Murree

Murree includes the parts of the Margalla Hills around Islamabad and was the summer capital of the Punjab Province of British India until 1864 and today the hill station is a popular getaway destination for Islamabad’s populace. Murree Sanitarium as it was initially known, was selected because of its climate to serve as recuperation area for British troops and was one of the several such hill stations established in the foothills of Himalayas across the Indian subcontinent. The region of Murree is called “the Queen of the Hills” for its scenic beauty and fascinating greenery. Nature in its full bounty is found scattered over every inch of the graceful hills and the lovely valleys. Beautiful verdant mountains overhung by pines and oaks, bubbling with gurgling springs, crisscrossed by rivulets, dotted with sprawling velvet-carpeted lawns and orchards with fruit laden trees, present the spectacle of a paradise on earth.