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 nowKokernag
Cold springs, a chinar-shaded botanical garden and a trout farm in the Bringi valley
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 nowPampore
The saffron town on the karewa south of Srinagar, with the Awantipora ruins down the road
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 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