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Darjeeling
The Queen of the Hills offering panoramic views of Kanchenjunga, the world's finest tea gardens, and a UNESCO heritage toy train ride.
0 km · about 5 min drive
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Dārjiling
West Bengal, India · Asia
About Dārjiling
Dārjiling is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Jorethang, right by Darjeeling.
Dārjiling is in West Bengal, India, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Jorethang, about 10 km away.
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What is there to see near Dārjiling?
Within an hour or so of Dārjiling: Darjeeling (0 km), Glenary's (1 km), Thambi View Point (57 km).
Are there any good drives near Dārjiling?
The nearest famous roads are Nathu La and Chele La.
Where is Dārjiling?
Dārjiling is in West Bengal, India, about 10 km from Jorethang.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 123,797
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- West Bengal
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 27.0333, 88.2667
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Worth the detour from Dārjiling
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Glenary's
A British-era bakery and restaurant on Nehru Road founded around 1885, with a glass-fronted tea room looking over the Darjeeling hills and a cellar bar below. Still the town's default meeting place.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Thambi View Point
A 3,415 m balcony above the Old Silk Route where the road from Zuluk unwinds below in a stack of hairpin bends; on clear mornings Kanchenjunga rises straight ahead at sunrise.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Dārjiling
- Right hereDarjeelingThe Queen of the Hills offering panoramic views of Kanchenjunga, the world's finest tea gardens, and a UNESCO heritage toy train ride.
- 62 kmNathang ValleyA treeless high plateau at roughly 4,100 m on the Old Silk Route, grazed by yaks and dotted with a handful of houses and a British war memorial from the 1888 Anglo-Tibetan clash.
- 68 kmNathu LaA 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
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