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Himalayan hill towns and Western Ghats are different products.
Shimla and Manali in summer fill up like Goa in winter — the air-conditioning escape. Coorg and Munnar are tropical, monsoon-green, almost the opposite. Match the climate you want. Most people pick the famous name and end up disappointed.
North heat-escape: Shimla, Mussoorie, Nainital, Dharamshala. Tropical green: Coorg, Munnar, Chikmagalur.