Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur is a city in Punjab, Pakistan.
Bahawalpur is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 13th most populous city of Pakistan and 8th most populous of Punjab. Bahawalpur is the capital of Bahawalpur Division.
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Worth seeing in and around Bahawalpur
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Noor Mahal
The Noor Mahal is a historic royal palace located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed in the 1870s by the princely state of Bahawalpur, and served as the residence and workplace of the Nawab.
2.3 km · palace in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 02Bahawal Stadium (Dring Stadium)
The Dring Stadium, also known as Bahawal Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is often used for cricket and football.
1 km · stadium in Bahawal, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 03Islamia University of Bahawalpur
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, formerly known as Jamia Abbasia, is a public university located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the only government university within the division, offering standard education both practical and theoretical.
800 m · public university in Bahawal Pur, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 04Bahawalpur Central Library
The Bahawalpur Central Library, also known as Sadiq Reading Library, is a public library in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the second largest library in the province of Punjab.
500 m · library in Bahawalpur, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 05Darbar Mahal
Darbar Mahal is a palace in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was built to hold courtly events and government offices of the former princely state of Bahawalpur.
1.6 km · palace in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 06Bahawalpur Museum
The Bahawalpur Museum was established in the year 1976 for the purpose of preserving and showcasing the historical and cultural heritage of the area. As of May 2015, the director of the museum is Muhammad Zubair Rabbani.
600 m · Museum in Bahawalpur, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 07Al-Sadiq Mosque
Al-Sadiq Mosque is the principal congregational mosque of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. Nearly 60,000 people can pray in the mosque at a time.
900 m · mosque in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 08Bahawalpur Zoo
Bahawalpur Zoo, established in 1942, is a 25-acre zoological garden in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is managed by the Government of Pakistan.
800 m · zoo in Bahawalpur, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 09Gulzar Mahal
Gulzar Mahal is a palace in the city of Bahawalpur, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The palace has been leased by the armed forces since 1966, and is currently not open to the general public.
1.3 km · palace in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bahawalpur Museum
- 02Darbar Mahal
Advance permission from the Army is required to visit the Darbar Mahal.
- 03Bahawalpur Zoo
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Things to do
Bahawalpur Golf course Derawar Fort is a beautiful desert tourist place for safari. It runs the off-road Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally or also known as "TDCP Cholistan Jeep Rally". The rally starts near the Derawar Fort in Ahmadpur East Tehsil.
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Getting to Bahawalpur
- Airports
- Multan (MUX), 93 km · Faisalabad (LYP), 253 km
- Stations
- Bahawalpur International Airport, 6.2 km · Bahawalpur railway station, 3.2 km · Admwahan railway station, 9.2 km · Adamwahan Bridge railway station, 3.9 km · Baghdad railway station, 4.6 km
- Multan → Bahawalpur91 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · ₨720–960
- Faisalabad → Bahawalpur262 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · ₨2,450–3,270
- Lahore → Bahawalpur351 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · ₨3,180–4,240
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bahawalpur
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bahawalpur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAhmadpur Sharqia Hasilpur Khairpur Tamiwali Yazman Cholistan Desert of Bahawalpur - You can make an interesting excursions from Bahawalpur, a half day trip (no four-wheel drive vehicle required) to Derawar Fort (Qila Derawar), through the semi-desert of Cholistan.
- Go nextThe few people of the desert dig artificial wells in the troughs between the sand hills and use camels to draw the water up.
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Next door to Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur is 46 km from Jalalpur Pirwala, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.