Basohli (Painting Town & Atal Setu)
Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Nearby attractions
Ranjit Sagar Dam
Pathankot, Punjab
Punjab's largest dam — the Thein reservoir spreading into Himalayan foothills where the Ravi leaves the mountains.
Dalhousie
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
Five ridges of Raj-era churches, tin-roofed cottages and pine malls — Subhash Chowk sunsets, Panchpula walks and snow flurries over St John's.
Dainkund Peak & Pholani Devi
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
The 'singing hill' — a breezy ridge walk from the air-force gate to Pholani Devi's open shrine, with the Pir Panjal, Mani Mahesh and plains in one sweep.
Shahpurkandi Fort
Pathankot, Punjab
A 16th-century Pathania fort above the Ravi gorge near the new dam — crumbling towers with Himalayan foothill views.
Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
The 'black cap' deodar forest between Dalhousie and Khajjiar — barking deer, Himalayan black bear and the hills' loveliest forest rest-house.
Sarthal & Bani Valley
Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir
Kathua's high pastures on the Bhaderwah road — the 84-spring meadow of Sarthal and pine-clean Bani, the Duggar hills' quietest retreat.
Chamera Lake
Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
The Ravi's dam-born fjord below Dalhousie — speedboats and shikaras between steep pine walls, with island picnics off Bhalei's shore.
Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple Pathankot
Pathankot, Punjab
Copper-domed cave shrines on a bluff over the Ravi where the Pandavas are said to have passed their agyatvas — Punjab's prettiest temple setting.
Khajjiar (Mini Switzerland)
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
A perfect saucer of green with a floating-island lake at its centre and deodars a thousand years old on its rim — India's official 'Mini Switzerland' since 1992.