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About Dehradun:
Dehradun with an altitude of 2200 feet above sea level is located in the valley
surrounded by hills. It has been in limelight since long for it's
outstanding school education & is also seen now as an uprising capital with
well-known higher education institutions providing comprehensive
career-oriented education to the students. Dehradun city is located 230 km in
north of India's capital Delhi & located in northern side of the fertile
Gangatic plains.
Dehradun
is locted near other religious & tourist centers such as Haridwar, Rishikesh
& Nainital.This place being a trade center is also surprisingly known for
the extraordinary famous Dehraduni "Basmati rice" .
The activities of the city is embraced centrely around the Clock Tower,
which is a tall structure consisted of six clocks.Since last 20-22 years the
magnificant growth of city has interestingly attracted the youth crowd to
the popular places like Astley Hall & Rajpur Road.Mussoorie is a famous hill
station just 36 kms
away
from Dehradun, which is visited by large number of tourists every year.
Numerous people visit Dehradun every year & many of them visit it during
their way to Mussoorie,well known as "QUEEN OF HILLS".The temperate climate
of Dehradun makes it a wonderful place to reside.
How to Get there
By Air :
Jolly Grant airport is the nearest airport situated 24-km from Dehradun.
By
Rail :
Dehradun has got a railway station of its own, connected to all the major
cities of the state.
By
Road :
Being the capital city of Uttarakhand is well-connected with all the major
cities of the state.
Nearby Cities
of Dehradun
»
Meerut (170 km)
» Chandigarh (175 km)
» Mussoorie (36 km)
»
Delhi (235 km)
»
Haldwani (280 km) |
