Kashmir's
Resorts
Rightly called the
'meadow of flowers',
Gulmarg 51 km south
west of Srinagar and
2,653 meters above
sea level, is famed
for its 18 hole golf
course: the highest
in the world. A
beautiful
saucer-shaped valley
girdled with
poplars, trails lead
out of here in
several directions
and are popular with
those enjoying
pony-rides.
Gardens
and Parks
Srinagar
is justly famed for
its Mughal Gardens,
vast acres of
hillsides, terraced
with waterbodies and
rimmed with
flowering shrubs and
trees, laid in
formal quadrangles
by the Mughal
emperors whose love
for the valley is
legendary.
Places
of Tourist Interest
Dal
Lake: Srinagar's
chief distinction is
the great body of
water, the Dal Lake,
which forms its
focal point. The Dal
has, within its
area, two enormous
sheet-like expanses
of water - Lokutdal
and Boddal, the rest
of its surface being
broken up
alternatively by
man-made strips of
land inhabited by
whole colonies of
people and
vegetation.
Handicrafts
Famed
worldwide, the
handicrafts of Jammu
and Kashmir are
executed with love
and care, and are
reflective of the
interpretation of an
aesthetic idiom.
Adventure
Sports
Climbing
sheer ice-walls and
vertical granite
slabs, trekking the
beautiful forest
trails to glaciers
and mountain lakes,
angling in swift
flowing trout
streams, golfing on
some of the highest
courses in the
world, rafting down
rapids and narrow
gorges, hang-gliding
and hot air
ballooning ...
