Lahore

Mughal grandeur at full scale — the Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort face each other across a UNESCO-listed old city famous for food streets and Sufi shrines.

Food Street in the old city is the place for dinner, under the floodlit mosque. The Wagah border ceremony is a short drive out and a spectacle of its own; the Lahore Museum holds Gandhara-era Buddhist art.