Srinagar

With beautiful housboats anchored off shore in beautiful lakes, Srinagar makes an excellent place for a stay. Houseboats are accessible either by road, or by a short “Shikara” boat ride. Plenty of off shore hotels( flexible budgets) are also avaiable. One must make the bookings in advance as they turn out to be cheaper.

Srinagar is colorful and beautiful in all its sides. Cuisine follows the same idea, with dishes that are rich, unique and significant enough to create a food culture around themselves. Kashmiri kebabs found are famous worldwide and you just cannot step out of Srinagar without trying these.

Also this is the place for the authentic green tea and Kawah. While here, one can also indulge in popular local breads available here with a sip of ‘Pink tea’. Tsot is a local bread with sesame and poppy seeds and is quite popular in menus for breakfast.

Local cuisine include tabak maz, or flat pieces of meat cut from the ribs and fried till they acquire a crisp crackling texture, Gushtaba, which are meatballs moulded from pounded mutton like large-sized Rista (meat balls) but cooked in thick gravy of fresh curd base, Yakhni, a cream colored preparation of delicate flavor, is made with curd as a base, seekh kababs, Roganjosh, chaman- fried paneer (cottage cheese), in a thick sauce, dum-aloo – roasted potatoes in curd-based gravy.

Taxis are easily available to cover the town. Walking is a therapeutic option