Mall Road is the main street in Manali, city of Himachal Pradesh, India. The offices of municipal corporation, fire service, and police headquarters are located here. Automobiles, except emergency vehicles are not allowed on this road. Mall Road has a number of showrooms, department stores, shops, restaurants and cafes. A Himachal emporium that offers handicraft products of Himachal Pradesh like locally designed woolen clothes, branded clothes, pottery items, wooden products, and jewellery is also located here.
Manali can be reached from Delhi by national highway NH 1 up to Ambala and from there NH 22 to Chandigarh and from there by national highway NH21 that passes through Bilaspur, Sundernagar, Mandi and Kullu towns. The road distance from Chandigarh to Manali is , and the total distance from Delhi to Manali is . Bus services are available from HRTC (Himachal Road Transport Corporation), HPTDC (Himachal Tourism Development Corporation), and private operators.
The nearest airport KulluâÂÂManali Airport (IATA code KUU) is at Bhuntar town in Kullu. The airport is also known as Kullu-Manali airport and has more than a kilometer-long runway. Air India has regular flights to the airport from New Delhi.
Pawan Hans, the Government charter agency, provides helicopter-taxi service connecting Shimla to Chandigarh, Kullu, Kangra and Dharamshala.
Bilaspur will be a station on the under-construction BhanupliâÂÂLeh line. There is no close railhead available close to Manali. The nearest broad gauge railheads are at Una away, Kiratpur Sahib , Kalka (), Chandigarh (), and Pathankot (). The nearest narrow gauge railhead is at Joginder Nagar (). The KalkaâÂÂShimla Railway is a nostalgic narrow-gauge route culminating at the state capital to travel by road to Manali.