Parihaspora Ruins (Lalitaditya's Capital)
Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Nearby attractions
Manasbal Lake
Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir's deepest lake — a lotus-ringed 'supreme gem' with Nur Jahan's Jharokha garden terrace, kingfishers and July lotus bloom carpets.
Hokersar Wetland
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
The 'queen of wetlands' — a Ramsar reed-lake where hundreds of thousands of migratory ducks and geese winter on the Srinagar–Baramulla road.
Apple Orchards of Sopore & Shopian
Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir
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.
Badamwari Almond Garden
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Spring's first act in Kashmir — Hari Parbat's old almond orchard turns white-pink in March, a fortnight before the tulips even wake.
Jama Masjid & Old Srinagar (Nowhatta)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
A 1394 mosque of 378 deodar columns and Central Asian courtyards, in the old city's maze of copperware lanes, bakeries and the Khanqah-e-Moula's papier-mâché interiors.
Wular Lake & Watlab
Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir
One of Asia's largest freshwater lakes — a bird-thronged inland sea where fishing skiffs harvest water chestnuts beneath the Baba Shukruddin shrine hill.
Hari Parbat Fort & Makhdoom Sahib
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
An 18th-century Afghan fort crowning the hill of goddess Sharika, shared with the Makhdoom Sahib shrine and a gurudwara — Srinagar's hill of all faiths.
Baba Reshi Shrine
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The walnut-wood ziarat of 15th-century Rishi saint Baba Payam-ud-Din, its carved Mughal-Kashmiri halls a pilgrimage stop on the Gulmarg road.
Kashmiri Wazwan Food Trail
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
The 36-course royal feast of rista, rogan josh, tabak maaz and gushtaba — eaten four to a trami — plus harissa mornings and bakery-and-noon-chai rituals.
Drung Waterfall, Tangmarg
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The waterfall that freezes — a broad cascade below Gulmarg that turns to a cathedral of blue-white ice each deep winter, and a trout stream in summer.
Baramulla Eco Park (Khadanyar)
Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
A willow-green island in the Jhelum reached by footbridge — boating, walkways and gazebos where the river gathers speed for the mountains.
Nigeen Lake
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Dal's quieter twin — a deep blue lagoon ringed by willows and poplars, where houseboats sit far apart and shikaras glide without the crowds.