Peshawar Things to Do Tips by filipdebont

Bala-Hisar Fort
The Mongol Emperor Babar built this fort in the 16th century.
In 1818 the Sikh King Ranjit Singh rebuilt it, later on it was used by the
British soldiers and now it is the headquarter of the Pakistan army. That is the reason it can't be visited, you must be satisfied with a view from
outside.

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On the West Side of Chowk Yadgar you can see the moneychangers, you can see them sitting on their small carpets, a big safe behind them and armed with
a mini calculator. They can change all kind of money, however it is illegal, so I believe it is better to go to a bank for changing.

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Qissa Khawani Bazaar

The old city was enclosed with a wall and sixteen gates, the most famous gate was the Kabuli gate but nowadays only the name remains the gate is gone. It was the gate of the Qissa Khawani Bazaar, the famous Storytellers bazaar, before this was a camping site for Caravans and soldiers, where professional storytellers recited ballads and tales of war and love. I passed in this street, I did not see any storytellers, and maybe they are gone same as the gate. But I did see some guys repairing engines on the side walk.

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The Khyber bazaar, is full of doctors, dentist and lawyers, you just can't
miss the dentist as you can see their big billboards where they are advertising with giant dentures. This is also the departure place for the busses to the Khyber Pass and Kohat.

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Ander Sher Bazaar

In this street you find all the Gold and jewellery shops.

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Cunningham Clock Tower

If you walk East coming from Chowk Yadgar you pass some fruit shops, further in this street you'll see the Cunningham Clock Tower, this Clock Tower was built in 1900, to honour the diamond jubilee of Reign of the English queen, The Empress of India', Queen Victoria. Cunningham was a former governor.

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The Meena -bazaar (for the ladies) is the place to be if you want to buy
beadings, trimming en embroderies. This is also the place to be if you want to buy the traditional Pakistan dress, a burqa, these burqa's are offered in
different colours.

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Further on this street is called Sethi-street because most of the old houses belong to the family Sethi, one of the oldest merchant families in the city.

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The old houses are big and have a balcony. The magnificent sculptured wooden doors lead towards the big courtyards and towards the deep cellars - 15 meters under the ground - in order to cool their goods.

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Another picture of the beautiful old houses in Sethi street.

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