Don’t Forget To Explore 6 Beautiful Parks In Lahore For Families

During your Lahore visit, you want to discover every single best thing about this city including gardens and parks. When it comes to spending quality time with your family, you always plan to visit a park where you and your family can have a fun time. 

Thankfully, Lahore is the biggest city that offers you a wide variety of parks to explore for. From the largest park of Lahore “Gulsh-e-Iqbal” to the most famous garden “Shalimar”, you can find tons of amazing places. Today, I’m going to share details of six beautiful parks in Lahore where you can go and enjoy yourself with your families.

The GREATER Iqbal Park

When it’s your first-time discovering Lahore, you always head to Minar-e-Pakistan. This famous spot also lets you wander here and there in the biggest park space of 320 acres. Yes, I’m talking about Greater Iqbal park. You can arrange a family picnic there. Taking a picture with Minar-e-Pakistan in the back is something you would always love to share on your social media accounts.

The Greater Iqbal park unlocks a magical fountain show in the evening for its guests. It also offers a very large playground for children who want to engage in outdoor activities. You can taste the spiciest Gol-gappa/ Pani-Puri from the canteens located in this park.

Located at Lt. Col Sajid Mushtaq Shaheed Road, The Greater Iqbal park offers you an amazing place to have a very relaxing time with your family. You can book hotels in Lahore near Minar-e-Pakistan. As far as nearest restaurants are concerned, you can have many different spots to choose from such as The Poet, Shahi Bithak, Cooco’s Den, Bandu Khan, and Haveli Restaurant.

Jilani Park

Located at Jail Road, this park lets you step into an ultimate beautiful place that showcases greenery, colorful flower arrangements, and an artificial waterfall.  This garden has a wide variety of flowers such as tall sunflowers, tulips, daisies, and pink orchids.

Before it was named Jilani Park, it was recognized as Race Course park. The story behind this name is simple. Every year, this park is used to arrange horse race competitions. If you are interested in this race, you can better check the calendar to find out when exactly you can join.

People love to visit Jilani park due to its polo ground, long jogging track, and fountains. If you want to relax your mind and soul, this park is certainly the best destination for your family.

In case you are searching for some amazing food deals, you can find them in Covo Restaurant, Cafe Reload and Cock N Bull.

Wild Life Park

If you are interested in adventure and wildlife discovery, the best place for you in Lahore is Lahore Wildlife Park. This 242-acres park has many attractions for its visitors. The first attraction of the place is getting a chance to see common pheasant, emu, Indian peafowl, Bengal tiger, a pair of lions, ostrich, mute swan, and silver pheasant.

This park was open to the general public in 1981 and since then it became the best tourist attraction in Lahore. The second thing that makes it an amazing park to discover is the fishing and boating activities in its lake.

Besides, you would check the safari tracks of Bengal tires and lions in a large area of around 80 acres.

Shalimar Garden

When it comes to the most famous park in Lahore, you can simply visit Shalimar Garden, located at G.T. Road. The reason behind its popularity is that this park was built was Shah Jahan -The Mughal Emperor in 1642.

The first attraction of this park is the amazing architectural design of the space. It is decorated with fascinating terrace structures, minarets, fountains, and other whimsical features. International tourists book hotels in Lahore and then they head to Shalimar Garden.

Lawrence Garden

Another beautiful Lahore park that offers a combination of nature and tranquility is Lawrence garden. It is spread over 141 acres. This botanical garden is inspired by the Kew Gardens of London. Inside this park, you will find a beautiful mosque, Gymkhana, Cricket ground, and Quaid-e-Azam Library.

Jallo Park 

This Lahore park is spread over 460 acres and is located at Bhagwanpura, Jallo road. It is very famous among kids because they can enter an amusement park. Everyone starts their tour from the Butterfly house and then does fishing and boating.

There are tons of activities you can involve in such as sports and cycling. It is one of the three best Wildlife parks in Lahore. Tourists can book some hotels near this Park and enjoy a restful night's sleep after a full day of fun at this amusement park.

As far as food is concerned, you will find a wide variety of menus because top-class restaurants such as Fujiyama, Haveli, Andaaz, and Spice Bazar are there.