Wagah Border
Punjab
~48 min approx. drive · ~38 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,700 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Weekend getaways›From Amritsar
Within 6 hours
Weekend getaways from Amritsar
7 places within 6 hours of Amritsar, 1 of them under 3 hours — the nearest is Wagah Border at roughly 48 min.
3 travel times come from Tourisma's curated train, bus and cab data. The rest are approximate drives: straight-line distance × 1.3 for the road at 50 km/h, with the hill stretch (the last 50–80 km into the hills) at × 1.6 and 30 km/h. Islands and high-Himalayan places are listed only with a curated time.
Under 3 hours
3–6 hours
Chandigarh
Haryana
3 h by train· Shatabdi Express
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,960 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Anandpur Sahib
Punjab
~4.2 h approx. drive · ~209 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Dharamshala & McLeod Ganj
Himachal Pradesh
4.5 h by bus· HRTC / Private AC
Best: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · From ₹3,700 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Patiala
Punjab
~5.3 h approx. drive · ~265 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,160 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Dalhousie
Himachal Pradesh
~6 h approx. drive on hill roads · ~213 km
Best: Dec–Jun · From ₹3,700 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Delhi
Delhi
6 h by train· Shatabdi Express
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹5,140 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)