Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden

The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, formerly Siraj Bagh, is a terraced garden of about 30 hectares on the Zabarwan foothills overlooking Dal Lake. Opened in 2007 to promote floriculture and tourism, it holds roughly 1.

75 million bulbs imported from the Keukenhof gardens and around 75 tulip varieties, alongside 46 other flower types including hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus. It opens for an annual spring festival.

• About 75 tulip varieties in terraced beds
• Roughly 30 hectares below the Zabarwan range
• Annual spring tulip festival

Off-season now · best Mar–Apr

• Open only for a short spring season; bloom dates shift each year
• Very crowded during the festival

APR – OCT

Chashme Shahi

SRINAGAR · 1 KM AWAY

Smallest of Srinagar's Mughal gardens, built around a spring

APR – JUN · SEP – OCT

Pari Mahal

SRINAGAR · 2 KM AWAY

Seven-terraced Mughal garden above Srinagar and Dal Lake

APR – OCT

Dal Lake

SRINAGAR · 3 KM AWAY

Srinagar's iconic urban lake, ringed by Mughal gardens and houseboats

APR – OCT

Nishat Bagh

SRINAGAR · 3 KM AWAY

Terraced 'Garden of Joy' on Dal Lake, backed by the Zabarwan hills

APR – OCT

Nagin Lake

SRINAGAR · 5 KM AWAY

Quieter lake beside Dal, known for houseboats and clear water

APR – JUN · SEP – OCT

Hazratbal Shrine

SRINAGAR · 5 KM AWAY

Marble Sufi shrine on Dal Lake holding a revered relic

APR – OCT

Shalimar Bagh

SRINAGAR · 5 KM AWAY

Jahangir's 1619 terraced garden on the shore of Dal Lake

APR – JUN · SEP – OCT

Hari Parbat

SRINAGAR · 6 KM AWAY

Hilltop fort above Srinagar with Hindu, Muslim and Sikh sites

Distances are straight-line, not by road.