Karachi

Karachi - the biggest city of the country (the 5-8 million population), combining quarters of skyscrapers and ancient houses. It is the former capital of Pakistan (Karachi was capital from the beginning of independence of Pakistan in 1947 till 1959), the biggest seaport and country industrial centre. Also Karachi is capital of province Синдх (Sindh)

Is better to go to begin with on survey of Mausoleum Куайди Азама (Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum).Этот the monument is devoted the founder of Pakistan to Mohammed Ali Dzhinnu. The Mosque of the Society of National Protection from white marble is very beautiful. Its unique dome is considered the greatest in the world. Also it is necessary to visit the Honeymoon House - the birthplace Aha Кхана.

Englishmen also have brought the contribution to architecture of a city in the form of the Cathedral of the Sacred Trinity and Sacred Andrey's Church. In a city there is a zoo. It is curious to visit зороастрийские Silence Towers in which traditionally left bodies died on eating up to Egyptian vultures.

Саддар (Saddar) - the central area of a city multioccupied, fussing and noisy from transport and numerous markets. On a market it is possible to buy carpets, a skin and furs, purses and bags from a snake skin, silk scarfs and products of a national craft. In this area set of cheap restaurants and hotels of a class "budget".

Southern area of a city, Clifton, vacation spot of present rich men and the former British resort. Now it is a refined coastal resort, but public beaches of Clifton (Clifton Beach) and Manorsky island (Manora Island) are now deserted and thrown. Also in Clifton there are beaches Сандспит (Sandspit), Соммиани (Sommiani) and Сокс Бэй (Hawks Bay).

Necessarily it is necessary to visit large archaeological museum Моенджодаро to the south from Ларканы (province Синдх) where excavation of an Old Indian civilisation and tomb Чаукунди is conducted.

In Karachi there is also the National museum having valuable archaeological and ethnographic collections.