Jammu has a scenic setting because it stands on the banks of River Tawi, and is situated on a hillock.Surrounded by lakes, hills and ancient temples, it has a great artistic traidtion.Jammu is the winter capital of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and is the gateway to the Kashmir Valley.Jammu is also the railhead for Srinagar.

No record is available of the History of the area before the 18th Century.According to legend, the city of Jammu was founded by Raja Jamboolochan who lived in 9th Century.Very little information is available about the succeeding regimes until Raja Ranjit Deva, Son of the Raja Dhruv Deva, a Dogra Chief of Rajput descent, proclaimed himself the ruler of the principality of Jammu in 1730 AD.In 1832 Gulab Singh merged Jammu and Kashmir into one state under the Dogra Rule, which aceeded to India in 1947.

There are Tourist Reception Offices at the Railway Station and in the Centre of the City.