Bhimtal Reviews

Bhimtal Experience: fabulous,miraculous!!!!

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Favourite restaurants was shere punjab. Favourite attraction was Snow view. Shopping was O.K type

Activities & things to do: Boating and horse riding in mall road

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: If visiting during winter,make sure to take heavy woollens.

Bhimtal Experience: it is a average place because there is not much to see around

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: food was okay

Activities & things to do: explore more

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: none

Bhimtal Experience: Beautiful surroundings. Peaceful environment. Good ambience to relax.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Not much of restaurants outside. Good for sight seeing, boating etc.

Activities & things to do: No idea regarding the activities and other things.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Nearest railway head is kathgodam. From there bus and taxis are available.

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal is good place, we went to nearby places also like Ranikhet, Nainital etc.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: There is nothing for shopping

Activities & things to do: One can do rock climbing, trekking

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: We reached ther by car

Bhimtal Experience: It is a good place, for if a person feels like spending a day or two and also not doing anything. It is around the lake that all the activities do take place, like eating and boating or just loathing. Nothing much to do except to wonder the size of the lake and the height at which it is situated. Overall it is good place .

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Nothin great for sight seeing or shopping .

Activities & things to do: Go for boating, and let the boatman do it for you,unless you are a good swimmer.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Just take your car and hit NH 24.

Bhimtal Experience: It's an beautiful destination. All taals with the surrounding beauty and when you go on boating you will feel the freshness romance in air

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Not so special

Activities & things to do: Boating

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Train till middle then taxi

Bhimtal Experience: Very nice cozy atmosphere and presence of silent nature....

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: food was good....attraction was lake view from hotel gallery....

Activities & things to do: garden and swings.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: reach by car from kathgodam...

Bhimtal Experience: Destination was good for relax and peace....... For outing with family nanital is good place ........

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food inside resort was good and hygienic and for sight-seeing mall road is good place for shopping......

Activities & things to do: Boating in nani lake is best activity in nanitaal.....

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Travel by own car is best . but traveler can use volvo bus as well train that is direct from delhi

Bhimtal Experience: Beautiful and peaceful place out of traffic reach!!

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Not exactly but I love Veg Maggi there is no exact location to eat

Activities & things to do: Boating and sightseeing

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Best way to reach by taxi it's very cheap as compare to other holiday destination

Bhimtal Experience: very good,in midst nature with simple people who so helping,near by saatal was very good for kayaking, rock climbing, river rafting. lake in bhimtal was really good as it was verg big and beautiful for boating

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: there are good restaurants in nanital not in bhimtal

Activities & things to do: kayaking in saatal

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: by your own vehicle as it is just 6 hr journey from delhi or by train upto kathgodam

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal is good hill station near to Delhi ( around 6 hours journey). It is very peaceful, less crowded. One can visit other taals (lakes) which are very near and enjoy the natural beauty of hills.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Boat ride is must

Activities & things to do: Not much, just relax

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Good roads now, one can reach in 6 hours drive from Delhi.

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal is small place on the side of lake ,there is also some lakes with different-2 name like Saattal,Naukuchiya Tal,Naltal,residents are very nice & gentle,there is a lots of decent , comfortable hotels on the side of lake,close to Nainital Ranikhet,Almora,Jageshwar,.it's a center place to access the all these places.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: All Indian foods are available ,sunrise & sunset,fresh seasonal fruits,small market for day to day needs.A cool place.

Activities & things to do: If you want live peaceful for some time have a walk on the side of Bhimtal or go for boating.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Nearest Railway Station Kathgodam,from there to Bhimtal you can catch local Transport,i.e. Bus,Taxi,Share Taxi.

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal, a lesser known destination is about 17 km from Nainital one of the most popular tourist places of Uttarakhand and India as well. We chose Bhimtal because the pictures of the The Country Inn resort looked better the hotels in Naintal and I think the decision was good. Bhimtal is a very quiet place with not much of the 'tourist' crowd and traffic. We expected the hill station to be cold but it was pleasant for just a day or two. We needed air-conditioning almost everyday. Our mistake that we didn't check - but it was disappointing -travelling from Chennai all the way up to Uttarakhand and to be sitting in Air-condtioned rooms!!

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: There aren't many places to see either. There are few lakes out of which we chose just one that still wasn't surrounded by buildings. We had a good boat ride. We then tried out the local Kumaoni costumes that were kept out for hire and had a fun photo session. The photographer promptly sent us the snaps in 10-15 days by Registered Post. We went to Nainital on day 2 and thanked our stars that we chose to stay at Bhimtal. Nainital is a beautiful place with a better weather than Bhimtal but is very crowded with a string of restrictions about parking, pick-up and so on. We had a Tempo Traveller which was stopped at least 3 km before we entered the town and we had to use a taxi to see the other places. Don't forget your walking shoes if you are planning to a trip to Nainital - there's a hell of a lot of walking to do but its fun if you are fit, fine and without kids!!! :) Back at Bhimtal, on day 3 we visited the Ghor Kal Mandir, an experience I will never forget. The temple is full of bells of all sizes - the tiniest to largest one can imagine. The belief is that if one makes a wish here and it comes true the devotee comes back and ties a bell to convey thanks to the Godess Durga. We made a few prayers ourselves and tied a couple of bells in advance!! Don't miss this temple for anything! We tried to do some shopping at the Bowali village - we were hoping to pick up some local handicrafts and found only shiny stuff brought in from Mumbai! The only local stuff we found was crafts made out of pine cones (creative). Then there was a shop by name Himjoli near our Hotel which had some (exorbitantly) priced local stuff on sale. But it is a chain of shops run by self-help groups - everything handmade by the women of nearby villages - sweaters, shawls, soaps, spices, home decor...interesting. We picked up some stuff there.

