Srinagar

A TRUE HEAVEN ON EARTH!

Best Time of Visit

April to October

Ideal Duration for Visit

4-5 Days

Average Budget

3500 INR PER PERSON

Welcome To

Srinagar

Best Time of Visit

April to October

Ideal Duration for Visit

4-5 Days

Average Budget

3500 INR PER PERSON

Planning Toolkit

SUMMERS

Summers are welcoming and favorable for tourists. Warm days and bit cold nights makes it pleasant for visitors. Mostly tourist places are functioning in this season.

RAIN

Not much rainfall happens in Srinagar. There is no hindrance due to rain apart from some sports are closed during this season.

AUTUMN

Autumn is extremely beautiful in Srinagar. After rain full bloomed and blossomed gardens makes it surreal. Paradise on earth becomes more enduring in this season.

WINTERS

Temperature hovers mostly downwards in winters. Place witnesses heavy snowfall and it’s freezing in Srinagar. If you are someone who just adore winters do visit to witness snowfall like never before.

THE SUMMER CAPITAL

One interesting fact about Srinagar is that it is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Wherein Jammu is the winter capital of the region.

SHIKARA AND HOUSEBOATS

Every kashmir package would give you stay in shikara or houseboat. It was a staycation for kings and rulers in their reign in Srinagar. It is the major tourist attraction of Srinagar.

FLOATING MARKET AND POST OFFICE

Floating market and Post office is one of its kind in India. You can shop vegetable, fruits and flowers from a floating market in Dal lake. Even first floating post office of India was situated in Dal lake. Where letters wer passed and received on floating post office.

CITY OF GARDENS

Srinagar has so much greenery that air pollution remains at lowest. For Mughals it was a holiday spot, hence they built several gardens which now are major attraction of city. After rainfall these gardens become hues of flowers and fruits. Tulip festival is an event where tourists flock all across world.

CAB

Hire a cab to travel from one place to another. Roads are connected to almost every part of city and cabs and taxis can easily be booked via tour operator.

AUTOS

You can hire an auto at any given time in Srinagar. Easily available and economical mode of transport.

BUSES

JKSRTC is government bus services available to travel from one city to another in Srinagar. Few nearby tourist places are connected by buses.

SHIKARA

Travel, eat, sleep and shop on shikara. Yes it is a way to travel in city. Do indulge in this unique way to travel in Srinagar.

LANGUAGE

Kashmiri is the native tongue but Urdu, Hindi, English and Dogri are another official languages of Srinagar.

CRIME RATE

61% crime rate is bit high due to terrorists activities in region.

LITERACY RATE

74% literacy rate is moderate.

POPULATION

1,586,000 is the population of city.