Sunday, November 30, 2008

East India's attractive tourist place....Gangtok


Do you like mountains? do you want to play with snow? do you want to go to a heavenly place? then Sikkim would be the ideal tourist destination for you. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim.

Mainly the Gangtok tour starts from New Jalpaiguri(NJP)/Siliguri. These two places are situated at north Bengal. So for Coming to Gangtok, you have to come first at NJP/ Siliguri. It will take 4-5 hrs to reach Gangtok from NJP/Siliguri by car.

Gangtok is situated in the Shivalik Hills of the Eastern Himalayan Range at an altitude of 4700 ft. It is the largest town of Sikkim and the major tourist center of Sikkim. Now a days Gangtok has become a huge crowded town. Thousands of hotels and houses are being made in the last few years. There are several big markets in the town. Two theaters are there in Gangtok one of which has the feature of Dolby digital sound.