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DESTINATION:  SRINAGAR

Location:     300-Kms from Jammu and 1.5 hr flight from Delhi.

Altitude      1,585 m

Languages     Kashmiri, Hindi and English 

Don’t Miss:   Dal Lake, Nigeen Lake, houseboat stay, Mughal Gardens, Tulip Garden, Jama Masjid etc.

Famous for:   Dal Lake, Houseboat, Mughal Gardens, Tulip Garden and Nature.

Best Time to Visit: Throughout the year.

 

The most magnificent district of Kashmir is Srinagar. It is a combination of business center, holiday resort and the summer capital of the state. Adorned with lush green rice fields, beautiful and blooming gardens, which are a must visit destinations while in Srinagar, serene lakes and the unique houseboats, Srinagar gives Kashmir an added appeal.

 

 With its almost medieval charm the city of Srinagar has sights, smells and sounds to enchant the most jaded traveler. Its labyrinthine roads and bustling bazaars are a photographer’s delight. A Mughal fort, developed to its full size in the 19th Century by an Afghan governor atta Mohammad Khan around and atop Koh-i-Maran Hill (Hari Parbat) dominates the City. Sprawling southward from the base of the Hill, the old city is the nerve centre of Srinagar, Seldom seen by visitors it embodies the essence of Kashmir. It is a part of Srinagar that has endured, more or less, in its present form for centuries. Srinagar has for long been Kashmir’s most important commercial town. Boats have been a primary means of conveyance in Kashmir in the past. That is how the city formed around the banks of river Jehlum.

 

Over a dozen bridges span the River. Some important bridges providing a wonderful river view are Zero Bride, Abdullah Bridge, Amira Kadal, Budshah Kadal, habba Kadal, Fateh Kadal, Zaina Kadal, Ali Kadal, Nawa Kadal and Safa Kadal; Kadal being the Kashmiri word for bridge. The view from any of the City’s bridge is unmistakably Kashmiri. Old brick buildings line the banks. The distinctive pagoda-like roof of a mosque or a shrine enlivens the horizon. In the waters of the River Jehlum, a straggling row of doongas flank the edge.