A week in Pakistan
Seven days across Pakistan: Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore, Multan, Bahawalpur, Ahmadpur East and Karachi. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Rawalpindi
One day in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Lok Virsa MuseumMuseum · On the map
- Pakistan Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum · 1 km on from Lok Virsa Museum · On the map
- ShakarparianPark · 0.6 km on from Pakistan Museum of Natural History · On the map
3 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines.
Day 2: Peshawar
- Peshawar MuseumMuseum · On the map
- All Saints Church, PeshawarTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Peshawar Museum · On the map
- Qasim Ali Khan MosqueMosque · 0.5 km on from All Saints Church, Peshawar · On the map
- Mohabbat Khan MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Qasim Ali Khan Mosque · On the map
- GorkhatriMuseum · 0.8 km on from Mohabbat Khan Mosque · On the map
- Kalibari Mandir, PeshawarTemple or shrine · 0.9 km on from Gorkhatri · On the map
6 stops, about 3.6 km between them in straight lines.
Day 3: Lahore
- Badshahi MosqueMosque · On the map
- Tomb of Allama IqbalMonument · 0.2 km on from Badshahi Mosque · On the map
- Moti MasjidMosque · 0.3 km on from Tomb of Allama Iqbal · On the map
- Mosque of Mariyam Zamani BegumMosque · 0.4 km on from Moti Masjid · On the map
- Suneri MosqueMosque · 0.5 km on from Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum · On the map
- Wazir Khan MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Suneri Mosque · On the map
6 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines.
Day 4: Multan
- Multan Sun TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
- Prahladpuri Temple, MultanTemple or shrine · Next to Multan Sun Temple · On the map
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-AlamMonument · 0.2 km on from Prahladpuri Temple, Multan · On the map
- shrine of Bahauddin ZakariyaTemple or shrine · 0.5 km on from Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam · On the map
- shrine of Shamsuddin SabzwariMonument · 0.8 km on from shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya · On the map
5 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines.
Day 5: Bahawalpur
One day in Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- Bahawalpur ZooZoo or aquarium · On the map
- Al-Sadiq MosqueMosque · 1 km on from Bahawalpur Zoo · On the map
- Bahawalpur MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km on from Al-Sadiq Mosque · On the map
- Gulzar MahalPalace · 1.3 km on from Bahawalpur Museum · On the map
4 stops, about 3.6 km between them in straight lines.
Day 6: Ahmadpur East
One day in Ahmadpur East, Pakistan
- tomb of Bibi JawindiArchaeological site · On the map
- Alexandria on the IndusArchaeological site · Next to tomb of Bibi Jawindi · On the map
- tomb of Baha'al-HalimTemple or shrine · Next to Alexandria on the Indus · On the map
- Shrine of NuriyaMonument · Next to tomb of Baha'al-Halim · On the map
- shrine of Jalaluddin BukhariMosque · 0.1 km on from Shrine of Nuriya · On the map
5 stops, about 0.1 km between them in straight lines.
Day 7: Karachi
- MagnifiScience CentreMuseum · On the map
- New Memon MasjidMosque · 0.6 km on from MagnifiScience Centre · On the map
- Shri Swaminarayan MandirTemple or shrine · 0.9 km on from New Memon Masjid · On the map
- Masjid e ToobaMosque · 0.7 km on from Shri Swaminarayan Mandir · On the map
- National Museum of PakistanMuseum · 1.1 km on from Masjid e Tooba · On the map
- Holy Trinity CathedralCathedral · 1.2 km on from National Museum of Pakistan · On the map
6 stops, about 4.5 km between them in straight lines.
More for Pakistan
- Things to do in Pakistan · 40 places to see, led by Mohenjo-daro and Harappa
Photo credits
- Lok Virsa Museum: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pakistan Museum of Natural History: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Shakarparian: Ahmed Sajjad Zaidi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Peshawar Museum: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Qasim Ali Khan Mosque: Wisalahmad523, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mohabbat Khan Mosque: US Embassy Pakistan, Public domain
- Gorkhatri: Tan Afridi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kalibari Mandir, Peshawar: Kashmiri, Public domain
- Badshahi Mosque: Ali Imran, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Tomb of Allama Iqbal: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Moti Masjid: Airknight, CC BY 3.0
- Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum: Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Suneri Mosque: Alichaudharyphotography, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wazir Khan Mosque: Shahbaz Aslam, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Prahladpuri Temple, Multan: Mubashirtaqi147, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam: Yaarahmadd, CC BY-SA 4.0
- shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya: Noor Hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0
- shrine of Shamsuddin Sabzwari: L.z.f.j, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Al-Sadiq Mosque: Momina Zaidi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bahawalpur Museum: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 1.0
- Gulzar Mahal: Yaarahmadd, CC BY-SA 4.0
- tomb of Bibi Jawindi: Usamashahid433, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alexandria on the Indus: World Imaging, Public domain
- tomb of Baha'al-Halim: Kumail Hasan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shrine of Nuriya: Syed Muhammad Naqvi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- shrine of Jalaluddin Bukhari: M.Zafar Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MagnifiScience Centre: Dawood Foundation, CC BY 3.0
- New Memon Masjid: A.Savin, FAL
- Shri Swaminarayan Mandir: Wheredevelsdare, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Masjid e Tooba: A.Savin, FAL
- National Museum of Pakistan: A.Savin, FAL
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: Calan, Public domain
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.