Peshawar is a host city for many bazaars that sell various goods and souvenirs for travellers. The main bazaars are the historic Qissa Khawani Bazaar, the Copper Market, Chowk Yadgar and Andarsheher Bazaar. Due to the city's access to the Khyber Pass, the Khyber Train Safari starts from Peshawar.
The following is a list of other significant landmarks in the city that still exist in the 21st century:
General
Governor's House
Karkhano Market
Peshawar Garrison Club
Kotla Mohsin Khan – the residence of Mazullah Khan, 17th century Pashtu poet
Durrani Graveyard
Kochi Bazaar
Qissa Khwani Bazaar
Michni Check Post – last Pakistani border post before the Afghani border
Kapoor Haveli Residence of Prithviraj Kapoor – famous Bollywood actor
Forts
Bala Hisar Fort
Colonial monuments
Bara Bridge – built by Mughal rulers in 1629
Chowk Yadgar (formerly the "Hastings Memorial")
Cunningham clock tower – built in 1900 and called "Ghanta Ghar"
Victoria Memorial Hall – built in 1907 and has been transformed into the Peshawar Museum
Edwardes Mission School, Peshawar City – the residence of Yar Mohammad Khan, the last Durrani Governor of Peshawar
Buddhist
Gorkhatri – an ancient site of Buddha's alms or begging bowl, and the headquarters of Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Governor Avitabile
Pashto Academy – the site of an ancient Buddhist university
Shahji ki Dheri – the site of King Kanishka's famous Buddhist stupa. It was once the tallest stupa in India and served as the model for pagodas in China and Japan. The site is now a slum located outside the Gunj Gate of the old Walled City called Akhunabad.[43][44] The stupa was described by Chinese pilgrims in the 7th century as the tallest stupa in all India with a height of 591–689 feet.
Hindu
Panch Tirath – an ancient Hindu site with 5 sacred ponds, that has been converted into a park (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chamber of Commerce and Industry)[45]
Gor Khatri - sacred site for yogis[46] Guru Gorkhnath temple
Aasamai temple near Lady Reading Hospital (LRH)[47]
Sikh
Sikh Gurudwara at Jogan Shah
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