Journey From Murree to Ayubia: Introduction of Places On the Way to Ayubia

Ayubia is located at a height of about 8000 feet from sea level and is a well know tourist place in Galyat region lying in district and tehsil Abbottabad KPK. Ayubia chairlift is one of the key attraction fro the tourists visiting this beautiful scenic place. Tall ever green trees, cold breeze, high mountains and hills, eye catching and appealing water slides and heaven like scenes of Ayubia and its surrounding places make it a prime choice of people looking to spend some quality time during their holidays.
There are two main ways through which you can travel towards Ayubia. One is to travel via Murree and the other is to travel via Abbottabad--Nathia gali.
In this post, I am going to talk about different places that will come on your way while travelling from Murree to Ayubia.

Sunny Bank:

Sunny Bank is located on Murree Ayubia road and is at about 1 KM distance from Main Murree. Sunny Bank has a small market where you can buy eatables and also enjoy a cup of tea or some desi dhaba food.

Abbasi hospital is also located in Sunny Bank which provides basic medical facilities to the locals. This is a privately owned hospital. A medical store is also there from where medicines and cosmetic items can be bought.

Kuldana:

Kuldanna is the next stop after Sunny bank when travelling towards Ayubia. From Kuldanna theere are two roads. One road leads to Jhika gali, Mohra Shareef which is used to travel towards Bhurban, Dewal, Kashmir, Bakote, Birote etc. The other straight road is followed when going towards Ayubia.

Army School of Logistics is located in Kuldanna. Kuldanna market is very small and mostly auto-mechanic shops are there in Kuldana market.

Darya Gali:

Darya Gali and Ratti gali are the two nearby places from where you can enjoy scenic views of different areas of Murree hills. 

Usmania Mosque is located in Ratti Gali which is the only notable landmark of this place.

Kaali Mitti:

Kali Mitti (which means black soil) is another market area on Murree-Ayubia road. Kali Mitti market has several small shops from where local people buy daily use items. 

A private school Pak Children Academy Kaali Mitti is a known institute of this area where a large number of students are currently being educated.

Barian:

Barian is one of the biggest and most busy bazaar of Murree--Ayubia road strip. Barian bazar has several restaurants, bakeries and different types of shops. People from all nearby places including Masoot, Surjaal, Seer, Palak, Darwaza etc. use this market as their shopping point.

A link road from Barian links Seer areas to Murree Ayubia road.  Link Roads also connect Masoot and Surjaal areas to Barian.

Khaira Gali:

Khaira gali is located in District Abbottabad and is the first main bazar of hazara region once you enter Hazara from Murree side. There is one post office, Civil Hospital and also a branch of National Bank in Khaira gali. 

All regions of Palak, Nergol, Jandala and Chamb Darwaza connect to Khaira gali through various link roads.

Union Council Palak office is also located in Khaira gali.   

Changla Gali:

Changla Gali is a known tourist place which is at a height of above 8500 feet. Hotel LeGrand and Hotel Daisy Dot are the two well known hotels in Changla Gali. 

Kutta Rorh is a well known sight seeing place near Changla Gali from where you can enjoy great views of different villages and hilly places of the region.

Kuza Gali:

When you reach Kuza gali, you are just 3 to 4 Km away from Ayubia. From Kuza gali, direct road leads to Nathia gali while other road takes you towards Ayubia.

Nakra, Chamb, Ryali and Farooq e Azam Morh are the nearby places from Kuza Gali.