Besham

thumb|Besham is a city to stay for tourist who want to head to Hunza or Gilgit. 200px|thumb|right|Map of the Karakorum Highway Besham (Urdu, ; also known as Besham Qila) is a city in the Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Indus River (locally known as Abasin), Besham serves as a major junction on the Karakoram Highway, that connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab with Gilgit-Baltistan, and crosses over into China's Xinjiang. Besham is also the eastern terminus of the under-construction E90 expressway, which will connect the city westward with Khwazakhela in Swat District. Besham is located around east of Swat, north of Rawalpindi-Islamabad, and northeast of the provincial capital, Peshawar.

Historically, the place has been home to many Buddhist hermit as well as ancient historical sites. Besham was previously a part of the State of Swat and then Swat District, until the creation of Shangla District on 10 July 1995.