Things to do in Chamba Valley
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Bhuttico
Close to Gandhi Chowk on Garam Sarak, you’ll find fair-priced Kullu shawls and hats at Bhuttico. Established in 1944 by a group of village women, Bhuttico charges fixed prices, so it’s a good place to gauge price and quality. Expect to pay upwards of Rs300 for lambswool, from Rs1000 for angora, from Rs3000 for pashmina and Rs6500 for the exquisitely embroidered shawls worn by village women.
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Bhuri Singh Museum
Founded in 1908 and named after the Chamba ruler of that time, this museum has a wonderful collection of miniature paintings from the Chamba, Kangra and Basohli schools, plus woodcarvings, weapons, rumals, intriguing copper-plate inscriptions, relics from the rajas and ornately carved fountain slabs from around the Chamba Valley. There’s detailed labelling in English.
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Cafe Ravi View
In a circular hut overlooking the Ravi River, this Himachal Pradesh Tourist Development Corporation-run snack house is worth a visit as much for the icy-cold beers and outdoor terrace as for the food. Still, it serves a good range of Indian and Chinese veg food – including dosas and bargain veg thalis (Rs40).
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Jagan Restaurant
It’s nothing flash but Jagan offers the tasty Chamba speciality chamba madhra (kidney beans with curd and ghee) for Rs65, plus a good selection of veg curries and chicken dishes. The top-floor Madhusala Bar is a no-frills place to have a beer and gaze over the town through glassless windows.
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Park View Restaurant
With its low ceiling and rickety furniture, tiny 1st-floor Park View is like eating in someone’s attic. The veg and nonveg food is highly rated – order some jheera (cumin) rice and curd and a copper pail of dhal on the side, or chicken cooked seven ways (including lemon chicken).
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Mani Mahesh Travels
Near the Lakshmi Narayan complex, Mani Mahesh Travels can arrange treks with guides and porters in the foothills of the Pir Panjal and Dhauladhar (Rs1200 to Rs1800 per person, per day, depending on altitude), as well as informative tours of Chamba’s temples (from Rs550).
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Chaurasi Hotel & Restaurant
The derelict-looking timber-and-brick place teetering on the temple road is actually a good-value hotel with generous-sized rooms offering soaring views over the valley, especially from the top-floor room with balcony. The multicuisine restaurant here is Bharmour’s best.
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Himalayan Travelling Agency
Treks from Bharmour can be arranged through the Himalayan Travelling Agency, by the HP State Coop Bank in the bazaar. Expect to pay around Rs1200 a day, for food, tents, guides and porters. The trekking season lasts from May to late October.
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Himachal Emporium
The Himachal Emporium sells Chamba’s famous rumals – pieces of cloth finely embroidered in silk, with a perfect mirror image of the same pattern on the reverse side and no evidence of knots or loose threads. Prices start at Rs300.
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Kwality Restaurant
Regarded as Dalhousie’s best independent restaurant, Kwality shows some style in its decor, with solid wooden furniture and comfy cream chairs. The extensive veg and nonveg menu covers Indian and Chinese as well as burgers, pizza and sizzlers.
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Napoli
Situated a short walk down from Gandhi Chowk, Napoli has no Italian food but there are well-prepared Indian and Chinese favourites here, as well as offbeat dishes such as ‘chicken Mexican’.
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Cafe Dalhousie
This little cafe beneath Hotel Dalhousie has a blackboard menu with everything from cheap dosas and other South Indian snacks, to Indian and Chinese dishes.
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