Recreation Spots In Rawalpindi

Ayub National Park :
Ayub National Park is located a little beyond the old Presidency on Jhelum Road. It covers an area of about 2, 300 acres and has a play-land, lake with boating facility, an aquarium and a garden-restaurant.

Rawalpindi Public Park :
Rawalpindi Public Park is locatedon Murree Road near Shamsabad. The Park was opened for public in 1991. It has a playland for children, grassy lawns, fountains grassy lawns, fountains and flowerbeds.

Museums include

Lok Virsa :
The Lok Virsa also known as the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage works towards preserving the living folk and traditional culture of Pakistan. This Folk Heritage Museum, located near Shakarparian Hills, has a large display of embroidered costumes, jewelry, woodwork, metalwork, block printing, ivory and bone work. Traditional architecture facades exhibiting such skills as fresco, mirror work, marble inlay, tile's mosaic and stucco tracery are also displayed. Lok Virsa Heritage Reference Library is equipped with resource data on ethnography, anthropology, folk music, art, history and crafts.

Pakistan Museum of Natural History :
This Museum of Natural History is located opposite the Women's College on College Road in F-7/2, Commercial Area. The Museum depicts early human history, geology, and wildlife of Pakistan. The exhibits are of particular interest to students and children.

Islamabad Museum :
Islamabad museum presents a long historic sequence of the land where Pakistan is situated today. Pakistan has been a seat of the world's leading civilizations from the time immemorial. There is plenty of evidence to support this argument now on display in Islamabad Museum. For example, 20 million years old fossil remains, 2 million years old man-made stone tools, 7000 years old early human settlements, which lead to the world famous Indus Civilization, Gandhara Grave Culture and Gandhara art, early Islamic settlement and Mughal period, their art and craft.

The Army Museum :
The Army Museum, near the Pearl Continental Hotel, houses a fine collection of weapons, uniforms and paintings depicting Pakistan's military history. Hours are 9 am to 3 pm in winter, 8 am to noon and 5.30 pm to 7 pm in summer.

Art Galleries include

Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan :
Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan also known as the Pakistan National Council of the Arts runs two art galleries. First the National Gallery which is located at House # 77, Street # 48, F-7/4, Islamabad. Here contemporary Pakistani art is on permanent display besides revolving exhibitions and paintings available for sale.

Children Art Plaza :
It is situated at # 77, School Road, F-7/4, Islamabad, where Children's art is on display and regular art classes are held for children.

Sports centers in the city include

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium :
A cricket stadium was built in 1992 just opposite the Rawalpindi Public Park. The stadium is equipped with all modern facilities.
Established: 19th January 1992
Pitch type: Grass
Floodlights: Yes
Capacity: 15000
End names: Pavilion End, Shell End
Home Team: Rawalpindi Cricket Association, Pakistan.
The stadium is equipped with all modern facilities.

Rawalpindi Golf Course :
Rawalpindi Golf Course is situated near Ayub National Park. It was completed in 1926 by Rawalpindi Golf Club, one of the oldest golf clubs of Pakistan, founded on 2nd November 1885. The facility was initially developed as a nine-hole course but after several phases of development, it is now been converted into a 27-hole course.