Murree

Murree is Pakistan’s classic hill-station escape — cool air, pine slopes, colonial-era churches, old bungalows, and the lively Mall Road where families from Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Punjab come to breathe again. Founded in 1851 as a British summer retreat, it still carries that hill-town nostalgia, but today its charm is in the bustle: roasted corn, Kashmiri chai, wool shawls, weekend crowds, and misty evening walks. Ride the chair lifts at Patriata, head toward Ayubia for the Pipeline Trail through Himalayan pine forest, and continue into the Galyat — Nathiagali, Thandiani, and beyond — when you want the quieter, deeper mountain version. Come for Murree’s energy, but stay for the cool air and pine-scented escape just beyond it.