Mingora Voyage Tips and guide

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Mingora is in Northwest Pakistan.

Mingora was once a major tourist destination, described by Queen Elizabeth as the "Switzerland of the former Empire". Today, given its precarious location in a volatile area of Pakistan, it holds much less tourist appeal.

There are a limited number of domestic flights to Mingora.

• 34.81333372.3527781 Saidu Sharif Airport. (updated May 2022)

Map of Mingora

There are several Buddhist remains and carvings located around the city.

• 34.76348672.3593811 Swat Museum. Contains Gandharan statuettes and friezes depicting the lives of the Buddha, pre-Buddhist artefacts and an ethnographic gallery with traditional carved Swati furniture, jewellery and embroideries. (updated May 2022)
• 34.757172.36222 Butkara Stupa. A sacred area for Buddhism, near the city of Saidu Sharif, excavated under the name Saidu Sharif I, is, at the foot of the mountains that separate the river valley Saidu from that of the river Jambil, in the Swat District. (updated May 2022)
• Fiza Gatt Park

• Hujra Restaurant Swat, Bypass Road, ☏ +92 946 812123. (updated Aug 2018)

• Rock City Resort, Mingora Fizagat Kalam Road, ☏ +92 349 4731727. (updated Aug 2018)
• Swat Continental Hotel, Saidu Sharif Road, ☏ +92 946 711399. (updated Aug 2018)

• Charsadda
• Abottabad