Places
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In season nowSrinagar
Lakes, Mughal gardens and a working old city, at 1,585 m
In season nowGulmarg
Kashmir’s all-season mountain resort, at its best under snow from December to March
In season nowPahalgam
Lidder River stays, forested valleys and mountain-route bases
In season nowSonamarg
River scenery, Thajiwas excursions and a base for mountain journeys
Gurez
A Dard-Shin valley on the Kishanganga, a day’s drive beyond the Razdan Pass
In season nowDoodhpathri
A high Budgam meadow, a cold white stream and side valleys within a day of Srinagar
In season nowAchabal
Nur Jahan's Mughal garden on a rushing spring, the middle stop of the south Kashmir springs day
In season nowAharbal
A two-step waterfall in a rock gorge on the Veshaw, and the trailhead for Kousarnag
Bangus Valley
A 3,000 m meadow bowl ringed by conifer forest in Handwara sub-district
In season nowCharar-i-Sharief
The hill-town shrine of Nund Rishi, Kashmir’s patron saint, on the road to Yusmarg
In season nowDaksum
A pine-forest halt on the Bringi river, the last stop before Sinthan Top
In season nowHanle
India's first dark-sky reserve and its observatory, at 4,300 m on the Changthang
In season nowHemis
The richest monastery in Ladakh, its summer festival, and the snow leopards of its national park
In season nowJammu
The winter capital on the Tawi: Dogra temples, Bahu Fort and the gateway to the hills
In season nowKargil
The halfway town on the Srinagar–Leh road, gateway to the Suru valley and Zanskar
In season nowKatra
Base town of the Vaishno Devi yatra: the 12 km track, its shortcuts and the yatra card
In season nowKokernag
Cold springs, a chinar-shaded botanical garden and a trout farm in the Bringi valley
In season nowLamayuru
The oldest gompa in Ladakh and the moonland, on the Srinagar–Leh highway
In season nowLeh
The capital of Ladakh at 3,500 m: palace, stupa, the Indus gompas, and two days to acclimatise
In season nowLolab Valley
Village visits, cultivated fields and forested hills in Kupwara
In season nowManasbal
A deep, clear lake with lotus beds, winter birds and a Mughal garden ruin, an hour from Srinagar
In season nowMansar Lake
The sacred Shivalik lake east of Jammu, with Surinsar its quieter twin
In season nowNubra Valley
Over Khardung La to Diskit, the dunes and camels of Hunder, and Turtuk
In season nowPampore
The saffron town on the karewa south of Srinagar, with the Awantipora ruins down the road
In season nowPangong Tso
The 134 km blue lake on the China border, over Chang La from Leh
In season nowPatnitop
The Jammu region’s deodar hill station, at its best under snow with Nathatop above
In season nowSanasar
A cup-shaped meadow with a lake, paragliding off the ridge, 20 km from Patnitop
In season nowShiv Khori
The natural cave shrine of Shiva above Ransoo, a 3 km walk and a day from Katra
In season nowSinthan Top
A 3,800 m road pass with summer snow, between the Bringi valley and Kishtwar
In season nowTangmarg
The market town at the foot of the Gulmarg road, with Drung waterfall and Baba Reshi close by
In season nowTosamaidan
Budgam’s largest high meadow, a firing range for fifty years and open ground since 2016
In season nowTso Moriri
The high Changthang lake at 4,520 m, with Korzok its only village
In season nowVerinag
The Jhelum rises in an octagonal Mughal tank at the valley’s southern gate
In season nowWular Lake
The valley’s largest lake: a Ramsar wetland of boats, birds and returning lotus below the Harmukh range
In season nowYusmarg
A quiet pine-ringed meadow below the Pir Panjal, reached through Charar-i-Sharief
In season nowZanskar
Padum, Phugtal and the frozen-river Chadar, at the end of two summer roads