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Gangtok is a bustling, affable hill station, and the basic of the Himalayan accompaniment in Sikkim. The name Gangtok is acquired from the Tibetan chat for hillside, and the city-limits currently has a citizenry of about 90,000 - an admixture of aboriginal Sikkimese and humans of Nepalese and Tibetan ancestry.

Gangtok is accepted abode with tourists branch on treks, admitting the accessories do not reflect the amount of all-embracing visitors. The few ability food advertise alone tacky, bargain goods, there are few restaurants of any standing. The bookshops are little added than adored anchored stores. Still, the city has a alluring abode to absorb a few nights, the ambitious ancillary alleys adumbrate some abrupt gems, and the capital routes (MG Marg) is pedestrianized and an affable abode to yield a stroll.

How to reach Gangtok

Gangtok does not accept an airport and the there is a Bagdogra airport, which takes around 3-4 hours to drive from Bagdogra to Gangtok.

The abutting alternation base to Gangtok is New Jalpaiguri, which has absolute access from all the metropolitan cities of India, and added cities in India. It is a 10-12 hour adventure from capital city of West Bengal.

Once arriving in New Jalpaiguri, an auto can be hired from Siliguri railway station at the base. From there, you accept the advantage of travelling to Gangtok by accompaniment bus, almost six hour journey.Dozens of jeeps travelling to Gangtok circadian from Siliguri, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and added abundance locales.

Taxis ply routes from the city, and there are accepted accuse aural the capital areas: 45 rs for a clandestine account and 9-10rs for a shared. NB: Taxis can alone be hailed from appointed taxi stands. Prepaid taxi service is also provided by government for the visitors to travel after paying the reasonable fare price in advance.

Following are the tourist places in Gangtok

• Kanchenjunga
• Enchey Monastery
• Do-drul Chorten
• Dodrupchen Monastery
• Chomgo Lake
• Lachung
• Yumthang Valley
• Rumtek Monastery