Nainital Or Mussoorie City Wars
If you are from Delhi or anywhere in North India and after the exhaustive days of working, for sure you would have struck in quiet essential discussion of taking a break either Mussoorie or Nanital, Which First...? While thinking, you would have certainly got confused in the beautiful dilemma of covering these Birtish erstwhile summer capitals. With the list of immense number of factors, you will start comparing both of them. You will certainly start thinking from every dimension—that what’s the unique element that makes Mussoorie or Nainital to be visited first or the vice versa of the same different from each other. The questions like whether their will be some good sightseeing’s for your kids or not? Whether there are any hills or lakes or street markets, where you can spend some time with your family or friends? After being tickled by such questions repeatedly, you will look out for some other ways. Both being giving a tough fight to each other, and known amongst the most visited Traditional Delhi Weekend Getaways, you will be pulled to do a research on them. Eventually after the research you may be bestowed with an immense number of results from articles, mini guide but later you will be left with nothing more informative. With the spate of diluted information you have gathered from different sources, you will end everything in complete lull and later would stop thinking about it. Hence to free you from all worries of thinking and doing research, we have come up with a small effort which includes a robust comparison between Mussoorie and Nainital, and the facts are as follows…..
| Approachability | Accommodation | Food Facilities | Attractions | Excursion |
| Factors | Parameters | Mussoorie | Nainital |
| Approachability | |||
| Driving Distance from Delhi | 270 KMS | 300 KM | |
| Closest Station (Name/Distance) | Dehradun Railway Station( 34 KM) | Kathgodam ( 50 KM) | |
| Closest Airport (Name/Distance) | Dehradun( 30 KM) | Pantnagar(70 KM) | |
| Volvo from Delhi | Yes | Yes | |
| Road Condition | Bad | Average | |
| State Transport Bus | Yes | Yes | |
| Uphill Climb KM | 34 KM Uphill from Dehradun | 35 KM | |
| Altitude | 2000 ft | 1500 ft | |
| Night Driving Advisory | Yes | Yes | |
| Traffic Jam Probability | Yes | Yes | |
| Important Blockade on the way | Meerut | Brijghat | |
| Highway Dhabas/Food Joints | Just Before Roorkee | Gajraula | |
| Important Milestone | Cheetal(Muzafar nagar) | Muradabad | |
| Accommodation | |||
| Premium Hotel Count (above 3 star) | 20 | 33 | |
| Budget Hotel Count (below 3 star) | 47 | 19 | |
| Government Hotel Count | 1 | 4 | |
| Homestay | None | None | |
| Check-in / Check-out | 12 Noon to 12 Noon | 11 AM Check-in 10 AM Check-out | |
| Most Popular Location to Stay | Mall Road | Mall Road,Upper Mall Road | |
| Parking Conditions | Bad | Bad | |
| Camping | Yes | Yes | |
| Hotels Bookable Online | Plenty | Plenty | |
| Food | |||
| South Indian,Punjabi, Chinese Food, Israelly food | Yes | Yes | |
| Pizza Joint,Continental,Any other | Yes | Yes | |
| Street Treats | Landour(Bazaar) | Bohtia Bazaar | |
| Ice Cream Parlours, Juice Juntions | Yes | Yes | |
| Any special Hangout | Camel`s Back Road, Lal Tibba, The Mall | The Mall, Raj Bhavan(Governors House--built by Britishers), Cave Garden | |
| Hawker Food | Ground nuts, Dried Peas | Boiled ground Nut | |
| Attractions | |||
| Natural Lakes | None | Bhimtal, Naukuchia Tal, Mallital, Tallital, Sattal, Sukhatal, Sariyatal | |
| Artificial Lakes | Mussoorie lake( Newly Developed Picnic Spot) | None | |
| Boating Option - Motor,Paddle | Mussoorie Lake, Municipal Garden | Sukha lake, Naini Lake, Naukuchiatal, Bhimtal | |
| Horse Rides | Childrens Lodge | Barapatthar | |
| Main Road - for stroll,market,food joints | Mall Road | Mall Road | |
| Observatory | None | Aryabhatta institute of space reasearch(Entry with permission) | |
| Telescopic Point | Gun Hill, Naga Tibba | Mall Road, China Peak or Naina Peak, Snow View Point, Hanuman Garhi, Lands End, Tiffin Top | |
| Ropeway | Gun Hill | Mallital | |
| Main Temples | JwalajiTemple (Benog Hill), Nag Devta Temple, Surkhanda Devi,Parkasheshwar Temple | Naina Devi Temple | |
