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Accommodation provided on Deluxe class Houseboats:
4 Rooms well furnished with all to wall carpet, separate dressing rooms and attached bathrooms fitted with modern amenities
24-hour room service
24-hour attendant in every houseboat
Telephone in every houseboat
Cable TV in every Houseboat
Safe deposit
Drinks (Soft)
Doctor on Call
Laundry Services
Internet Services
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Contact Us:
Address : House Boat Hilton Kashmir
Nehru Park, Dal Lake Srinagar-190001, Kashmir, India
Phone : +91 194 2500171
+91 9419079174
Email : info@hiltonkashmir.com
bookings@hiltonkashmir.com
rashid.kashmirhilton@yahoo.com
Living on water is traditional in Kashmir and without having that opportunity, at least once in a lifetime; the visit to the valley remains incomplete.Hilton Houseboat is having capacity of 5 bed rooms, adjoining bath rooms, dressing rooms, a drawing rooms, dinning rooms a pantry and upper deck.
Kashmir valley is a popular tourist destination for domestic (Indian) and foreign tourists. Among the popular tourist places in the valley are Gulmarg that has a ski resort, Dal Lake that has popular house boats, Pahalgam and Amarnath Temple.Thousands of Hindu pilgrims visit holy shrine of Amarnath every year and this significantly benefits the state's economy. Gulmarg, one of the most popular ski resort destinations in India, is also home to the world's highest green golf course.It was reported that 736,000 tourists including 23,000 foreigners visited Kashmir in 2010.
Hill stations
Aru
Gulmarg
Pahalgam
Sonamarg
Srinagar
Yusmarg
Mughal gardens
Nishat Bagh
Chashme Shahi
Nishat Bagh
Shalimar Bagh
Chashme Shahi
Lakes
Dal Lake
Manasbal Lake
Wular Lake
Gangabal Lake
Gadsar Lake
Sheshnag Lake
Vishansar Lake
Krishansar Lake
Mountaineering
This Himalayan valley provides a base to climb some of the challenging Himalayan peaks. These peaks where closed due to the rise in militancy, now they are opened for mountaineering.
Mount Haramukh (16,870 ft (5,142 metres))
Kolhoi Peak (17,799 ft (5,425 metres))
Machoi Peak (17,907 ft (5,458 metres))
Sirbal Peak (17,178 ft (5,236 metres))
Amarnath Peak (17,014 ft (5,186 metres))
Sunset Peak (15,571 ft (4,746 metres))
Tatakooti (15,502 ft (4,725 metres))
Mahadev (13,999 ft (4,267 metres))
Culture and cuisine
Cuisine of Kashmir, Wazwan, Kashmiri literature, Kashmiri music, and Kashmiri Pandit Festivals
Kashmiri cuisine includes dum aloo (boiled potatoes hollowed and stuffed with heavy amounts of spice), tzaman (a solid cottage cheese), rogan josh (lamb cooked in heavy spices), yakhiyn (lamb cooked in curd with mild spices), hakh (a spinach-like leaf), rista-gushtaba (minced meat balls in tomato and curd curry),danival korme and the signature rice. The traditional wazwan feast involves cooking meat or vegetables, usually mutton, in several different ways.
There are two styles of making tea in the region: Noon Chai or salt tea that is pink in colour (known as chinen posh rang or peach flower colour) and popular with locals, and kahwah, a tea for festive occasions, made with saffron and spices (cardamom, cinnamon, sugar, noon chai leaves) and black tea.
Economy
Tourism is one of the main sources of income for vast sections of the Kashmiri population. Kashmir Valley‘s economy is centred around tourism and agriculture. Traditionally the staple crop of the valley is rice, it forms the chief food of the people. In addition, Indian corn, wheat, barley and oats are also grown. Given its temperate climate, it is suited for crops like asparagus, artichoke, seakale, broad beans, scarlet runners, beetroot, cauliflower and cabbage. Fruit trees are common in the valley, and the cultivated orchards yield pears, apples, peaches, and cherries. The chief trees are deodar, firs and pines, chenar or plane, maple, birch and walnut, apple and cherry.
Historically, Kashmir became known worldwide when Cashmere wool was exported to other regions and nations (exports have ceased due to decreased abundance of the cashmere goat and increased competition from China). Kashmiris are well adept at knitting and making Pashmina shawls, silk carpets, rugs, kurtas, and pottery. Saffron, too, is grown in Kashmir. Efforts are on to export the naturally grown fruits and vegetables as organic foods mainly to the Middle East. Srinagar is known for its silver-work, papier mache, wood-carving, and the weaving of silk.
Transport
Kashmir valley is connected to Jammu and Ladakh regions by road and air. It has access to Jammu region and the rest of India through the Banihal road tunnel near Qazigund on national highway 1NH 1A.
Air
Srinagar is the main airport in Kashmir valley and has scheduled flights from Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh and New Delhi.
Railway
Kashmir valley has a 119 km (74 mi) long modern railway line that started in October 2009 and connects Baramulla in the western part of the valley to Srinagar and Qazigund. It will link the Kashmir Valley to Banihal across the Pir Panjal mountains through the Banihal rail tunnel in 2013 and to the rest of India in another few years as the construction of the railway line from Jammu to Banihal progresses steadily.
Road
Transport within the valley is predominantly by road.