
Patiala
Punjab
~1.5 h approx. drive · ~75 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,160 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)
Weekend getaways›From Chandigarh
12 places within 6 hours of Chandigarh, 4 of them under 3 hours — the nearest is Patiala at roughly 1.5 h.
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.

Punjab
~1.5 h approx. drive · ~75 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,160 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Punjab
~1.6 h approx. drive · ~81 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Haryana
~1.9 h approx. drive on hill roads · ~58 km
Best: Sep–Jun · From ₹3,500 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Haryana
~2.2 h approx. drive · ~112 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,000 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Punjab
3 h by train· Shatabdi Express
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹4,200 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Delhi
3.5 h by train· Shatabdi Express
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹5,140 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Haryana
~3.9 h approx. drive · ~196 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹2,860 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Himachal Pradesh
4 h by bus· HRTC / Private Volvo
Best: Mar–Jun, Dec–Jan · From ₹4,100 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Uttarakhand
~4.1 h approx. drive · ~207 km
Best: Sep–Jun · From ₹3,300 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Uttarakhand
~4.2 h approx. drive · ~208 km
Best: Sep–Jun · From ₹3,800 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Uttarakhand
~5.5 h approx. drive on hill roads · ~189 km
Best: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · From ₹4,800 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)

Punjab
~6 h approx. drive · ~300 km
Best: Oct–Mar · From ₹3,700 for two, 2 days (stay, food, local; excl. travel)