India - Kashmir & Ladakh (PDF Chapter)

This is the Kashmir & Ladakh chapter from Lonely Planet’s India guidebook.

Kashmir is India’s Switzerland, attracting local tourists seeking cool summer air, alpine scen-ery and Srinagar’s romantic houseboat accommodation. And then there’s the Himalayan land of Ladakh, where monasteries are set between canyons and peaks, while emerald-green villages nestle photogenically in highland deserts.

• visit Thiksey Gompa, one of Ladakh’s great monasteries, especially during a festival
• maps
• experience the stark magnificence of Ladakh with a hassle-free (and traffic-free) homestay trek in the Markha Valley
• transport
• enjoy an amusingly caricatured Raj-type experience relaxing on a deluxe Dal Lake houseboat in Srinagar
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Ladakh, Leh & Around, Markha Valley, Nubra Valley, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri Loop, Kargil & Around, Zanskar, The Kashmir Valley, Srinagar, Pahal-gam & Aru, Gulmarg, Naranag & Lake Gangabal, Sonamarg, South of Srinagar, Jammu & Southern Kashmir, Jammu.