Arrival to Srinagar - Mughal Gardens, Shikara Ride

• Dal Lake

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  You will be received at Srinagar Airport and transferred to a Deluxe Houseboat in Dal Lake. Welcome drink on check in, later in the day you will be visiting Nishat , Shalimar and Cheshma Shahi Gardens. In the evening enjoy shikara ride in the lake.

• Nishat Garden

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Nishat Bagh is the biggest terraced Mughal Garden in the Valley, its name in urdu means ‘Garden of Joy’. Rightly called the garden of joy it in located on the banks of the famous Dal Lake with the Zabarwan Mountain Range in the background. The garden was built by Asif khan, brother of Empress Nur Jahan in 1633.

• Shalimar Bagh

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Shalimar Garden, meaning ‘Abode of Love’ was built by Emperor Jahangir for his beloved wife Nur Jahan in 1619. The garden is linked with Dal Lake through a channel starting from Shalimar Bagh and entering Dal Lake in the north east. The garden is divided into three terraces and a water channel named Shah Nahar flows in the middle of the garden and feeds the many fountains of the garden, after flowing out of Shalimar Bagh the channel empties into Dal Lake through a mile long channel.

• Chashme Shahi Garden

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  The garden was constructed around the spring by the Mughal Governor Ali Mardan Khan in 1632. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his eldest son, Dara Sikoh. In the east of Chashma Shahi the Pari Mahal (Fairy Palace) lies where Dara Sikoh used to learn astrology.The garden is 108 m long and 38 m wide and is spread over one acre of land. It is the smallest garden among the three Mughal gardens of Srinagar; the Shalimar garden is the largest and the Nishat garden is the second largest. All the three gardens were built at the right bank of the Dal Lake, with Zabarwan mountains (Zabarwan Range) at the backdrop.

• Pari Mahal

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Pari Mahal or Peer Mahal, also known as The Palace of Fairies, is a seven-terraced garden located at the top of Zabarwan mountain range, overlooking the city of Srinagar and the south-west of Dal Lake in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is an example of Islamic architecture and patronage of art during the reign of the then Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
• Accommodations

  Overnight Stay at Houseboat in Nigeen or Dal Lake