Kashmir can be the best place for you to cool your heels, after an especially hard couple of months sitting at your work station. The cool, crisp mountain air will do you good for sure. It will clear your head, and the lush greenery all around you will surely restore certain vitality in your vision, which by now is way too accustomed to staring at the computer console or the mobile phone. Unplug your laptop, switch off your mobile phones, take a deep breath and just go with the flow of…

Breathtaking panoramas of glittering snow peaks, off which the sun glints brilliantly, meadows of multi-hued flowers, verdant expanses stretching away into infinite space. A sylvan paradise from where 21 varieties of exotic wild flowers in a riot of colours were collected by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his gardens.....This, then is Gulmarg or “Meadow of Flowers”, as it was later renamed by Sultan Yusuf Shah of the Chak dynasty, who wandered here for his romantic interludes! Inspired by…

Isn’t it just awesome what a vacation in the mountains can do to you? The mountains, the rolling valleys, the lush greenery all around, the distant sounds of brooks and streams burbling past you, and the cool crisp air makes you feel so much more alive than a holiday at the beach. After all, a beach is just an extension of a city. The usual traffic is present along with a larger number of tourists than you are likely to find at a hill station. Unless you are at an isolated island that is…

Located in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Endowed with extraordinary natural beauty, it is one of the most important tourist destinations of India. It is highly popular among holidaymakers, families, honeymooners, nature lovers, pilgrims, adventure seekers, and culture vultures. Due to fantastic and matchless natural beauty, it is often referred to as the Paradise on the Earth. And yes it perfectly proves its nickname, you…