Abbottabad – My Home Town
Abbottabad as Gateway to Silk Route.
Abbottabad is a small neat and clean CITY in a spacious valley surrounded by green hills. It is a popular summer resort, located at the end of Murree-Abbottabad hill tract at a height of 1,220 meters, noted for its verdant parks, gardens, golf course and pine covered hills.
The formidable Karakorams, the enchanting Himalayas and the deadly Hindukush, can also be approached from Abbottabad. Though the importance of the city has been diminished a little by the completion of Karakoram Highway because, in the past, the only track available to reach Karakoram was through Babusar Pass, which in its turn, could only be approached through Abbottabad.
While other hill stations are deserted during winter this place has visitors due to the bracing winter. The place has beautiful gardens, Jinnah Garden, Ladies Garden and another garden maintained by the Cantonment Board. To the splendid stretch of turf with plenty of room for polo, football, hockey
and golf. At the back of the station, to the West, is the Brigade Center, ideal for walks and picnic. The Cantonment area of Abbottabad is still very British. The European bungalows, the club, the church and cemetery are still there. Abbottabad is an hour’s drive from Nathiagali, the summer capital of the North West Frontier Province, emerging steeply through beautiful valleys with trees right to the riverbed.
well wt i say abt abbotabad, its really a nice and beautiful city… wd very nice ppl… when i hv visited first time Abbotabad, i ws surprised to see dt wt a nice city it is.. and after reading dis blog i come to knw many more things abt dis city.. thanks to Abdullah to inform us… bt Abdullah i just u wanna ask wt u think abt Harri Pur Hazara… dt also very nice place which comes before Abbotabad…. very green area and very beautiful place to see… its very quite area… i love to spend my time there bt Abbotabad is also wow…. and Abdullah i think we should discuss here abt Ilyasi Masjid k Pakoray… and Chaudhary k Chappal Kabbab.. hope u hav tasted it as welll….. well Ilyasi Masjid is also a great asset of Abbotabad… hope very soon i will fine blogs on it or might b i request to Nabeel to allow me to write on it….
Ya, I like Abotabad. I lived there two years.