Houseboats on Dal Lake, the meadows of Gulmarg and the Vaishno Devi yatra.
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Dal Lake, Srinagar
Glide across Dal Lake in a hand-paddled shikara as the mist lifts. Early risers can reach the floating vegetable market, where growers trade from their boats among the lake's floating gardens.
Dal & Nigeen Lakes
Stay aboard a carved cedar houseboat, a tradition that goes back to the British era. Evenings are for the veranda, kahwa, and traders who come alongside by boat.
Nishat, Shalimar & Tulip Garden
Walk the terraces and water channels the Mughals laid out above the lake. In spring, the Tulip Garden below the Zabarwan hills adds rows of colour.
Srinagar
Two of the valley's most revered places: the white marble Hazratbal shrine on the lake's edge, and the Shankaracharya Temple on the hill above the city.
Srinagar
Kashmir's celebrated multi-course meal, cooked by a waza and traditionally shared from one large plate. Look for rista, rogan josh and gushtaba. Vegetarian dishes such as nadru yakhni are part of the tradition too.
Old City, Srinagar
Sip saffron and almond kahwa from a samovar, try salty pink noon chai with fresh bakery bread, and wander the lanes around the wooden Jamia Masjid.
Srinagar & Kanihama
Watch the valley's crafts being made: Kani shawls woven with small wooden bobbins in Kanihama, fine pashmina, and hand-painted papier-mâché in the workshops of old Srinagar.
Pampore
On the plateau at Pampore, purple crocus flowers are picked by hand for one of the world's most prized spices. Outside the harvest, stop at a local shop to buy and taste.
Gulmarg
Ride one of the world's highest cable cars from the meadow towards Apharwat, with snow on top for much of the year. Book tickets well ahead in peak season.
Pahalgam
Follow the Lidder river through pine forest to the Betaab and Aru valleys, on foot or by pony, past the summer meadows of the valley's shepherds.
Sonmarg
Ride a pony from the meadow up to the Thajiwas glacier, where snow lingers into summer, on the old road towards Zoji La and Ladakh.
Katra
Join one of India's great pilgrimages, from Katra up to the holy cave shrine in the Trikuta hills, on foot, by pony or by helicopter.
Illustrative map, not to scale. The outline is indicative and is not an official boundary.
Srinagar, Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Sonmarg, Katra
Kashmir is the classic Indian holiday: a houseboat night on Dal Lake, a shikara ride past the floating markets, and the Mughal gardens of Nishat and Shalimar laid out on the hillside above Srinagar.
From Srinagar the valley opens three ways. Gulmarg is a meadow ringed by forest with one of the highest cable cars in the world; Pahalgam follows the Lidder river to Betaab and Aru valleys; and Sonmarg, the “meadow of gold”, sits below the Thajiwas glacier on the road to Ladakh.
In Jammu, Katra is the base for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, one of the most visited shrines in India, reached on foot, by pony or by helicopter.
A night on a houseboat and a shikara ride at sunset.
Nishat, Shalimar and Chashme Shahi above the lake.
A two-phase cable car to Apharwat, snow on top most of the year.
Pine forests and the Betaab and Aru valleys on the Lidder.
The Thajiwas glacier and the start of the road to Zoji La.
The cave shrine above Katra, by foot, pony or helicopter.
A Kashmir trip begins the moment your client lands: met outside arrivals, welcomed with flowers, and on the road to the valley without having to look for anyone.
Welcomed on arrival, Kashmir
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