Sri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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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.
Kashmir Crafts: Pashmina, Papier-Mâché & Carpets
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Workshop lanes where GI-tagged pashmina is spun on wooden wheels, papier-mâché blooms in gold leaf and carpet looms knot silk gardens.
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.
Shankaracharya Temple
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
A 9th-century stone Shiva shrine on the 1,100-ft Takht-e-Suleiman hill — the oldest surviving temple in Kashmir, with the whole valley at its feet.
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.
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.
Srinagar Houseboat & Shikara Experience
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Sleeping on carved-cedar Victorian houseboats and waking to the floating vegetable market — the definitive Kashmir ritual on Dal and Nigeen.
Char Chinar Island, Dal Lake
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
A tiny Mughal island of four sentinel chinar trees mid-lake — Murad Baksh's 17th-century folly, reached only by shikara.
Chashme Shahi & Pari Mahal
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
The 'royal spring' garden of famed digestive waters, and above it Dara Shikoh's seven-terraced Pari Mahal — a Sufi school glowing over Dal at dusk.
Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Asia's largest tulip garden — 1.7 million blooms in ribbons of colour under the Zabarwan hills for three dazzling spring weeks.
Autumn Chinar Season, Kashmir
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
October's crimson-gold fortnight when giant chinars torch the Mughal gardens, Naseem Bagh's university groves and every village square.