Kashmir through the year: snow, gardens and Dal Lake mornings

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Kashmir through the year: snow, gardens and Dal Lake mornings

Kashmir is not one postcard. The month you choose writes a different journey.

Spring (tulip time) and autumn (chinars) are often the most photogenic. Summer is busier on Dal Lake and in Gulmarg meadows. Winter is for snow, with road and flight plans that need more slack.

Houseboats, Mughal gardens and a day in the higher meadows can sit in one itinerary if the pacing is honest. Trying to “do Kashmir” in three hard days usually costs the still mornings that people remember.

Always check current travel advisories and local weather before you lock hotels. A planner in Bhubaneswar can hold the sequence; the valley still decides the light.