| Waterfall | Kempty Fall, Jharipani Fall, Bhatta Fall, Mossey Fall | Sariyatal(while on a way to Nainital) | |
| Tourist Reception Centre | Private and Government | Private and Government | |
| Local sightseeing circuit - Fixed Departures | Mussorie-Kempty Falls-Temples--Dehradun Railway Station/Airport | Nainital-Lake Tours-Himalaya Darshan-Ancient Caves-Nainital | |
| Zoo | No | Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo(closed on Monday) | |
| Theme Park / Water Park | Children Amusement Park(Near Kempty Falls) | No | |
| Museum | None | The Museum of Folk and Culture | |
| Gardens / Children Park | Company Garden, Municipal Garden | Flower Garden | |
| Fountains | Yes | Yes | |
| Video Game Parlours | On the mall road | On the mall road | |
| Last Snowfall | December-January 09 | December-February 08 | |
| Nightlife options | Yes | No | |
| Excursion | |||
| Wildlife Sactuary or Park (Distance) | Rajaji National Park (60 KM) | Corbett National Park (50 KM) | |
| Further Destinations | Dhanaulti, Chakrata, Rishikesh | Kasauni, Almora, Ranikhet |
Following the trail of facts, Mussoorie and Nainital both consists of verdant chain of hills that certainly presents a marvelous view. With the presence of natural lake in Naintal, Mussoorie certainly lacks in this prospect. Festooned with the best accommodations, both the destinations are blessed with plenty of premium and Budget Hotels exclusively. The Hotels in Nainital and Hotels in Mussoorie with the presence of best hospitality standards, can make your entire stay more delightful than ever . But if You are looking to explore some better galore of options , then Hotels in India following the trail of perfection and class could definitely pull you to discover its well defined luxury solely. Besides this, during the month of December to February in 2009, Mussoorie received bountiful of snow fall where as Nanital didn’t received any rainfall since the year 2008. Hence, this is the unique factor which interests vacationers to visit Mussoorie exclusively. The night life in Mussoories is quiet happening than Nainital and it gives great opportunity to the vacationers to knock their senses with booze and disco vibes. At the same time , Nainital with the good number of lakes, offers the vacationers with the satiating view of the picturesque landscapes. Nainital has a mueseum of folk and cullture whereas Mussoorie don`t have anything to offer in this aspect. Both the destinations are blessed with the best malls but street markets in Mussoorie are in ample number which could most probably provide the aspiring vacationers with a golden opportunity to shop as per their convinience. Mussooorie located 270KMS and Nainital 300 KMS from Delhi are feasible enough to reach by car or Volvo buses. Following the similar series, the railway station in Mussoorie is quiet nearer, that is, it is perched at the distance of 34 KMS whereas the nearest station to Nainital is Kathkodam which is 50 KMS, which seems to quiet far when compared to Mussoorie exclusively.
Each one of us watch everything through different perspectives and if the choice lays which one to visit first? Then we believe that you have an option to chose between Mussoorie or Nainital solely. Carrying the similar trail of `City Wars`, this is just the small initiative of IHR which inevitably seeks your verdict in deciding which of the two destinations have genuinely matched your expectations.
If you have truly liked this City Wars Post, you could hope to see similar kind of post in the next upcoming days. However, the war between different cities would surely continue forever, and it will entirely depend on the staunch descretion of the enthusiasts, that what actually they expect to see in our next post? Taking all the points in consideration we will put our best efforts to inlcude your point on our blog posts. Whatever queries you have in your mind, we will surely answer them with a strong committment. Keeping the track of every minute aspect of your information, imagination and expectations, we with the team of experts would assure you to come up with the some more City Wars Blog Posts which will be much more exhaustive, accurate and detailed respectively.
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