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The Kashmir valley

 
 

The Kashmir valley

The Kashmir valley Kashmir valley, India Crossed by the river Jhelum, this fertile valley is characterised by lush vegetation. Sami Sarkis / age fotostock

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  • Kashmir valley, India

In the Kashmir Valley, surrounded by the Jhelum, is a fertile and verdant region called the "happy valley". It is closed in the west and in the south by the high Pir Panjal snowed-topped mountains, and in the east by the Himalayan mountain range with Nun's (23409 ft) and Kun's (23251 ft) imposing snowed-topped mountains, Kashmir's highest peaks.

Other reasons to go

  1.   Towns

  2.   Arts and culture

  3.   Monuments

  4.   The fauna