A green valley high in the Karakoram, surrounded by peaks over 7,000 m, including Rakaposhi and Ultar. The village of Karimabad has the restored Baltit and Altit forts. Apricot blossom in spring and golden poplars in autumn are spectacular.
Nearby, Attabad Lake is a turquoise lake formed by a landslide in 2010. The Karakoram Highway continues to the Khunjerab Pass on the Chinese border. Check travel advice.
A grassy plateau at 3,300 m with a close view of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain, 8,126 m.
The Kalash valleys near Chitral are home to the Kalash people, a small community with their own ancient religion, colourful dress and spring and autu…
A strikingly modern mosque shaped like a desert tent, with four pencil-thin minarets, at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad.
One of the largest mosques in the world, built in red sandstone by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1673, facing the Lahore Fort across a square.
The ruins of one of the world's earliest cities, built around 2500 BC by the Indus Valley Civilisation, with a grid of brick streets, drains, houses …
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