Tour guide in Chandigarh Rusty S.

Chandigarh, India

English, Hindi, Punjabi

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Since Jun 24, 2025

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I'm Rusty S., your private tour guide in Chandigarh

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I am the top-rated guide on Airbnb, Tripadvisor, Viator, Booking, BookYourGuide and now on ToursByLocals. Hello and welcome to Chandigarh! I've been a senior journalist since 2014 and a 3rd-gen resident of Chandigarh, a city crafted only 3 generations ago. During my journalism days, I used to write about lifestyle, youth, culture, food, fashion, travel, and alternative people. I've travelled to 4 countries and have published across several reputed media labels. I've explored the city's architecture, urban planning & modern heritage through my work and personal experiences, having lived here practically my whole life. I have participated in significant Googleable activism for my city, fighting against its gentrification, saving its culture, and promoting its unique spaces and people. I've also traveled extensively, learning about other culture's sensitivities, styles, and giving me a unique perspective on Chandigarh's unique design & history. I pride in my communication skills, hospitality experience and creating a warm, friendly and personalized environment for your tour that goes beyond memorized facts or unjustified nationalism. I have interesting factual stories about Chandigarh that you won't find anywhere else, and contacts that help us get insider access to heritage buildings up close like never before.

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  • John C.
    February 2026

    I did both tours in which Rusty shares Chandigarh’s story and this one is fascinating because it looks at the ‘other Chandigarh’, the one that’s less well known than Le Corbusier’s but probably has more impact on most people because it’s about the housing in which people live, the schools and universities where they study, the markets where they shop and the public spaces...

  • John C.
    February 2026

    Very good overview of Chandigarh and Le Corbusier’s monuments and plan for the city. Rusty is an excellent guide and companion for this tour: deeply knowledgeable, has a great sense of humour and is a critical thinker who can help separate the facts from the myths. He’s flexible too and can tweak the itinerary to accommodate any specific interests. I can highly recommend...

  • Weneiu M.
    September 2025

    We could not have asked for a better personal tour guide than Rusty! He is extremely knowledgeable as an ex-journalist, hilarious & very entertaining. He takes immense pride in Chd’s history & got us insider access to Le Corbusier’s rare buildings & taught architecture to my daughter, which we had no idea about. We felt very welcomed. Highly recommend!