Gulmarg
Gulmarg is a town, a hill station and a notified area committee in Baramula district in the Indian area of
Jammu and Kashmir.Gulmarg is located 52 km from Srinagar.Gulmarg can be accessed from Srinagar (the capital of Kashmir)
in about 2 hours by car or bus. The buses will reach Tangmarg in about 1 hour. From Tangmarg, for the 13 km hill road,
jeeps can be hired for reaching Gulmarg hilltop in about 30 minutes. Some searches and identity checks may take place
about 5 km before Gulmarg. The last jeep down from Gulmarg is available at sunset.
Gulmarg has around 40 hotels of all grades. The peak season starts with the snow fall in December and lasts until June.
The charges for one night stay in off season range between Rs500 – Rs5000+. The off-season rates may have a discount of
about 60% in some of the hotels only.
According to CNN, Gulmarg is the “heartland of winter sports in India.” As such, The Gulmarg Health Resort has been rated
by CNN International as Asia’s seventh best ski destination.This resort is famous because of its “Gulmarg Gondola,”
the highest cable car in the world, reaching 3,979 metres.
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