Asia’s Largest
Tulip Garden
in Kashmir
Planning your trip to Kashmir in the spring season is one of the most amazing and wonderful decisions that you could ever make. As the harsh winter season has now faded and the snow has melted, the flowers have bloomed and everything has got a new life. So your trip is incomplete without the famous annual Tulip festival at Indira Gandhi Memorial
Tulip Garden
that is held in the spring season every year.
Throughout the year Kashmir could be the best place to visit in any of the seasons. But when it comes to the spring season the main attraction of this season is the Tulip Festival that is held in April every year. Located in the foothills of Zabarwan mountains in the Siraj area of Srinagar this beautiful garden is seven terraced and having 48 varieties of tulips that are almost 20 lakh tulips all over the garden.
The garden has numerous rows of tulips to show. Besides orange, yellow, red, and purple tulips the garden has a variety of unique hybrid flowers. The bright color and the aroma of these mesmerizing flowers will refresh your mind and soul. The eyes feel a view of the rainbow, as it has decided to descend on the land.
Besides tulips, the garden is home to many other flowers like Daffodils, Roses, Hyacinths, Muscari, iris, ranunculi, etc. This floral garden was first the landscaping project that was undertaken by the government some years before, making it the largest Tulip Garden in Asia. At the beginning of this famous flower festival, you will be able to taste the famous Kashmiri cuisines as well.
Spread over the 30 acres of land this terraced garden is built on a hillslope. Every year 4-5 new varieties of tulips are added to the garden to enhance the grace.
The weather remains pleasant throughout the year in Kashmir but it is only the springtime when you can witness the tulip festival and every living thing gets a new life and the weather also remains pleasant throughout the day.
The garden opens probably in the 1st week of April and remains open up to 1 whole month. The annual festival of the Tulip Garden is famous all over the world where you can witness the grace and color of lakhs of flowers. Thousands of visitors visit here during this time. People of any age can visit here, there is no age bar regarding visits.
The place shows its grace to those who love nature and adore the beauty. The newly married couples can enjoy their best time here and can make the tulips live forever in their pictures. If you are planning your Kashmir trip with the whole family or with your spouse or with your friends, then your Kashmir trip with
Duke Kashmir Travels
is going to be the best tour of your life.
How to reach:-
Tulip garden is easily accessible by the road which is almost 10 km away from the international airport and will take you almost 36-40 minutes to reach there. The transport facility provided by Duke Kashmir Travels will make your whole trip more comfortable and memorable.
The visitors demand to open the garden ahead of time every year so that they can enjoy their best time here. New varieties of flowers are added every year to adds glory to the garden.