{"id":2977,"date":"2012-10-15T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manahotels.in\/traveller\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:05:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:35:28","slug":"chandigarh-city-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manahotels.in\/traveller\/india\/chandigarh-city-beautiful.html","title":{"rendered":"Chandigarh: The City Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chandigarh, \u2018The City Beautiful\u2019 is the best-planned city in India that boasts of impeccable urban planning, defined by elegant structures and lovely gardens. The modern city of Chandigarh is a tale of sheer innovation, skill, and teamwork of French architect Le Corbusier.<\/p>\n

It is divided into 47 sectors, each intertwined by well-knit roads. Many roads intersect at roundabouts, eliminating traffic signals and ensuring smooth traffic. Each sector has residential and shopping complexes and now some even have swanky shopping malls. The sectors are studded with lush parks, lovely buildings, concourses, and streets flanked by trees and bushes making Chandigarh a city like no other.<\/p>\n

Normally, Indian cities are chaotic but Chandigarh thwarts such clich\u00e9s as it stands for urban serenity. Chandigarh is a rare specimen of modernization co-existing with nature’s preservation.<\/p>\n

Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lying at the base of the Shivaliks, this man-made lake is a great picnic destination. A pleasant walk through the shores of this dazzling lake, relaxing in the calmness of the pristine water is much loved activity of the town people.\u00a0 Activities like yachting, boating, and water skiing add to its charm. The lake has the finest channel for rowing and yachting that makes it the venue of the Asiatic level Rowing Championships.<\/p>\n