WEEKEND ESCAPE · 18 METROS
Weekend from anywhere.
Pick your city. Every destination within 500 km is scored for the current month — no hill station already closed for winter, no beach under monsoon water.
Delhi
Weekend from Delhi.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Maharashtra
Weekend from Mumbai.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Karnataka
Weekend from Bangalore.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Tamil Nadu
Weekend from Chennai.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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West Bengal
Weekend from Kolkata.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Telangana
Weekend from Hyderabad.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Maharashtra
Weekend from Pune.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Gujarat
Weekend from Ahmedabad.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Rajasthan
Weekend from Jaipur.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Uttar Pradesh
Weekend from Lucknow.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Madhya Pradesh
Weekend from Indore.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Madhya Pradesh
Weekend from Bhopal.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Kerala
Weekend from Kochi.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Uttar Pradesh
Weekend from Agra.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Uttarakhand
Weekend from Dehradun.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Chandigarh
Weekend from Chandigarh.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Tamil Nadu
Weekend from Coimbatore.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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Uttar Pradesh
Weekend from Varanasi.
500 km radius · 3 drive bands · current-month scores
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