An English summer in south India!

With the mercury rising, the finest place to cool you down is a hill station. If you have just the weekend to spare, Horsley hills, at an altitude of 4,100 ft, is one of the perfect getaways to chill. Located almost 280 km away from Chennai, the place has everything that a weekend retreat should have. The five-hour ride from Chennai is completely worth the journey when you realize what the hill has to offer — picturesque surroundings, radiatign calmness, breathtaking valleys of void and beyond and transcendent paths of stone and mud, rebound and reverberate the facile bliss in you. Take a lazy stroll around, a stiff hike up the hills, camp at the open or go indulge in some adventure sports! A small lake there is one beautiful spot encircled by tall eucalyptus, mahogany and sandalwood trees. Bask in the sun, kiss the clouds, stroke the meadows or just laze around and do nothing! Known as the Ooty of Andhra Pradesh, Horsley hills continues to be a popular destination ever since being discovered by the British in the late 19th century. Paths covered with fallen leaves and shades provided by canopies rightly remind you of the English summer! Here, tranquillity is the word of the day. Go! Spread the word! How to get there: -Take the Poonamalee High Road out of the city. -Get onto the NH4 and drive till Wallajah -From there, take the route to Chittoor. -Stay on NH4 till Palamaner and turn right onto NH219 and go on till Madanapalle. -Take right onto NH205 and Horsley Hills is just 16 km from here.