Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Pakistani province of 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. Situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast, Karachi formerly served as the federal capital from 1947 to 1959. It is a major metropolitan area and is considered the country's most cosmopolitan city, being among the most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse areas, as well as one of its most progressive and socially liberal cities.
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Worth seeing in and around Karachi
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.
- 01National Museum of Pakistan
The National Museum of Pakistan is a public museum located in Karachi, Pakistan.
1.1 km · art museum and historic site in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 02Bahria Icon Tower
The Bahria Icon Tower is a skyscraper complex in the seaside municipality of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. The complex includes a 62-storey tower, which at 300 metres, is the tallest building in Pakistan.
5.7 km · Skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 03Aga Khan University
Aga Khan University is a private research university based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.
7.5 km · private university in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 04Masjid e Tooba
Masjid-e-Tooba also known as Gol Masjid, is a mosque located in the city of Karachi in Sindh province of Pakistan. It is situated near the main Korangi Road in Phase II of the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi.
0 m · mosque in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 05National Stadium
The National Stadium, officially known as the National Bank Stadium, is an international cricket ground in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is the home ground of the Karachi Kings franchise in Pakistan Super League and other domestic cricket teams of Sindh.
8.2 km · cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 06Saint Patrick's Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, and is located near the Empress Market in the Saddar locality in central Karachi.
2.5 km · cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 07Priest-King
The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, now Pakistan, in 1925 or 1926. It is dated to around 2000–1900 BC, in Mohenjo-daro's Late Period, and is "the most famous stone sculpture" of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
1.1 km · stone sculpture found at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 08Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
The Shri Swami Narayan Mandir, Karachi is a Hindu temple that is the only surviving Swami Narayan temple in Pakistan. The temple is notable for its size and frontage, over 32,306 square yards on the M. A. Jinnah Road in Karachi city.
700 m · Hindu temple in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 09Pakistan Maritime Museum
Pakistan Maritime Museum is a maritime museum and park situated near PNS Karsaz on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The main museum building is located inside the park of 11.3 ha.
8.6 km · maritime museum in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 10MCB Tower
MCB Tower, situated in Karachi, Pakistan, is the former headquarters of MCB Bank Limited. It is the fifteenth tallest building in Pakistan.
1.1 km · skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
There is a lot to see in Karachi, but the typical "tourist" sights are concentrated in the downtown district of Saddar which is fairly spread out and where there's a collection of buildings and structures of varied architectural styles. The British built a variety of private and public buildings during the British Raj from 1858 to 1947 in Karachi, many of which colonial buildings and landmarks still remain today.
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Things to do
Karachi offers a wide scope of activities; however, don't expect too much even though it's one of the world's biggest cities. Due to being on the shoreline, Karachi offers plenty of opportunities for water babies.
- 01Arena
- 02Cinemas
Karachi loves going to movies, and Karachiites flocks to cinemas every day.
- 03Dinner Cruise
Enjoy dinner on board while taking a boat ride off Karachi coastline in middle of sea.
- 04Hawke's Bay Beach.
- 05Sandspit Beach
- 06French Beach
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Where to eat
Karachi has a large number of restaurants from fast food, fast casual, casual dining to fine dining as well as several fantastic upmarket restaurants, which serve a huge and wide variety of both local and international cuisines such as (Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Arab, Korean, South Indian, etc.).
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Getting to Karachi
- Airports
- Jinnah (KHI), 16 km
- Stations
- Port of Karachi, 3.8 km · Karachi City Station, 1.4 km · Karachi Cantonment Railway Station, 3.7 km · Peoples Football Stadium, 2.2 km · PAF Base Masroor, 8.1 km
- Turbat → KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gurandani → KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Quetta → KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Karachi
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 Karachi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMost of Karachi's inhabitants rely on public transport to and from their workplace and do ride in a taxi and auto-rickshaw at least once in the city.
- Get aroundIf you are not used to Pakistani roads, an auto-rickshaw ride can be a heart-stopping, death-defying, laws-of-physics-bending.
- Get aroundRickshaws are a popular method of travelling in Karachi, they're cheap, flexible and are everywhere in the city at any time of day.
- Get aroundIf you need to travel shorter distances, go by rickshaw.
- Get aroundPregnant ladies are most strongly advised not to travel by auto-rickshaws since the combination of rash driving, poor suspensions, and horrible road conditions have quite often led to serious complications.
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Next door to Karachi
Karachi is 22 km from Malir Cantonment, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nazimabad Districtadministrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan8.4 km
- Karachi West Districtdistrict in Sindh, Pakistan4.4 km
- Karachi South Districtadministrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan1.6 km
- Baba and Bhit Islandsneighbourhood in Karachi, Karachi West6.5 km
- Lyari Townadministrative borough of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan; disbanded in 2011 and re-instated in 20152.3 km
- Saddar Townhuman settlement in Pakistan800 m