Major Tourist Places in Chandigarh

• Rose Garden

  Rose Garden Chandigarh is a Asia's biggest rose garden. The garden is spread over an area of 27 acres and has hundreds of varieties of roses. The place is decorated with a splash of greenery and charm of roses. In the season of flowers i.e. in February and March the garden and it's surroundings are dressed like a bride and add to the grace of city. Along with roses, there are many species of trees of medicinal value and some rare species of trees and shrubs. The actual name of the garden is Zakir Rose Garden, named after former president of India Dr. Zakir Hussain. It was established in 1967 under the guidance of then Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh Dr. Mohinder Singh Randawa.

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• Leisure Valley

  Leisure Valley is the most popular for the Rajendra Park, Rose Garden, Topiary Park, Terrace Garden, Fitness trails, Shanti Kunj, Botanical Gardens, Hibiscus Garden and Smriti Upvan. Each garden has its own charm and specialty that attracts tourists not just from India but also from abroad. The valley starts from the Rajendra Park, located in Sector 1 which is generally used for walking, yoga and other fitness activities and it extends till Bougainvillea Garden, located in Sector 3. The valley also includes fabulous Rose Garden in Sector 16. Once it enters into Sector 23, this Leisure Valley undergoes a curved turn. This is the only valley in India to set up various kinds of theme gardens.

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• Rock Garden

  Chandigarh has the distinction of having a unique world-acclaimed Rock Garden. It consists of art objects, fashioned from industrial and urban waste. An unpretentious entrance leads to a magnificent, almost surrealist arrangement of rocks, boulders, broken chinaware, discarded fluorescent tubes, broken and cast away glass bangles, building waste, coal and clay-all juxtaposed to create a dream folk world of palaces, soldiers, monkeys, village life, women and temples. The open air sculptures and concealed gateways separating them are at places enhanced by a waterfall, pools and an open air theatre with proper stage setting. Several prestigious performances have been staged in this small but very artistic and naturalistic open air theatre.

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• Nepli Reserve Forests

  Traditional watchtowers & signages camouflaging the forests are constructed along the nature trails which add beauty to the trails. One can get wide view of Shivalik hills from these twelve watch towers. These watch-towers also help in detecting/ spotting forest fire, illegal poaching and felling. There are three beautiful rest houses namely Kansal Loghut, Kansal Inspection hut and Nepli Inspection hut inside the Sanctuary. Provision of Boating is also kept in water bodies near ???Kansal Loghut??? and ???Nepli Inspection hut??? Good forests, easy spotting of wildlife, picturesque water bodies, sprawling lawn of ???Kansal Loghut??? and ???Nepli inspection hut??? and serpentine nature trails are attracting Nature lovers and other visitors to Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. Last year (October 2007 to October 2008), more than 10,000 persons visited the Sanctuary.

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