{"id":6024,"date":"2024-04-09T09:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T04:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookmydestination.com\/kashmir\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2022-02-15T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:19:53","slug":"srinagar-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookmydestination.com\/kashmir\/srinagar-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Srinagar Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Srinagar Tourism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes.<\/p>\n<p>Srinagar a\u00a0jewel of a destination, Kashmir is one of the most amazing holiday destinations in India. Srinagar, the state\u2019s winter capital, is the first stop for most travellers to Kashmir; and with its great lake and meandering river, its exquisite pleasure gardens and romantic shikara rides, the old-world charm of its houseboats and the ageless grace of its architecture, the city is a fitting introduction to the many enchantments of the valley. The vast Dal lake is, of course, Srinagar\u2019s emblematic feature, and its deep waters carry the most popular of Srinagar\u2019s attractions: houseboats and shikaras. Many visitors are content to spend a great part of their holiday aboard these waterborne hotels, watching the lake\u2019s traffic float by from cushioned balconies, venturing into the houseboat\u2019s walnut-wood interiors for delicious, fragrant Kashmiri cuisine. If at all one can bring oneself to leave the boat, it is to step into another \u2013 the dainty, canopied shikaras. Fitted with generously cushioned seats and footrests, these elongated little boats constitute one of the great luxuries of the world, and have long been the very epitome of romance.<\/p>\n<p>On the shores of the Dal are the great Mughal Gardens, glimpses into an earthly heaven of many-hued flowers, carpets of grass and playful fountains. On the two great hills that overlook the city and the lake \u2013 Hari Parbat (Kohi-e-Maran)\u00a0andShankracharaya (Takht-e-Sulaiman) are reminders of the city\u2019s eclectic past: graced with ancient temples and medieval mosques, imposing fortress walls and simple, quiet shrines. The sacred is equally pervasive in the old city, lined along both sides of the Jhelum river. Here are the wooden Islamic shrines with pagoda-like roofs that are so distinctive of Kashmir, and here too are the spires of old temples built amidst winding lanes of wooden houses with their delicately carved balconies, centuries\u2019 old bridges and bustling markets.<\/p>\n<p>The markets of Srinagar offer a vast variety of the most refined crafts \u2013 from pashmina shawls, as light and soft as the breeze that blows across the Dal, to intricately handwoven carpets, delicately carved woodwork and glittering copperware. Epicureans will delight in the rich Kashmir cuisine: from melt-in-the-mouth gushtabas to irresistible walnut tarts, or even a handful of warm, roasted chestnuts cracked open in the sun. For those who wish to squeeze a little more of Kashmir into their stay, Srinagar is within comfortable driving distance of several popular sites. Horse-riding though the meadows of Gulmarg, angling in the cold waters of the Lidder river at Pahalgam, the spellbinding beauty of Sonamarg and the architectural treasures of Pandrethan and Parihaspura, these can all be experienced as day-trips from Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you spend your time in Srinagar exploring its many facets or simply unwinding by the lake, you will find yourself carrying home memories of a gentle, refined beauty that braces the senses and unclutters the mind.<\/p>\n<p>Srinagar is one of several places that have been called the \u201cVenice of the East\u201dLakes around the city include\u00a0Dal Lake\u00a0\u2013 noted for its\u00a0houseboats\u00a0\u2013 and\u00a0Nigeen Lake. Apart from Dal Lake and Nigeen Lake,\u00a0Wular Lake\u00a0and\u00a0Manasbal Lake\u00a0both lie to the north of Srinagar. Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\">\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">The floating vegetable market on Dal Lake, the only one of its kind in India<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Srinagar has some\u00a0Mughal gardens, forming a part of those laid by the Mughal emperors across the Indian subcontinent. Those of Srinagar and its close vicinity include\u00a0Chashma Shahi\u00a0(the royal fountains); Pari Mahal (the palace of the fairies);\u00a0Nishat Bagh\u00a0(the garden of spring);\u00a0Shalimar Bagh; the Naseem Bagh.\u00a0Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Botanical Garden\u00a0is a botanical garden in the city, set up in 1969.\u00a0The Indian government has included these gardens under \u201cMughal Gardens of Jammu and Kashmir\u201d in the tentative list for sites to be included in\u00a0world Heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Sher Garhi Palace\u00a0houses administrative buildings from the state government.\u00a0Another palace of the Maharajas, the\u00a0Gulab Bhavan, has now become the Lalit Grand Palace hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Shankaracharya Temple\u00a0which lies on a hill top in the middle of the city, besides the\u00a0Kheer Bhawani\u00a0Temple are important Hindu temples in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar Tourism Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. 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