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Sight Address : Garden of Char Minar is located at Rainawari in Srinagar.  Edit

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Garden of Char Minar is located at Rainawari in Srinagar. The Char Minar garden was built by the Mughal Emperor Jehangir in 1616 to display his love to his beautiful wife Nur Jahan. The Char Minar garden offers amazing view of the surroundings, flowers, lakes and low lying terraces. The garden is located at Rainawari in Srinagar. An ideal way to reach this garden is by taking a Shikara ride on the Dal Lake which costs around Rs 500 for four people.

HistoryEdit

Garden of Char Minar was built by Mughal Emperor Jehangir in 1616, to display his love to his beautiful wife Nur Jahan, the Char Minar garden offers amazing view of the surroundings, flowers, lakes and low lying terraces.

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April to June

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Time Required for SightseeingEdit

1-2 hrs.

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Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit

• Swiss Hotel Kashmir ;  172 Gagribal Road, Nehru Park, Rainawari, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190001 ; Ph/M –  0194 247 2766 ; Food Serve –  N.A.

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : This site easily reach by taxi from airport and railway station and other places in Srinagar.

BUS : Many tourist bus service provides the services to reach from many neighboring cities to Srinagar. Srinagar is well connected to Chandigarh (630 km), Jammu (290 km), Delhi (876 km), Leh (434 km) and Phalgam (96 km) by tourist bus services. and they charge about Rs 4-5 per km.

Train : Srinagar railway station or Nowgam railway station is railway station of the city of Srinagar in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.The station, in nowgam, is 8 km from the city centre. Local services only: Qazigund–Anantnag–Srinagar–Baramulla.

Air : Srinagar’s sparkling new airport is connected with many airports of the major cities in India. Regular flights operate between Srinagar and Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and the tickets are moderately priced. International travelers get the connecting flights from Delhi International airport, which is at a distance of 876 km from Srinagar.
The following all fly to Delhi and/or Jammu. Air India also flies to Leh on Wednesdays.
After getting down at the Air Port, take an auto-rickshaw, bus or hire a taxi to reach the destination within the city.
Air India (2450247; www.airindia.in; Boulevard)
GoAir (www.goair.in)
IndiGo (www.goindigo.in)
Jet Airways (2480801; Residency Rd)
JetLite (www.jetlite.com)
Kingfisher (www.flykingfisher.com)
SpiceJet (www.spicejet.com)
Srinagar domestic airport is behind a high security barrier where therecan be long queues for baggage and body screening. You’ll need to show an air ticket (or e-ticket confirmation print-out) to get through so don’t come to the airport hoping to buy a ticket on departure.

Others : An ideal way to reach this garden is by taking a Shikara ride on the Dal Lake which costs around Rs 500 for four people.

Things to CarryEdit

Light sweaters may be needed for occasional cool nights in the summertime. In winter, you will need full winter gear and expect snow and few places to have hot water.

Safety / WarningEdit

The climate is extremely cold in winters and the water on the lake can freeze if the temperature goes below zero degrees. Beware of stepping on this as the ice being thin may crack and one can fall into cold freezing, icy water.

HelplineEdit

Police station 100/2452098
Fire Station 101
Ambulance 108
Child Line 1098
Tourism 2472644,2457930.

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