One's destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things.

A new road to Murree have been constructed , that is bit more smooth and comfortable. Its a motorway that would lead you straight to the Murree from where one can have further drive to Nathiagali, Bhourbon, patriata and other all galliat., scattered in the mountains.  A new motorway is under construction towards Muzzafarabad Azad Kashmir. That can provide certain more comfortable drive to the tourists that do want to visit the beautiful vallies of Kashmir and also to the residents of Muzafarabad. There is very gloomy side of these beautiful mountains. Some of them are near to decay coz of cutting trees. It looks very unpleasant.Govt of Pakistan have taken some steps to preserve the natural beauty of the Murree hills. But when there comes business then all other aspects of life are being ignored. What is Natural beauty......No one cares for that.....Why not one should make hotels without any proper planning and why not to make rush on such beautiful hills.....

Partriata is a hill station in Northern Punjab , situated about 25km from Murree, Pakistan. Its also known as New Murree.   Story behind the word " PATRIATA" : According to the locals there was an English tourist who came to see the natural beauties of this area, but he didn't knew the name of the place. In a way he met an old lady carrying a sack of flour on her head. He asked her what is the name of this place. An old lady was tired with the burden of sack, she ask him to help her by saying " PUTAR ATTA". ( "PUTAR" is a panjabi word which mean a son and "ATTA" is an urdu word which mean flour" The man smile and said thank you. He took the name of the area as "PUTERATTA" Later on it becomes "PATRIATA". Patriata now becomes one of the famous summer destination in Pakistan. It is famous not only for its natural scenery but basically it is famous for its chairlift and cable car system. For the first time...

Patriata's main tourist attraction is chairlift and cable car system. The climate is bit pleasant in summers. Here chairlifts and cable cars are used for the transportation to the highest point. Total ride is about 7km long. It is completed in two steps. In first step you would get chairlift ride and in second step would be cable car ride.I was a bright sunny day when i visited Patriata. The bountiful beauties of nature were giving a very pleasant feelings. On ground level, between foothills, one can get return ticket for chairlift plus cable car, which nowadays is Rs.260/. Chairlift ride takes the visitors to the mid of the hill, where they are transferred to the cable cars, which took them to the patriata hill top. During the ride one can get some of most magnificent and memorable natural views. Some of the most breath taking scenes can be viewed. There is a densely forested area. Monkeys and leopards are supposed to be there but unfortunately i have seen non of them...

Patriata cable car system is considered to be the safest system in pakistan. Its only in Partiata, where cable cars are installed for the tourists in Pakistan.It would take you to patriata hill top in two stages. In first one chairlift took you to the mid of the hill where transported to cable cars and then cable cars finally took you to the top of hill, where one can get panoramic view of the valley. There is also patriata bazar at the top where one can get some souvenir stuff.

In Patriata, local handicrafts are available under Punjab small industries corporation. These handicrafts are available at a very reasonable prices. There were different kinds of local embroidery purses with sequin and lot of shinny and colorful ornamental stuff over there each purse thus were giving a very traditional Pakistani look along with some ready to wear dresses and jewelry stuff. A specific dress materiel known as ( KADAR) in local terms. KADAR ready to wear shirts were available.Typical traditional lengas with traditional embroidery for small girls were hanging. There were beautiful fur coats for kidz.   Different kinds of jewelry boxes made by shells. There was a shop of antique jewelery, where different designes of local pots for decorations along with beautiful hangings. Shwals were hanging on the display on road sides, given colorful look.These shwals are available in almost every stores. Colourful umbrellas, caps and other stuff for kids were on disp...