Exploring Manali
Manali is famous for its brightly embroidered shawls and caps, its freshly caught trout and its apple orchards. It is an excellent place for long walks and treks in flower-covered valleys and up through pine and cedar forests. Though a profusion of hotels and shops in recent years has overrun downtown Manali, its environs still retain much of the natural beauty that gives this hill station a unique flavour.Do not miss Old Manali Village and Vasisht spring water sulphur baths and its resident population of hippies. You can also visit the Hadimba and Manu temples for a taste of temple architecture, sample the famous Himachali fruit and drive to Naggar to see Himalayan landscapes as visualised by Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich.
