Location: Almora
Top Things to do in Almora
What to do and see in Almora, India: The Best Places and Tips
Almora Hindustani pronunciation: [əlmoːɽaː] is a municipal board and a cantonment town in the Almora district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the Himalaya range, at a distance of 365 km from the national capital New Delhi and 415 km from the state capital Dehradun. According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census of India, Almora has a population of 35,513. Nestled within higher peaks of the Himalaya, Almora enjoys a year-round mild temperate climate.
Restaurants in Almora
1. Jageshwar Dham
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 248 reviews
Reviewed By ak_chatterji - Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Nestled in the folds of the Kumaun hills, lies hidden in a narrow valley with dense deodar Forests, the venerable temple cluster of Jageshwar Dham.It is just 35km from Almorah. We on our way back from Chaukori, made it to this place in about 7 hours (about 100km). Road is good but with many bends.
The ambiance of the place is extraordinarily captivating, with the Deodar trees lining the background of the temple complex, which imparts great beauty to the place. It is said to be the seat of one of the 12 Jyotirlings, hence of great religious importance. The 8th century temple complex, comprises of a cluster of temples of great beauty.
The main temple is the Jageshwar Mahadev temple of lord Shiva. The monsoon festival (sawan mela) is during July/August and also during Maha Shivratri.
A small township with all amenities and comfortable places of stay,(includin KMVN Rest House) is there on the 3km long road leading to the temple complex, off the National Highway, connecting Almorah and Pithoragarh. A visit to the temple town is a very satisfying experience.
2. Kasar Devi Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By Vivek T
Kasaar Devi, a worderful and very peaceful place in Almora. You can get mental and soul peace here. Range of himalayas from kasar devi will mesmerize you and you can view it continuously. Very eye catching. Sunrise and sunset both gives a peaceful relief to yourself. Once you will be there you found that negativity inside you had gone.
3. Chitai Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 146 reviews
Reviewed By V S C - New Delhi, India
Chitai Temple is devoted to the mythological and ancient God of the Kumaon region, Golu Devata or Lord Golu. Perched on a hilltop, this temple changed into built in the 12th century via the use of a large belonging to the Chand dynasty. Golu Devta is famously regarded as God of Justice. located interior thick wooded location of the pines and oak, this temple is an important non secular attraction of the region. Devotees in flip provide bells and sacrifice animals after the success in their wishes. lots of bells may be visible putting over the temple premises. Temple partitions are blanketed with courtroom stamp papers, which can be petitions from devotees who've not were given justice inside the court docket.
Golu devta has siblings Kalva Devta, in shape of Bhairava and Garh Devi inside the form of Shakti. Golu Devta is likewise prayed as key deity in lots of villages of Chamoli. Devotees worship Golu Devta with the technique of white fabric, Pagri and White headscarf.
4. Zero Point
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 120 reviews
Reviewed By travellordelhi - delhi
Lovely trek in the midst of nature. We thoroughly enjoyed trekking upto the zero point. The place is untouched by commercialization . The only sound is the chirping of birds. A small tea stall at the top could have been really helpful.
5. Katarmal Sun Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By DIPEN N - Nainital, India
Located 17 Kms from the city is 800 year old is the 2nd in importance after the Konarak Sun temple in India,the temple is known for unique architecture and beautifully carved sculptures on the wooden pillars the idols of Shiva & Parvati found here,one has to need trek to reach the temple from the main road.
6. Kumaon Regimental Centre Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By muskan123 - New Delhi, India
This museum was simply amazing. The artifacts and actual wartime weapons were fantastic. Being a geek or not, one would simply love the place. It was extremely informative and gave a very good interpretation of the wars. It focuses on the Kumaon Regiment (of course) which has made our country proud. There are three levels in the building in which the first has a wide range of wartime pieces displayed. Second level focuses on the two main leaders from the regiment. The third level is for some movie related to all this.
All in, this place is a must visit and trust me when you leave the museum, you will have a different kind of feeling, a feeling of pride and honor.
7. Nanda Devi Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By RAJENDRA884 - Faridabad, India
This temple is located in middle of Almora town but at a height and narrow lanes. I visited this place in late evening hours, the entire place was littered with garbage and several cows were seen eating from these dumps.
The wall carry the history of this temple but the priests were missing at that time, must have had gone for dinner. Just folded our hands and prayed for making this small town clean and safe for tourists.
8. Archaeological Museum Jageshwar
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By abhijitpanda - Gurugram (Gurgaon), India
Its a small Museum situated just on the opposite side of the Jageshwar Dham. It contains Deities of 08th Century-14th Centuries, which were originally there in the Jageshwar Dham and other surrounding temples. They have been collected and preserved by the Archaeological Society of India. One should not miss the place as its just in front of the car parking area for the Dham.
9. Bright End Corner
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By rmanikanth - Gurugram (Gurgaon), India
This place in Almora attracts the brightness to the most from the sun during sunrise/sunset and is rightly named as Bright-end. We have visited this during the morning. We were waiting to see the sun rise well in advance and we could see the clouds settled around the nearby hills offering a pleasing view. As time grows by the colours of the various objects around the area keeps changing and the views getting better and better. The first splash of the sun started falling on a highest mountain viewed from a very far distance and then the rays started spreading into the other hills and to the full of the valley itself. There were few people doing meditation over there. The taxi driver told that the Himalayan mountain range visible from there is Nilkantha mountain range and I am not sure about this since I have never been to Nilkantha mountain range so far. There is a café located near this area and you can enjoy having slight refreshment here over the sun which has initiated the refreshment anyway. This place is nearby AIR building and there of lot of hindrances like electrical cables and nearby buildings to have a full panoramic view. I feel tourism dept. should construct a view point in this area to ensure the panoramic breath-taking view of the bright end.
10. Jhula Devi Temple
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By PrashantTN - Mumbai, India
Situated in Ranikhet. The Ranikhet area is mainly occupied by Army. The temple is accessible by road. No climbing of steps and hence elders may comfortably go there. Have your food before reaching there in case you are planning to have food there. There is hardly one small hotel wherein you can enjoy maggie and tea. In many of the temples in this part of Uttarakhand I observed that tying the Bell is common tradition. Probably as a part of wish or in gratitude for completing the wish. Here too you can find thousands of bells of different sizes all along the pillars of the temple. The road is good and road to Jhula devi temple is surrounded by Pine trees.
