lovely. Spent about five days here late November 1980. I had visited here the previous summer. It was Ed's first visit. It was a high point of our trip. A small delightful village. Mild sunny days,...