Srinagar and Jammu are Two Must See Places in Kashmir Tour

Kashmir is a beautiful valley which is often referred as the Heaven on earth and with its snow clad mountains, enjoyable Lakes floating boat houses and colorful flower filled meadows, this valley hosts a number of tourists spots, pilgrimage destinations and wonderful locations for mountain sports activities such as trekking, skiing, parachute-gliding etc, besides basic ambience for enjoying leisure and holidaying for one to experience during Kashmir tour.

There are wonderful destinations which are covered by Kashmir holiday packages, which include

•Srinagar

•Gulmarg

•Pahalgam

•Sonmarg

•Jammu

•Patnitop

•Sansar

•Katra/Vaishno Devi

•Leh/ Ladakh

•Kargil

•Zanaskar

•Nubra Valley

Both department of Kashmir tourism and celebrated Travel agents have designed variety of Kashmir holiday packages covering different locations covering few or all of the above, and the number of days that Kashmir Holiday Packages require will depend upon the number of places the tourists want to visit.

Srinagar is the main city of Kashmir, spreading over 103.93 sq km area and this town is a beautiful tourism spot, with people of different cultures, castes and languages and this place is invariably included in every Kashmir tour. There are interesting places here to visit, such as Dal Lake, Mughal Gardens, Hazratbal Shrine, Shankaracharya Temple, Khanaqa-e-Moila, Kheer Bhavani, Tulip Garden, Jama Masjid.

The main attractions of Srinagar include Canals, Houseboats and Mughal Gardens, the tourists enjoying their time in Golf, fishing, Shikara Ride, Long walks, Handicrafts shopping, Photography and Sightseeing.

Gulmarg is a location which is a meadow of flowers 52 km southwest of Srinagar, it is India’s major ski resort, where apart from skiing man pulled sledging is a great pastime. Major attractions here are Alpather Lake, Golf courses and of course skiing, people enjoying their time here with Golf, Treking, Cable car ride, Angling, Horse Riding, Skiing, Ice skating, Photography and Sledge ride.

Sonmarg, known as Golden Meadow, is one of the smallest resorts in Kashmir, situated 9000 km above sea level, lying in the heart of mammoth valley with the river Sindh around, and the places to visit here include Thajiwas glaciers, Baital campig base, Nilagrad Gangabai, Zoji-La-Pass Vishansar Lake, Gadsar, Satsar and Krishna Lake.

Jammu is a city of temples, with river Tawi flowing alongside, lies 305 km from Srinagar. Raghunath Mandir, Bahu Fort and Gardens, Bawey Wali Mata Temple, Ranbireshwar temple, Amar Mahal Palace, Mansar Lake, Jajar Koti are places of visit during Kashmir tour.

Both Srinagar which is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir and Jammu, the winter capital are very important places to be seen during Kashmir tour.

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