Photo: Eaak79 · CC BY-SA 4.0Field guides / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa / Peshawar / Shahi Bagh, Peshawar
Field guide · Nature
Peshawar
Peshawar District · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Shahi Bagh, Peshawar
The 'royal garden' of Peshawar: a 100-acre Mughal-era park beside the Arbab Niaz Stadium, long the city's meeting ground.
Shahi Bagh, 'the royal garden', in Faqirabad is one of the oldest and largest gardens of Peshawar, laid out in Mughal times and covering about 100 acres. For generations it has been the city's ground for political meetings and literary and social gatherings, and it holds the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium, the Peshawar Tennis Club and the Gymkhana cricket ground among its lawns, with a monument to the Quaid-e-Azam in the garden.
Why go
- ✦A Mughal-era royal garden of 100 acres
- ✦Peshawar's traditional meeting ground
- ✦Beside the Arbab Niaz Stadium
How to Reach
In Faqirabad, Peshawar, beside the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March.
Getting there, In Faqirabad, Peshawar, beside the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium.
Allow, An hour.
What to Do
Nearby
Straight-line distance from Shahi Bagh, Peshawar, within 5 km.
