Plan a trip to Pakistan

Places to see in Pakistan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  TaxilaUNESCO

  Ruins · Punjab

  Taxila, historically known as Takshashila [Takṣaśilā (तक्षशिला)—The capital of Takṣa.], is a city and a World Heritage Site in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, of Modern-day Pakistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: not stated (CC BY-SA 1.0). Map

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  Lahore FortUNESCO

  شاہی قلعہ

  Fort · Punjab

  The Lahore Fort is a citadel in the Walled City of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City and is spread over an area greater than 20 hectares. It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of emperor Akbar.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Rohaan Bhatti (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Rohtas FortUNESCO

  Fort · Punjab

  Rohtas Fort is a 16th-century fortress located near the city of Dina in Jhelum district of the Punjab province, Pakistan. Commissioned by Sur emperor Sher Shah Suri, its construction was supervised by Raja Todar Mal and is now one of the largest and most formidable forts in Punjab.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hussain Khalid (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Takht-i-BahiUNESCO

  تخت بھائی بدھ خانقاہ

  Ruins · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  Takht-i-Bahi, is an Indo-Parthian archaeological site of an ancient Buddhist monastery in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The site is considered among the most important relics of Buddhism in all of what was once Gandhara.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Asif Nawaz (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Makli NecropolisUNESCO

  Ruins · Sindh

  Makli Necropolis is one of the largest funerary sites in the world, spread over an area of 10 kilometres near the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The site houses approximately 500,000 to 1 million tombs built over the course of a 400-year period.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Usman.pg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Shalamar GardensUNESCO

  شالامار باغ

  Garden · Punjab

  The Shalamar Gardens are a Mughal garden complex besides Baghbanpura, located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The 17th-century gardens date from the period of the Mughal Empire, and are now one of country's most popular tourist destinations.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Muhammad Ashar (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• Mohenjo-daroUNESCO

  Ruins · Sindh

  Mohenjo-daro is an archaeological site in the Larkana District of Sindh, Pakistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Karachi

  کراچی

  City · Sindh

  Karachi is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 11th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bilalhassan88 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Islamabad

  اسلام آباد

  City · Islamabad Capital Territory

  Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory — with a metropolitan population of over 2.3 million.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Tahsin Shah (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lahore

  لاہور

  City · Punjab

  Lahore is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 27th largest in the world, with a population of over 14 million.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lime.adeel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  K2

  乔戈里峰 کے ٹو

  Mountain · Xinjiang

  K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Zacharie Grossen (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Peshawar

  پشاور‎

  City · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  Peshawar is the capital and the largest city in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the eighth-most populous Pakistani city, with a population of over 1.9 million.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mohammed Ahmed Arsalan Khan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map