The cascades
Spring water rushing down stone chutes from the hillside.
Nur Jahan’s spring garden
Achabal Garden
A Mughal garden built around a powerful spring at the foot of a forested hill near Anantnag, laid out by Nur Jahan around 1620. Cascades, fountains and shade.
Anantnag districtAbout 60 km from Srinagar · 10 km from Anantnag from Srinagar
Achabal is one of the oldest Mughal gardens in Kashmir, laid out around 1620 and associated with Empress Nur Jahan. A strong spring rises from the foot of the hillside and is channelled down the garden in cascades, pools and fountains.
It is less visited than the Srinagar gardens and, many feel, more beautiful: the water is louder, the setting greener, and the chinar shade deeper. Families from Anantnag come here for picnics on summer weekends.
Visiting
Allow 45 minutes. Achabal combines naturally with Martand, Kokernag and Verinag on a south Kashmir day.
Things to do
What to see in Achabal Garden
Chinar shade
Old chinars over the lawns and pools.
Best time to visit
April to October; autumn for chinar colour.
How to reach
- From Srinagar — about 60 km via Anantnag, around 2 hours.
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Anantnag district
All destinationsMore places to visit in Anantnag
- PahalgamValley of Shepherds
- Betaab ValleyThe film valley above Pahalgam
- Aru ValleyMeadow village above Pahalgam
- BaisaranThe meadow above Pahalgam
- Lidder RiverPahalgam’s glacier river
- ChandanwariStart of the Amarnath Yatra
- Sheshnag LakeSacred lake on the Amarnath route
- Tulian LakeHigh lake above Pahalgam
- Mamal TemplePahalgam’s ancient Shiva temple
- FrislanRiverside stop on the Pahalgam road
- Martand Sun TempleThe 8th-century sun temple
- VerinagThe spring of the Jhelum
- KokernagSprings, botanical garden and trout
- DaksumForest valley on the Bringi
- Sinthan TopSnow pass to Kishtwar
- ChatpalHidden valley of Shangus
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Other places in the valley
Springs, botanical garden and trout
Kokernag
The spring of the Jhelum
Verinag
The 8th-century sun temple
Martand Sun Temple
Forest valley on the Bringi