Punial
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The valley of Punial is one of the most fascinating and absorbing sites situated in Ghizer District
, where hundreds of thousand of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley near Gilgit
in the Northern Areas
of Pakistan
. The Punial valley is situated at an elevation of about 5000– 9000 feet. It is one of the vast and serene place to visit round the year due to its pleasant weather and hospitable populace. The territory of Punial is about 35,900 km². One of scenic and bucolic sites there such as followings:
Gahkuch is the main town which is also the district headquarters and is a popular tourist attraction in the region because of the spectacular surrounding scenery and the restaurants and five star hotels are so designed to give you a bucolic and rugged life style. 'Green Palace' is one such restaurant well known to tourists from abroad. Gahkuch bala and its surrounding area is only the vast and wide space of district ghizer where one can easily view many villages.
Sher Qila is the main village of the picturesque Punial valley. The distance is 40 km and time required to reach there is about 45min to 1 hour.
Ghizer District
Ghizer District is northernmost part of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Its capital is Gakuch. Ghizer is also a contact point between Gilgit and Chitral and also it is contact point to China, Tajikistan via Qurumber pass through Ishkomen/Darkut Yasin . Ghizer is a multi ethnic district and three...
, where hundreds of thousand of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley near Gilgit
Gilgit
Gilgit is a city in northern PakistanGilgit may refer to other terms related with the area of the city:* Gilgit River* Gilgit Valley* Gilgit District* Gilgit Agency * Gilgit Airport...
in the Northern Areas
Northern Areas
Gilgit-Baltistan , is the northernmost political entity within Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to the west, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the north, China to the east and northeast, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the...
of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The Punial valley is situated at an elevation of about 5000– 9000 feet. It is one of the vast and serene place to visit round the year due to its pleasant weather and hospitable populace. The territory of Punial is about 35,900 km². One of scenic and bucolic sites there such as followings:
Gahkuch is the main town which is also the district headquarters and is a popular tourist attraction in the region because of the spectacular surrounding scenery and the restaurants and five star hotels are so designed to give you a bucolic and rugged life style. 'Green Palace' is one such restaurant well known to tourists from abroad. Gahkuch bala and its surrounding area is only the vast and wide space of district ghizer where one can easily view many villages.
Sher Qila is the main village of the picturesque Punial valley. The distance is 40 km and time required to reach there is about 45min to 1 hour.