5 Best Places in India to Experience Christmas Festivities

Christmas 2021 is just a few days away, and most of us are busy buying gifts for friends and family member, and planning holidays and getaways for those treasured moments of togetherness. As the bells jingle and call for celebrations with loved ones, get ready to ring in the festive season at 5 best places in India to experience the Christmas festivities. Here is your getaway line-up for Christmas 2021 as you get ready to shoot out of your hometown.

Go to Goa

Club Mahindra’s spanking new resort at Assonora in north Goa has a superb edge over every possible you could stay in Goa during Christmas. At Club Mahindra Assonora, you can luxuriate in jacuzzi recliners in the swimming pool, have fun with family in the lazy river that circles a section of the property, or simply splash around and have fun in the five pools complete with waterworks. The fringing forest brings in hiking trails, birdwatching, a peep into the spice varieties growing on the premises, and a cool zip to the most happening beaches in this part of Goa. Did we mention the largest fun zone in India strapped with digital reality games?

Club Mahindra Varca, on the other hand, brings in an unbeatable access to a private beach, with shacks to munch at, shimmering stars at night and three great options in dining. South Goa is more peaceful, dotted with the gleaming warmth of stars and churches during this time of the year. If you are looking for the best Goa resort for ringing in Christmas 2021, wing in here. Or simply drive down.

Do the Diu

Club Mahindra’s associate property, Azzaro resorts is one of the most luxurious, clean green picks if you are looking at driving down those smooth roads to a Daman and Diu resort. This one is a truly celebratory getaway. The two places are 650 km apart and easily do-able in a single sojourn. Azzaro brings in one of the best spas and the heart-warming Gujarati thaali experiences in a contemporary five-star resort. Then for beach lovers, the Chakratirth beach beckons where you can team up with loved ones for a game of volleyball. The chilly winter evenings in December will sprint you into a spirited mood as you bask in the togetherness and time well spent with your near and dear ones. Say cheers to Christmas 2021, of a different kind this year. Far from the urban crowds.

Kerala Calling

A stay at Club Mahindra Munnar is the best Christmas 2021 gift you can think of. There are jolly good things that you can put together here for an X Mas special. The scenic landscape of the dew-lipped tea plantations outside your patio, from where you sip a cup of hot chai and watch for hours altogether, the wafting white clouds spilling into the valleys beyond. Everything appears at a touching distance in this surreal setting. Avail of the traditional massage, catch a kalarippayattu show nearby, drive around the green carpeted hills and spend invaluable moments of togetherness. There is something for everybody at this Kerala resort. The largely Christian locals bring in a spectacular show of X Mas celebrations with gleaming window displays, winking lights, ringing bells and Christmas songs filling the air.

Pick Pondicherry

Club Mahindra Pondicherry is the best Pondicherry resort to park yourself at if you want to make way to Auroville and soak up the quiet, in gratitude for all the silent blessings this year has brought along too. Say a tiny prayer on X Mas eve as the sea waves ring in the quiet mornings, and the beautiful landscaping at this property makes it an absolute joy to visit. There are open cabanas, log benches, tandem bicycles and an open coffee shop in addition to apartments with sliding glass doors that bring the outside inside. The erstwhile French colony brings in an elegant Christmas every year and Christmas 2021 comes complete with nodding firs in the sea breeze, hand made specials in cookies and candles on sale along the promenade, beautifully decorated churches, cosy cafes and warm lights filling the entire stretch of the union territory.

Bangalore Bonanza

Set the ball rolling on your southern sojourn with the Eagleton Golf Resort in Bangalore, a Club Mahindra affiliate Bangalore resort. Tee off on the green (it is a whopper of an 18-hole course yawning across 168 mega acres!), soaking in the splendour of nature at one of the most premium addresses in the garden city. There are Kannada classics to feast on at the multitude of dining locations at the property and for Christmas 2021, the resort whips up a delectable spread in marzipan goodies, plum cakes, mulled drinks and more to ring in the cheer with Santa as the juniors regale to the sound of carols that fills the air rather joyously.    

Christmas 2021 brings in the message of hope and of new beginnings for each one of us as we move ahead, in different boats but together. Let us move ahead and hug this light to mark an end to the challenging times and usher in special memories for ourselves and our loved ones.