Swat is a beautifull valley and a district in the khyber Pukhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.It is close to the Afghan border and its capital is Saidu sharif.It was a free state before 1969 and in 1969 it became Pakistans terrirtory.Swat valley is a beautifull place for the tourists all around the world.It is know as the (switzerland of south asia).
It has the total area of 5337 km2 .Swat is a very historical place also and there are buddhist remainig found in the swat valley.Swat economy mainly depends upon the tourism but its tourism was highly effected in the 2007 when talibans attacked it and take control of this valley and the floods also take place.The summer temperature of the swat reaches at 22C.Now there is totally peace in swat after the army operation and army has take all the control and there is peacefull environment and you should go there without any fair.
You can visit it specially in the spring as the spring is the best tourism season of swat.YOu can travel to swat both by the road and also by the aeroplane from Peshawar or islamabad airport to the Saidusharif/Mingora.
By road you can travel by taking the M1 motorway from islamabad reaching mardan in about hour and 30 minutes then traveling from mardan towards takhtbai, rashakai ,dagai batkhela and then reaching mingora you will not feel any difficulty as the roads are in very good conditions.From islamabad you can reach to mingora in 5 hours and if you travel from peshawar to mingora then it takes about 4 hours and 30 minutes.
IN swat you can visit the kalam valley ,Miandam the lake saiful mallok ,madyan. mallamjaba, bahrain and many beautifull and adventarous places.
Malamjabba:
Malam jabba is a small hill station in the karokarom mountains. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.Malam Jabba is home to the largest ski resort in Pakistan. The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart.
Bahrain:Bahrain like malam jabba is a hill staion in swat.Bahrain is famous for its handicrafts and is a mixture of both pakhtoon and kohistanis.It is a river side station with many hotels to stay and bazaars.Its really a peacefull place to have holidays.
Kalam Valley:
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