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The gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas and favourite summer holiday spot of people from Delhi and U.P., Mussoorie is 60km ahead of Dehradun. As you drive up from Doon leaving behind the grime and dust of the plains you take in deep lungs-full of fresh pine-scented mountain air, and feel rejuvenated and calmed by the rich green around you. As you enter the town at Kingcraig on to the Kulri Bus Stand or the Library Bus stand, depending where you are staying in town, the distinct ambience of a British hill-station envelops you.

Savvier guests may prefer to stay in the quieter environs of the Barlowganj area, high above a mountain stream that wends its ways past Woodstock, Wynberg, Allen, St Georges and Oak Grove schools. Or the Landour ridge in the northeast, and home to the old cantonment, from where the stream emanates as a gushing waterfall in the monsoons. Others still prefer the Library area on the western edge of the ridge. But those who want be at the hub of downtown action it is the plethora of hotels scattered around the Mall at Kulri.

Where you stay in Mussoorie certainly sets the pace of your holiday. For there are hidden gems of serenity scattered around the township that are a welcome escape from the overdeveloped, noisy environs of the Mall. For those who are looking for a quieter, magical place, there are gorgeous sunrises to watch from behind the hills, and stunning sunsets splashed across the horizon over the Doon Valley, where the first lights start the overture of the splendid nightly concert under the stars. Plan your holiday after a bit of research and you'll find Mussoorie one of your all-time favourite hill-side retreats.

Marooned in the heat and dust of the Indian plains, homesick Englishmen started searching for quiet retreats in the mountains to escape from the worst of the summer. Captain Young, the first British settler in this mountain enclave built himself a cottage up in 1823 at Mullingar, on the Landour Ridge (also where author Ruskin Bond now resides). Gradually the township started spreading southward and westwards.

The town gets its name from the mansur shrub (Cororiana nepalensis), which grows around these hills. If Shimla was the retreat of the high and mighty led by the Viceroy of the Raj, Mussoorie was the lesser cousin who attracted the commissioned officers and bureaucrats-many who set the town aflame with their going-ons that have since passed into Raj legend. In time India's royals and aristocrats made a beeline for its cool environs and set up their summer palaces around the quiet hills... among them the Maharajas of Kapurthala and Nahan. The township got a small reprieve from all the social action with the demise of the Raj in 1947, but it was rediscovered by holidaying Indians in the early 60s and the ball has not stopped spinning since then.

 

 

 

 

 

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