Activities & things to do: With just a few places to see, the best thing would be to relax at the hotel and have a good time.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Check the weather conditions first - if you are expecting a hill station like weather, this is not the place. The place is dry and can get hot at times.

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal is avery nice place to stay near nainital. It is a very peaceful place to stay . You can feel refresh at any time.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: At hotel maya regency we enjoyed a lot many items in food with delicious taste which can suite to all

Activities & things to do: Fine garden and playing area for kids

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: We went there from Kathgodam by taxi.

Bhimtal Experience: Lovely lake.Very good place to just relax and forget all about the worries you face back home.You can completely destress here.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The lake.Day trips to Nainital,Mukhteshwar and Saattal.You can shop for tea here.Organic tea.You can shop for wooden show pieces and candles which are made by hand.

Activities & things to do: Boating. Walking. Sunrise is a must.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Train to Kathgodham and from there cab.

Bhimtal Experience: Kumaon Hills is the place to be at.. U will definitely miss it in your life if you don't go there.. We had gone to this small but extremely gorgeous destination- Jungaliagaon for our vacation..Must see for people who want to experience the actual beauty of nature and relive once!!

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Place to stay: It has to be Emerald Trail http://www.emeraldtrail.in/ .. We simply love the place, people, pets, food.... What is best about the place is the people who treat you like a family.. I dint even for once missed my home.. The yummy and fresh food from their garden/farm, the warm pets who will play with you and welcome u every morning.. Its blissful.. Activities- we did cycling, trekking but the best part was the farm activity at Emerald Trail.. Never done but loved the whole experience.

Activities & things to do: Cycling, trekking, playing with pets, reading, campfiring..........

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: frm delhi two trains available..

Bhimtal Experience: LEARNING VACATIONS at Bhimtal When I first heard about the idea of learning vacation, I was pretty sure it is going to be interesting, and it turned out to be more than that. It was a treat full of fun and learning, difficult to say which one was more, fun or learning. At an altitude exceeding 1300 meters, we were surrounded by towering peaks and Spellbinding views. The wilderness, close by, was home to many species of wild life and food to various animals, birds and reptiles. It provided a rare opportunity to study the wildlife in an open area. Nearby was Asia's largest butterfly collection by Frederick Smetacheck. We saw rare butterflies from deep inside the Himalayas. Places like Nainital, Naukuchia tal, Sat tal and Mukteshwar are all close by.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The best thing about the whole trip was that it never gave a feeling of being in a hotel. It felt like home; the place and the people gave a feeling that we were staying in our own holiday home in the hills or what we call farm house back in Delhi.

Activities & things to do: Each day began with the learning and the second half of the day was spent enjoying the vacation. The first morning of our Learning Vacation started with getting to know about the basics of filmmaking, and then there was no looking back on consolidating our knowledge and skills on filmmaking. We were a group of six on a never before vacation. Greenery all around; and a tranquil atmosphere provided us was great inspiration and made it the best place to learn the art. Doing film courses are expensive and even vacation packages don?t come cheap. I can?t believe that I got both at an unbelievable price. It was a never before vacation. It's a unique idea executed extremely well by Vikas, the mastermind. My advice to all who are looking for an experience that is different from a mundane holiday is to try this one out. It's refreshing and exhilarating.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: A wonderful drive from Delhi. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bhimtal Experience: Bhimtal is a quaint and charming town in Uttaranchal. I visited Bhimtal in December 2006. The magnificient lake which enjoys pride of place in Bhimtal and the lovely walks in and around Bhimtal made it a holiday never to be forgotten. If you want a quiet, peaceful vacation with no blaring horns or the stress of running helter skelter bhimtal is the place to visit!

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: A must at Bhimtal is taking a boat ride around the lake. There are day trips that one can take to Nainital, Saattal and Mukhteshwar. Though one can also drive down to Naukuchiatal [4 Kms away] I would recommend walking! One can see the most breathtaking views along the way! Where shopping is concerned, Bhimtal has the loveliest handmade candles and wood carvings. If one is into organic products, Bhini store in Bhimtal has organic rajma, green tea, sherbets. The Monolith resort in bhimtal is a must visit for a lovely meal. However, the smaller restraunts in bhimtal serve excellent zeera aloo, rajma rice and yellow dal.

Activities & things to do: As already mentioned, boating on the Bhimtal lake is a must. There are also gorgeous walks in and around Bhimtal...just follow the road! A visit to the close by Naukuchiatal [with its own stunning lake] and saattal [with seven gorgesous pristine blue lakes] is a must! If one can drag themselves out of bed early morning watch the sun rise over the bhimtal valley. Or better yet drive down to Mukhteshwar and watch the sunrise over the snow capped mountains.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: One can travel by road to Bhimtal or [and this is my favourite mode of travel!] take the overnight train, Ranikhet Express till Kathgodam and then take a cab till bhimtal [drive of about 45 minutes]. Negotiate a good rate with the cab person..they are agreeable to charing on a per head basis also and one can share a cab with other people!