Best Places for Travel and Tourism in India
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Best Places for Travel and Tourism in India Last updated: April 2026 · 13 min read I've been to most of these regions multiple times . Including the harder ones like the Northeast and Lakshadweep , and the single most useful thing I can tell a first-timer is that India isn't one country to plan, it's six. North (Delhi-Agra-Jaipur and the rest of Rajasthan), the Himalayas (Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand), South (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana), West (Goa, Mumbai, Gujarat), East (Varanasi, Odisha, Sundarbans, Northeast), and the Islands (Andaman, Lakshadweep). Pick a region. Stay there. Don't try to do five cities in fourteen days. TL;DR: Top 6 picks, one per region . Rajasthan (north), Kerala (south), Goa (west), Varanasi (east), Ladakh (Himalayas), Andaman (islands). Plan 10-14 days for a single-region deep trip. Best months overall are October to March (cool, dry, the famous "Indian win...