PULSE MAGAZINE LONDON Issue 3 Spring 2014 | Page 25

OUR PLANET ~ INDIA~ TRAVEL COOL RETREATS GULMARG Welcome to Gulmarg the hill resort with magical meadows and mountains. Then natural beauty of Gulmarg has attracted tourists since long. In fact the hill resort of Gulmarg literally means "the meadow of flowers". The snow-clad peaks and the lovely landscapes of Gulmarg have provided background for several Bollywood ventures. The slopes of Gulmarg make it Asia’s only heli-skiing resort. There are immense beauty and adventure activities that make Gulmarg much more than a cool hill resort. British discovered the hill resort of Gulmarg in 1927 during their colonial rule in India. Tourism Office: Tourism Department, Gulmarg Mobile: [phone] Tel No: +91 01954 254487,254439 BEAUTY VALLEY OF FLOWERS A paradise on earth and home to over 300 species of wild flowers, the Valley of Flowers offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to naturalist and nature enthusiasts. The Valley of Flowers was introduced to the world by Frank S. Smythe, mountaineer, explorer, botanist, who camped here for several weeks in the monsoon of 1937 and did valuable exploratory work. He authored a book called The Valley of Flowers which unveiled the beauty and floral splendours of the valley and thus threw open the doors of this verdant jewel to nature-enthusiasts all over the world. In 1939, Miss Margarate Legge, a botanist deputed by the botanical gardens of Edinburgh arrived at the valley for further studies; she lies buried here Tourism Office: Nanda Devi National Park Forest Division, Joshimath, Uttarakhand E-mail: [email protected]