PAKISTAN....






                                            ABBOTTABAD:

    

         Abbottabad is located in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa in Orash Valley, 150 km North of Islamabad and 200 km East of of Peshawar at the altitude of 4120 feet. It is famous for its weather, high standard educational institutions and military establishment.
          Its climate is of extremes with mild temperature during spring, humid in June and July and below freezing in winter. Its major source of income is tourism. The Karakorum Highway and Hindukush can be approached from Abbottabad. It is a transit city to serve as a base for visiting Hunza, Gilgit and Skardu.
It is commonly called THE CITY OF SCHOOLS.
The roads to Abbottabad are:

• Murree Road
• Chinar Road
• College Road
• Sherwan Road
• Link Road
• Kasala Road

    The commonly used public transports are, pick ups, vans, Suzuki, taxis, Daewoo and Niazi Express.



                                           BHURBAN:

 

It is a small town and hill station in Punjab located 13 km from Murree City. Situated between Murree and Kashmir Road at the height of 6000 feet, Bhurban is attraction for tourists because of the floral, fauna and animals species which are not found in any other part of Pakistan. 

It is accessible by Islamabad- Murree Express Way making it a drive of 45 minutes from Islamabad. Bhurban is having 5 star Pearl Continental Hotel with delicious food to enjoy, walking track, swimming pool and much more. Bhurban is also  golfers delight of summer.

                               CHANGLA GALI:                                                                                                              It is the mountain resort town of Galyat. It has altitude of 2559 m. It is in Abbottabad district located 16km North from others Galyat towns of Murree in Rawalpindi District.

CHITRAL: 

Chitral is situated on West bank of Khowar River (Chitral River). The town is at the foot of Trich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindukush, 25289 feet high. The valley has altitude of 3700 feet. The territory is home to rare falcons and snow leopards and is cut off because of snow for six months from  the rest of the country.

GALYAT:

Galyat is the area roughly 50-80 km in North-East of Islamabad on both sides of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa borders. Murree is one of the largest towns of Galyat.The localities are:

• Ayubia
• Bara Gali
• Bhurban
• Changla Gali
• Churra Pani
• Dunga Gali
• Ghora Gali
• Khaira Gali
• Khanspur
• Murree
• Nathia Gali
• Thandiani
• Darwaza Ayubia

                                           GILGIT

           

      It is the capital of Gilgit Baltistan and is one of the hubs in Northern Areaas for mountaineering expeditions to Karakorum and the other peaks in Himalayas, the other hub being Skardu.Gilgit lacks significant rainfall. The summers are brief and hot and the winters are for 8 to 9 months.It lies about 10 km off Karakorum Highway The attractions close to Gilgit are:

• Nalter Peak
• Hunza Valley
• Nagar Valley
• Ferry Meadows in Railkot
• Shigar Town
• Skardu City
• Haramosh Peak
• Bagrot
• Haramosh Valley
• Deosai National Park
• Astore Valley
• Juglot Town
• Yasin Valley
• Phunder Village
• Kargh Valley

REFERENCE: WWW. Wikipedia.com