Rawalpindi
Worth seeing in and around Rawalpindi
10 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.
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- 03International Islamic University Islamabad
Public university in Islamabad, Pakistan
6.9 km · Wikipedia - 04
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- 06National University of Sciences and Technology
Public university, established in March 1991, with main campus in Islamabad, Pakistan and other satellite campuses in different cities of Pakistan
7.6 km · Wikipedia - 07
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Rawalpindi
- Airports
- Islamabad (ISB), 21 km · Bacha Khan (PEW), 148 km · Srinagar (SXR), 165 km
- Stations
- Benazir Bhutto International Airport, 5.2 km · PAF Base Nur Khan, 5.2 km · Islamabad railway station, 7.4 km · Rawalpindi Railway Station, 700 m · Dhamial Army Airbase, 4.3 km
- Peshawar → Rawalpindi143 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ₨1,350–1,790
- Sialkot → Rawalpindi185 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · ₨1,600–2,130
- Faisalabad → Rawalpindi243 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · ₨2,370–3,170
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rawalpindi
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 Rawalpindi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIslamabad is well situated for day trips and weekend trips to nearby cities and attractions.
- Go nextKetas Temples and the Khewra Salt mines makes for a pleasant day trip - the Salt Mines are good to visit in the summer as a place to escape the punishing heat of the salt range.
- Go nextRohtas Fort 2-hour drive south of Islamabad off the GT road - enormous old fort that makes for a great day trip from Islamabad.
- Go nextPeshawar can be visited in a long day trip - about 2½ hours on the motorway - visit the museum, have lunch, then go for a guided wander around the old town before heading back to Islamabad.
- Go nextminivan from G-9 markaz for Rs 700 (2025)), from there take a shared taxi to the border.
From Wikivoyage: Islamabad, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is 14 km from Islamabad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gawalmandihuman settlement in Pakistan1.8 km
- I-10, Islamabadhuman settlement in Pakistan5.6 km
- Satellite Town, Rawalpindihuman settlement in Pakistan4.4 km
- Khurram Colonyhuman settlement in Pakistan5.3 km
- Shakrialhuman settlement in Pakistan6.3 km
- Civil Lines, Faisalabadhuman settlement in Pakistan1.8 km