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Apple Orchards of Sopore & Shopian
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Apple Orchards of Sopore & Shopian

Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India

4.3 (0)
Overview

India's apple bowl in blossom and harvest — pick-your-own delicious reds in September, white orchard-bloom seas in April, and Asia's biggest fruit mandi.

Why visit: Walk the orchards that fill the nation's fruit carts.

Things to do
  • ›Harvest picking
  • ›Blossom lanes
  • ›Sopore fruit mandi
  • ›Cider & jam tastings
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Travel Information

Best time

Apr (blossom); Sep–Oct (harvest)

Entry fee

Orchard visits free–₹200

Est. budget

₹300–800

Duration

Half day

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