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Mardan
City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Mardan

Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Plan a trip to Mardan→From Peshawar

Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a fast growing city that experienced a population boom in the latter half of the 20th century.

Get in

Getting to Mardan

There's only a limited number of trains to Mardan. However, the nearby town of Nowshera is located along the main railway line connecting Peshawar with the rest of the country.

  1. 01
    Mardan Junction

    Travelling by bus is very common and there are numerous daily departures from most Pakistani cities to Mardan.

  2. 02
    Naway Adda

    Most, but not all, long-distance routes arrives here.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Takht-i-Bahi

    Exceptionally well-preserved ancient Buddhist monastery dating back to the Indo-Parthian Kingdom.

  2. 02
    Mardan Museum
  3. 03
    Bacha Khan Monument

    Dedicated to Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun freedom fighter and independence activist against British colonial rule in India known for his nonviolent opposition and lifelong pacifism.

  4. 04
    Guides Memorial

    Built in 1892 to honour fallen soldiers who fought during the 1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul.

Eat

Where to eat

A number of newly opened restaurants provide local and international dishes at good prices.There are a number of new restaurants and cafes like "The Bakery Cafe", Italian Pizza, Sheliton Hotel, Pizza Hut, Royal Hotel and Marhaba Bakery.The special Badayoni Paira of Mardan are famous all over the region.All of these cafes are located on Nowshera Road.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Muhmmad hashim (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.