15 facts you should be knowing about world famous tourist destination Gulmarg

sledge ride at Gulmarg 

1:- Gulmarg the most famous tourist destination, a town and a hill station. The word Gulmarg means “meadow of flowers”

2:-Gulmarg is located in the lap of Pir-Panjal  range of Great Himalayas.

3:- Gulmarg has an average elevation of 2690 m or 8825 ft.

4:- Gulmarg is famous for Gondola, Gondola is a ropeway on which cabins of yellow color are pulled up and down the mountain. Gondola comprises of two stages, first stop of Gondola is called Kangdoor which is at the elevation of 3747 m or 12273 ft. and the second stop is called Apharwat at an elevation of 4200 m or 13780 ft.

5:- Gulmarg Gondola is the Asia’s largest cable car project. Around 600 people per hour can travel in it.

6:- Gulmarg is famous for horse riding. Local as well as tourists from abroad come to Gulmarg to enjoy fresh and pleasant air. Since gulmarg is big and hilly place it becomes imperative for tourists to ride on the horse so as to save time and energy.

7:- Sledge or Burf ki Gadi. During winter the streets of Gulmarg become slippery so most of the tourists does not know how to walk downhill on a slippery road, for their rescue Sledge is used to make their walk comfortable. Generally the sledge puller charges rupees 300 per hour.

8:- Gulmarg attracts a hefty 5 lakh tourists per year, so it is quite obvious that so as to accommodate such a large number of tourists there are well equipped hotels throughout the Gulmarg at a reasonable rent. However one should book the rooms beforehand because most of the hotels are houseful during the peak season.

9:-  Gulmarg is known for winter sports. Games like ice skating, skiing, ice hockey are played during winter. Nationwide winter games are held in Gulmarg every year in the month of January.

10:- Gulmarg is a home to lot of golf courses; in the summer beautiful golf courses attract golfers from around the world.

11:- high altitude war fare school is located at Gulmarg.

12:- Baba Atomic Research Centre is located at Gulmarg.

13:- meadows of Gulmarg mainly comprises of pine trees.

14:- jai jai shiv shanker song was posturized in a temple at Gulmarg.

15:- sun rise and sun set at Gulmarg is a delightful event to watch.