Excited visitors at Syed Waseem Shah’s igloo cafe in Gulmarg.
SRINAGAR: The warmth of a cup of Kashmiri kahwa never felt more inviting than inside Syed Waseem Shah s igloo café in the middle of a Gulmarg meadow blanketed in snow.
As the Covid-induced gloom lifts on leisure travel, this 22ft wide and 13ft tall igloo standing adjacent to the Kolahoi Green Heights resort in Kashmir s trekking and skiing hub has been a crowd-puller in tourism s comeback season.
Shah s igloo café is inspired by similar attractions in the icier parts of Europe such as Switzerland and Austria. What s different is that it is the only one of its kind in the country, although places like Manali in Himachal Pradesh do offer igloo stays.