Most travelers do. And most travelers miss the best parts.
They race past a colonial-era toy train village frozen in time at 1,560 metres. They don't stop at sulphur hot springs bubbling on the banks of the Sutlej. They drive right by a turquoise dam so stunning it stops cars — but only if you know to look for it.
There's a 1,400-year-old kingdom capital just 22 km before Manali that barely anyone visits. Shawl-weaving villages where artisan families sell authentic Kullu shawls at half the Delhi p


