Places You'll Want to Visit in 2025

Are you ready to get the new year’s ball rolling? To finally go on adventures you have been putting off for the longest time? Are you ready to make 2025 your year?

The year where you finally have enough pictures for all your different socials, memories to last a lifetime, and experiences to replenish your soul?

Oh! To bask under the southern sun with the sand beneath escaping from between your toes, to marvel at the diversity and celebrate the cultural uniqueness, meet all kinds of people, and come across the ideologies behind varying beliefs across our country.

Trips across the country you’ve been pinning scenic views of in your Pinterest account, can all finally be replaced by your polaroids. I am sure you must feel lost and overwhelmed, and rightfully so, there’s only so much browsing one can do. Well, here are the nine places you’d want to visit in 2025.

1. Offbeat Goa – Add them to your bucket list!

Goa is one of the most popular holiday destinations in India. Thanks to its image as the party capital, hippie joint and laidback attitude, a trip to Goa every year is a norm for many travellers. Get on the planning as soon as you get your office leaves approved, but for An Undiscovered Goa Trip. Give the usual suspects a miss and try these offbeat things and places instead.

Canyoning Adventure, Goa

Best Time to Visit: January, September, October, November and December

2. Chennai and Puducherry (Pondicherry)

Anyone who has been to Candies in Pali hill, Bandra, must know the yellow wall that is famous for its Pondicherry vibes. Why not experience the authentic culture of Pondicherry in person? This backpacking trip to Chennai and Puducherry (Pondicherry) is the perfect way to ring in the new year’s.

Auroville, Puducherry

Best Time to Visit: January, September, October, November and December

3. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad)

Aren’t looking for too hectic of a travel schedule but want to remember our ancestors as you begin a new chapter in the calmest way possible? Deep meditations and self-reflections in a quiet hollow cave are surely the way to achieve that.

Ellora Caves, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad)

Best Time to Visit: January, February, August, September, October, November and December

4. Vengurla: Explore The Unexplored Konkan

Vengurla - A beautiful town located just north of Goa! Another peaceful and breathtaking coastal town that is well-known for its evergreen bounty of nature and sea. The beaches at

Vengurla is a stretch of clear white sand accentuated by rugged cliffs and lush green hills. Some of the best beaches in Maharashtra are found here!

Redi Beach, Vengurla

Best Time to Visit: January, September, October, November and December

5. Chikhaldara – A Quaint Hill Station

Parties, unnecessarily loud countdowns, pretentious pleasantries don’t excite you? But instead, you want to go away for some peace and quiet? A trip to a quaint hill station with your closed one will give you exactly that! To top it off, beautiful sunrises from your resort balcony and a strawberry Farmville, ahh! An absolute dream!

Chikhaldara Hill Station

Best Time to Visit: January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November and December

6. Mandu and Maheshwar

Mandu and Maheshwar are two gems of Madhya Pradesh. Maheshwar is situated on the bank of river Narmada and Mandu is endowed with a very attractive natural scenery, the best of Mandu is further enhanced by about a dozen of lakes and ponds interspersed on it probably the reason why the city, enclosed within its fort walls when in its prime was called by the Muslim rulers as Shadiabad (The City Of Joy).

Ahilya Bai Fort & Palace, Maheshwar

Best Time to Visit: January, October, November and December

7. Offbeat Rajasthan – Bundi, Kota, and Chittorgarh

As most headlines state, every celebrity is running off to Rajasthan for their wedding, and this is simply because of the architectural masterpiece that Rajasthan is! The year 2025 calls for some beauty engorging. With delicately engraved buildings dating back to the 17th century and paintings depicting untold stories, this Rajasthan trio is a must-visit.

Garh Place, Bundi

Best Time to Visit: January, October, November and December

8. Dharamshala & McLeod Ganj

Snow-clad mountains and gorgeous views overlooking them are every traveller's dream. Your 2025 summer can be envisioned here. Being surrounded by monks, this place can aid one to tap into their inner core and learn more about the teaching and practices of the Buddhist and Tibetan teachings.

Valley View - Tiara, Dharamshala

Best Time to Visit: January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December

9. Koyna (Koynanagar)

Koynanagar is a beautiful region, covered with flora and greenery, especially after monsoons. Those seasonal months heavily attract backpackers, bird watchers, and animal and nature enthusiasts. One of the relatively lesser-known hill stations, it derives its name from the massive Koyna dam, Koynanagar can be added as part of an elongated weekend trip. Here is how you can do it too!

Sunset Point, Koynanagar

Best Time to Visit: January, February, October, November and December

10. Ooty - The Queens Of Hills

For those who don't know with its splendid beauty and picture perfect backdrops, Ooty is truly a director's delight for an outdoor shoot. Will try to give you references to some of the famous Bollywood movies that captured Ooty's charms. So here I have tried to create a travel itinerary from my experience, which is ideal for your next backpacking trip as well as for a family trip.

Avalanche Lake & River, Ooty

Best Time to Visit: January, February, March, April, September, October, November and December

11. Why You'll Love Kashmir?

Nature has endowed Kashmir with implausible beauty and is rightly called “Paradise on Earth”. Kashmir is resplendent with stunning Chinar trees that turn the entire valley yellow and red when the autumn arrives, silver lakes that turn golden at the crack of dawn, and crystal blue rivers that are sourced from the icy mountains. The beautiful scenes and the unspoiled nature provide such a mesmerizing view that a person feels that he has come into another place.

Dal Lake, Kashmir

If you still have a doubt about Why You'll Love Kashmir then this blog will be able to change your mind. I have tried to create a travel itinerary from my experience, which is ideal for your next backpacking trip as well as for a family trip with my experience and images.

Best Time to Visit: January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November and December

12. Why Backpackers Are Obsessed With Rishikesh?

At first, only Rishikesh comes to your mind when someone talks about River Rafting and pilgrimage sites. Mesmerizing clouds, overlapped mountains, fast-flowing river & a series of amazing temples, a place which literally defines the word peace since there are many peaceful Ghats and ashrams for you to have some alone time to find yourself in the big chaos of this world

Beatles Ashram Rishikesh

Best Time to Visit: January, February, March, April, August, September, October, November and December

Go on then! Grab your notepad, your group chats, your people, family, and make your travel list finally come true. I can feel your excitement bubbling through the screen!

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