New Jacquline Houseboats

Srinagar


These two very professionally presented houseboats have boutique hotel–style beds with decent mattresses, striking wall hangings and the odd round shield on the walls. The rear suite, with four-poster bed, costs more.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Srinagar attractions

1. Badamvaer Gardens

0.78 MILES

Created in the 16th century, then planted with almond (badam) trees in 1876, this quiet orchard garden fell apart during Kashmir's 1990s troubles but has…

2. Hazratbal Mosque

1.06 MILES

Backing onto Dal Lake north of the Old City, this large, white-domed 20th-century mosque enshrines Kashmir’s holiest Islamic relic, the Moi-e-Muqqadas,…

3. Kathi Darwaza

1.15 MILES

This stone gateway, directly north of the white-domed Chetipacha Gurdwara, is part of one of the last remnant sections of Srinagar's late 16th-century…

4. Hari Parbat Fort

1.16 MILES

On the strategically and spiritually significant Koh-e-Maran hill, north of the city centre, is this powerful qila (fort), which dates to the 6th century…

5. Mosque of Akhund Mullah Shah

1.26 MILES

Built in 1649 by Shah Jahan's son Dara Shikoh for his spiritual mentor, the mosque of Akhund Mullah Shah is only a chunky stone shell set amid plane trees…

6. Naagar-Nagar Interpretation Centre

1.3 MILES

Beside the Makhdoom Ropeway, this empty hall has a few boards explaining the Mughal history of the Hari Parbat ('Naagar-Nagar') walled city.

7. Makhdoom Sahib Shrine

1.31 MILES

On the southern flank of Hari Parbat, the large and ornately carved Makhdoom Sahib Shrine is dedicated to the Qadri-order Sufi saint who helped the spread…

8. Jama Masjid

1.79 MILES

Looking like the movie set for an imagined Central Asian castle, this mighty 1672 mosque (built on an earlier 1394 construction) forms a quadrangle around…