Dal Lake, jewel of Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir is a state in India famous for its beauty having Himalayan ranges, mount Kanchenjunga, soaring peaks, snow capped mountains and many more. Kashmir is popularly known as the paradise on the earth because the land is blessed with natural beauty and a favored destination of most of the tourists in all over the world. This land of myriad seasons is having many number of tourists attraction and Dal Lake is one of them.

Dal Lake is popularly known as the jewel in the crown of Kashmir located in the heart of Srinagar city. This is an urban lake on which the snow clad Pir Panjal Himalayan ranges in the backdrop reflecting in its beautiful water, lavishly decorated houseboats and Shikaras are the fascinating features of Dal Lake. This lake is considered as the second largest natural lake of Kashmir with the shoreline of 15.5 km covered the beautiful gardens, parks, orchards and houseboats. Houseboats form an important part of Dal lakes beauty that offers a unique feeling of staying over water along with the Kashmiri style hospitality. Dal lake offers many more unique experiences such as Shikaras that always remain ready to take tourists to a romantic and peaceful ride along the lake. The floating gardens, floating flowers, floating vegetable markets are the key attractions of this beautiful lake.

There are many places to visit near Dal Lake such as,

·         Shankaracharya hill

·         Char Chinar

·         Nehru park

·         Kabutar Khana

·         Tulip Garden

·         Hazratbal Shrine

·         Mughal gardens

Srinagar is full of tourist’s destinations and it is a perfect place for summer vacations. The city is easy to reach as it is well connected by all the transportation mediums such as by road, buses from Delhi remain available and we can also take buses from Jammu. By train, Srinagar is the major railway station where trains from many major cities reach. We can also hire rental taxis and cars from Jammu and Delhi. For accommodation, there are number of hotels in Srinagar and we can also get best hotels in Srinagar nearDal Lake that provides excellent facilities and services to their customers. We can get hotels of all the ranges here from budget to five stars. So come and visit this beautiful destination to enjoy your trip to the fullest.