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Dal Lake is the jewel of Srinagar — a 21 sq km urban lake surrounded by the Zabarwan Mountains, with ornate houseboats, floating vegetable gardens, lotus-covered waters, and shikaras (wooden gondolas) that serve as taxis, shops, and flower delivery boats. A shikara ride through Dal Lake's calm channels is one of India's most romantic and unique experiences — you'll pass through floating markets where vendors sell vegetables, flowers, and bread from boat to boat, glide past the mirror-still waters of Nagin Lake, and watch the sun set behind the mountains while kingfishers dart between the lotus pads. Staying overnight on a houseboat is the quintessential Srinagar experience.
What makes this place special
At dawn, vendors paddle shikaras loaded with fresh vegetables, flowers, and bread, trading produce boat-to-boat on the misty lake — a centuries-old floating market unique in the world.
Over 1,000 intricately carved cedar-wood houseboats, some a century old, line Dal Lake's shores — each one a floating heritage hotel with carved ceilings, Kashmiri carpets, and lake views.
Gliding through lotus-covered waters as the Zabarwan mountains turn purple and the houseboats light up one by one — arguably India's most romantic sunset experience.
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