The Amritsar City Guides answer the questions every first visit raises: when to see the Golden Temple without long queues, how a meal in the langar works, why fried fish or a beer means an auto-rickshaw ride out of the old city, and how to reach the Wagah border ceremony without paying a tout. Each guide is a short, honest list that explains why a place deserves your time, what to order or look out for and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Amritsar City Guides
- 92 places
- 4 guides
- 5 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The four Amritsar guides
Food guide
21 places
Stuffed kulcha with chole for breakfast, the Golden Temple langar and old dhabas rich with ghee, Amritsari fried fish and tandoori chicken, then lassi, jalebi and street snacks.
Things to do guide
25 places
The Golden Temple with the shrines and memorials around it, Hindu temples, Gobindgarh Fort and museums, the old city’s food lanes, the Wagah ceremony and a night in McLeod Ganj.
Day trips guide
20 places
The flag ceremony at Wagah and quiet border villages, a taxi loop of historic gurdwaras, a wetland full of winter birds, then Dharamshala and McLeod Ganj in the hills.
Budget guide
26 places
Free shrines, meals and even beds at the Golden Temple, small museums for a few rupees, filling plates for under €3, the shared ride to Wagah and McLeod Ganj on a shoestring.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Makhan Fish and Chicken Corner
Makhan Chowk, Majitha Road
Ask anyone in Amritsar where to eat fish and you will be sent here, as people have been since 1962: pieces of river fish in a spiced gram-flour batter, fried until crisp and served with lemon and chutney. Count on about ₹500 a plate. The tandoori chicken is worth ordering too, and the family room serves no alcohol. From the food guide.
Gobindgarh Fort
Old Cantt Road, 15 min by e-rickshaw west of the old city
The army kept this 18th-century brick fort until 2006; today it is a heritage park with a coin museum, Punjabi folk dancing and food stalls. Come in the evening, when a 7D film and a sound-and-light show tell the story of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. From the things to do guide.
Harike Pattan Bird Sanctuary
Harike, 60 km south, 1 hr 30 min by taxi
Where the Beas meets the Sutlej, a wide Ramsar-listed wetland fills with tens of thousands of ducks and geese from November to February, while herons, cormorants and swamphens stay all year. Entry costs just a few rupees. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Amritsar
Day one: reach the Golden Temple before dawn, when the morning procession starts and the queues are short, then eat kulcha for breakfast in Katra Ahluwalia before the shops close. Walk on to Jallianwala Bagh, give the afternoon to the Partition Museum at Town Hall and go back to the temple after dark, when the lit gold shines on the water. Day two: ride out to Tarn Taran and its huge sarovar in the morning, have lunch at an old dhaba, then take a shared taxi to Wagah for the sunset ceremony and finish with Amritsari fish on Majitha Road. For a rainy or slow day, combine the Summer Palace in Ram Bagh, the mirrored caves of Mata Lal Devi Mandir and a sit-down meal in the langar, then catch the evening light show at Gobindgarh Fort.
Questions about the Amritsar guides
What do the Amritsar City Guides include?
Four guides covering 92 places: food, things to do, day trips and budget. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening and one tip you can actually use.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to set up.
Can I use the Amritsar guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline afterwards, ticks and notes included. Sending a place to maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Amritsar guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Amritsar guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99 and the full set of four is €15.99.
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