Houseboats in Srinagar

Houseboats in Srinagar

are typically moored at the edges of the Dal Lake and Nageen lakes in Srinagar. Some of the houseboats are so older, there were built in the early 1900s, and are still being rented out to tourists. These houseboats are prepared of wood, and usually have intricately carved wood paneling. The houseboats are of unusual sizes, some having up to three bedrooms apart from a living room and kitchen.
The great number tourists are attracted to the thought of staying on a houseboats, Dal Lake in Srinagar. Without a doubt its one of the rare experiences of life to live on the water in a cedar paneled houseboat with a typical Kashmiri style bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a living room with all the facilities of a luxury hotel. The passionately named and fanstatically ornamented houseboats of Srinagar that are anchored to the edges of Jhelum River, Nagin Lake and the famous Dal Lake has roughly thousands or more houseboats.
The Department of Tourism have graded the houseboats of Srinagar according to the standards and facilities and luxury they provide to the tourists. Like hotels the houseboats too vary according to the location, luxury and excellent facilities and equipments like bathroomfittings, good carpet they provide. A 'D' category houseboat provides lower facilities without any luxury likewise a budget hotel.
All the houseboats on Dal Lake in Srinagar despite of class and category offer extremely personalized service to the tourists. Some of the houseboats on Dal Lake overlook the main road, Some are opposite the Lotus gardens and local floating markets and few face the Villages opposite. Not only is there always a "houseboy" for each boat, but the proprietor of houseboat and his family are regularly close by. The cost per day of hiring a houseboat consist of all meals and free rides from the houseboat to the nearest jetty and back, as no houseboat on the lakes is directly accessible from the banks.