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May 1, 2025

　　Shimla's half-timbered old town hall building originally dates from 1908–10, but has been so restored that it looks essentially new.

　　Officially reopened in November 2018, it looks especially attractive when floodlit at night, but at the time of research, visitors were still unable to go inside.

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　　Along the central ridgetop, this broad pedestrian esplanade diverges from The Mall at Scandal Point, guarded by a fancifully hatted policeman. Thronged with strolling locals and visitors, it rises to a triangular parade ground backed by Christ Church and dotted with statues. 　　Indira Gandhi turns her back on the panorama...

　　Whimsical and photogenically dilapidated, this 1880 red-brick mansion looks like a place for a Scooby Doo adventure. There's a wobbly central spire-turret and the coat of arms of the Maharajah of Sirmaur who once lived here. After years of neglect, the tentative first steps towards restoration started in September 2017,...

　　One of Shimla's most atmospheric timber-framed buildings, the green-and-white Ripon Hospital building (1885) has a couple of exterior wooden stair-spirals so rickety that the steps are dropping out. 　　It doesn't inspire patient confidence, but the building is now just a part of the much newer Deen Dyal Upadhyay Zonal Hospital....

　　Lovingly restored between 2004 and 2009 and hoping for Unesco status, this remarkable 320-seater theatre opened in 1877, originally as part of a bigger grandiose civic centre. It's long been a focus of Shimla social life, and Rudyard Kipling, Baden-Powell, Shashi Kapoor and Michael Palin are among those who have...

　　Shimla's half-timbered old town hall building originally dates from 1908–10, but has been so restored that it looks essentially new. 　　Officially reopened in November 2018, it looks especially attractive when floodlit at night, but at the time of research, visitors were still unable to go inside. ...

Himachal State Museum

　　On a hilltop some 2.5km west of Scandal Point, the state museum sits right at the base of the prominent TV Tower. Rich if somewhat static displays include miniatures, carvings, traditional costumes and jewellery. More context is available in the revamped archaeology/petroglyph room and the interesting if somewhat out-of-place army...

Jakhu Hanuman Statue

　　A 108ft (33m) vermillion-pink statue of monkey-god Hanuman pokes his head above the treetops on Shimla’s highest hilltop. Appropriately, hundreds of rhesus macaques loiter around here hoping for gifts of prasad (temple-blessed food offerings) from visitors. They have a habit of snatching loose objects such as hats, phones and even...

Viceregal Lodge

　　A cross between Harry Potter's Hogwarts and a Scottish baronial castle, this 1888 pile was the official summer residence of the British viceroys until WWII and the scene of two crucial conferences (1945 and 1946) that essentially sealed the partition of India. To look inside join a group (departing every...

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