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Eight places worth a night from Faridabad, with the drive, the return fare and the weekend shape.
Short answer
8 destinations from Faridabad are worth a night, 125 to 370 km away by road. The closest is Neemrana at 125 km, about 2 hours of driving, with the return journey from ₹5,940 in a sedan. 6 work as a two-day weekend; 2 need a third day because the drive is too long to justify a single night — the longest being Shimla at 370 km.
Fares are the full return journey with a chauffeur, from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking, state permits and the driver's night allowance are charged at actuals.
Faridabad is on the southern edge of the NCR, which puts it closer to Agra and the Rajasthan forts than most of Delhi is, and only marginally further from the Uttarakhand hills. Both the Yamuna Expressway and the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway are reachable without crossing the city.
The day-trip page covers Surajkund, Damdama, Sohna and the places inside an easy return. This page is for the trips that need the night — the hill stations, the tiger reserves, and the heritage towns where arriving the evening before changes what you see.
Return fares are computed from the published round-trip rate card.
Every fare below is the full return journey with a chauffeur, computed from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking and any state permit are charged at actuals.
The Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Itmad-ud-Daulah across the river, and Fatehpur Sikri forty kilometres west.
How the weekend runs
Under three hours on the Yamuna Expressway. The Taj at sunrise is why you stay — twenty minutes of changing colour after the gates open, with a fraction of the mid-morning crowd. Fort and Fatehpur Sikri on Sunday.
A fifteenth-century fort palace built into a hillside in nine tiers, with the step well at Neemrana nearby and a zip line across the fort's own ravine.
How the weekend runs
Two hours. The fort is the destination rather than a sight in a town, and it is at its best in the evening and at breakfast on the ramparts — neither of which a day visitor gets.
Amber Fort above its lake, the City Palace, Hawa Mahal and Jantar Mantar, the Panna Meena stepwell, and Nahargarh on the ridge for the evening.
How the weekend runs
Four hours. Walled city Saturday afternoon, Nahargarh at sunset, Amber at eight on Sunday before the ramp queue — the last being exactly what a day trip cannot do.
Rafting between Shivpuri and Rishikesh, the two footbridges, the Beatles ashram, and the Triveni Ghat aarti at dusk.
How the weekend runs
Five and a half hours. Rafting is a morning activity and the aarti is at sunset, so the night is what turns a choice between them into both.
Safari zones at Bijrani, Jhirna and Dhikala along the Ramganga, in India's oldest national park. Elephant, gharial and birds reliably; tiger with patience.
How the weekend runs
Six hours, and safaris are booked by zone and slot. One night gets two drives; a day trip gets none worth having. Book the permits before you book the car.
The Mall, Gun Hill, Kempty Falls, the Camel's Back road for the Doon valley view, and Landour above the town with its cottages and bakery.
How the weekend runs
Six and a half hours with a long climb at the end. Two nights — Landour early in the morning is the quiet half of Mussoorie, and it is gone by the time a day visitor has walked up.
The Sariska tiger reserve in the Aravallis, the Kankwari fort inside it, and at Alwar the Bala Quila hill fort, the City Palace and the Siliserh lake palace.
How the weekend runs
Three hours. Sariska safaris are morning and afternoon, and Alwar's fort and lake are a half-day of their own. One night fits a drive, the fort and the lake comfortably.
The Ridge and the Mall, Christ Church, Jakhoo temple above the town, the Viceregal Lodge, and the Kalka toy train.
How the weekend runs
Seven and a half hours, the last three climbing. Two nights. A single night would be fifteen hours of driving for one afternoon, and Shimla has three days in it.
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