chalet hosts Southern Tripura s best-known sights can be combined into a long day trip from Agartala, though slee

Tripura is culturally and politically fascinating, and the state s handful of royal palaces and temples chalet hosts draw a growing flow of domestic tourists. For the moment though foreign tourists remain very rare indeed. There s a large Bangladeshi refugee population in Tripura and much of the more accessible western parts of the state look and feel much like its near neighbour.

Southern Tripura s best-known chalet hosts sights can be combined into a long day trip from Agartala, chalet hosts though sleeping at Neermahal is worthwhile. Any of Agartala s hotels can arrange a taxi, or you can engage English-speaking Partha Laskar (%09774702908; partha.laskar@rediffmail.com) for a day trip in an AC car ( 1300 plus 12 per km).