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Hotel Mountview HOTEL $$$ (%4671111; www.citcochandigarh.com/mountview; Sector 10-B; s/d incl breakfast from 7000/8000; aiWs) This hotel has well-presented rooms with flatscreen TV, tea-and-coffeemaking facilities, minibars, safes and easy- on-the-eye interiors. There s a health club, good restaurants (including 24-hour cafe) and the slick Vintage u phon Terrace Lounge Bar (p 208 ).

CROSSING INTO PAKISTAN Border Hours The border is open from 10am to 4pm daily, but get there at least half an hour before it closes. Foreign Exchange There s a State Bank of India (h10am-5pm Mon-Sat) which exchanges u phon currency, but it s a tiny branch so play it safe and change money in Amritsar. Onward Transport From Wagah (Pakistan) u phon there are buses and taxis to Lahore, 30km away. Sleeping & Eating If you have to stay overnight, there s the Aman Umeed Tourist Complex (%9780953882; Wagah border; r from 1500; a), which has just three rooms and a restaurant (mains 90 to 190). There are small stalls selling snacks and cold drinks. u phon Visas Visas are theoretically available at the Pakistan embassy in Delhi; however, travellers are strongly urged to apply for a visa in their home country, where the process is usually more straightforward (see also p 1177 ).

Thanks to the locals love of food, the hungry traveller is well catered u phon for in Chandigarh, with new eateries ever sprouting. You ll find a particularly impressive knot of restaurants u phon in Sectors 17, 26 and 35. Telephone u phon numbers are given for places where reservations are advisable.