A grassy plateau at 3,300 m with a close view of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain, 8,126 m. Reaching it involves a jeep ride along a hair-raising track from Raikot Bridge, then a walk of about 2 to 3 hours.
Stay in wooden cabins. Walk on to Nanga Parbat base camp. The season is May to October. Check travel advice.
A green valley high in the Karakoram, surrounded by peaks over 7,000 m, including Rakaposhi and Ultar.
A strikingly modern mosque shaped like a desert tent, with four pencil-thin minarets, at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad.
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…
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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