The Capitol Complex Tourism

Top 5 Reviews on The Capitol Complex

• 129santoshr

  ★★★3.0

  Wrote on 4 Apr 2023

  Place to explore architecture and history

  Nice place to explore to see the architecture of the buildings like high courts, Legislative assembly and open hand monument. The free guided tour explains the architecture of this buildings and history of the planned chandigarh city. Requires some walking between the buildings and monuments and approx 1.5 hrs.

• PurpleBeans

  ★★★★★5.0

  Wrote on 8 Mar 2023

  Must-do in Chandigarh

  We loved the visit to Capitol complex to appreciate the architect and the architecture of Chandigarh. You need to book a guided tour that starts at one of the 3 slots - 10 AM, 12 PM & 3 PM. No walk-ins are allowed. Depending on the time and context, you are allowed to see a few buildings. You cannot visit the assembly building if the session is going on. We were able to see the Open Hand Monument and the high court buildings.

• Sunnywin

  ★★★★★5.0

  Wrote on 10 Apr 2022

  very interesting tour

  You have to book a lot on the free tour to see the buildings but it is worth it, as you get to go inside the parliament building and get to understand more about the architecture

• debashis77_12

  ★★★★4.0

  Wrote on 5 Mar 2022

  Good one but not frequented by many

  Probably this is the only city in India where you have a chance to have a guided visit to the high court & Assembly of two states of India.(Punjab & Haryana).Though the area is vast but tourists are allowed to visit a limited walkable area.The following are included in the tour : 1.High Court Building 2.Open Hand Monument 3. Tower of shadow 4. The martyr’s monument 5. Geometric Hill 6.Legislative Assembly of Punjab & Haryana The guided tour conducted thrice a day at 10 am, 12 Pm & 3 pm.One has to report at least 15 minutes before the above time at the tourist information centre which is near the guided tour point.You have to carry any valid ID proof before entering the complex. No matter how many tourists are there but the tour will be conducted. One guide is allotted to each group. The guide will explain about each structure and give you some time to click pictures. I heard that on working days tourists are allowed to enter the buildings, but as we were there on a holiday so not allowed inside. I had observed that though almost all tourists went to Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake or Sector-17 market but not so much public were there in the Capitol Complex.

• lyndab47

  ★★★★★5.0

  Wrote on 10 Mar 2020

  Impressive visit with excellent guide

  It was so interesting to visit the Capital complex with all the buildings designed by Le Courbusier. The whole area is very impressive. Go to the nearby tourist office to get your name down for a visit the same day.