manipal??

chinmayie

Does anybody know any good place to stay in manipal? I have been there once but didn’t really stay there. Have heard that it’s great place to party... So planning to go there after spending a couple of days in gokarna.

2cents

Partying in Manipal seems like a nice way to ease back into civilisation after couple of days spent in Gokarna!
Sphynx , the iconic nightclub in Manipal, has been extensively renovated in the last couple of years. I guess Saturday night is still the best time to go there.
I stayed at Hotel Krishna Leela the last couple of times while in Manipal (about 2 years now) and I found the place to be pretty clean and conveniently located. They have a Coffeday and Pizza Corner or Dominoes outlet downstairs.

chinmayie

i have heard that booze is cheap there but how expensive is stay there?

2cents

Other than Valley View , the only star rated hotel in Manipal, the other hotels and lodges have tariff ranging from about Rs. 200 - Rs 1200.

This is the latest set of hotel tariff rates I found online :-

Name of the Hotel
Phone No. / E-mail / Website
Tariff

Rs.

01
Valley View International, Manipal
0820-2571101

vvhotel@rediffmail.com

Cell: 9448121846 (Mr Damodhar)
1,050/- 4,000/-

02
Hotel Ashlesh , Manipal
0820-2572824
325/- 1,000/-

03
Hotel Royal International, Manipal
0820-2572937 / 2571584

Cell: 9343160466 (Vishwanath Shetty)

hotelroyalmpl@yahoo.com

www.udupipages.com/hotel/royal.htmi
200/- 500/-

04
Janani Hotel, Manipal
0820-2570529
180/- 230/-

05
Hotel Bhavani, Manipal
0820-2572057
120/- 450/-

06
Hotel Shri Krishna Leela, Manipal
0820-2574303
300/- 1,050/-

07
Hotel Shanthala, Manipal
0820-2572920
200/- 300/-

08
Hotel Lake View, Manipal
0820-2570100
225/- 600/-

09
Baliga Hotel, Manipal
0820-2573311
200/- 300/-

10
Hotel Sushama, Manipal
0820-2575441
200/- 250/-

chinmayie

Wow! That’s really helpful. Thank you so much. I think I would just go there and then decide where to stay (after looking at the place) I don’t think it’s difficult to get a place there…

2cents

That would be the best way to go about deciding on a place to stay. Except during the admissions or convocation time, room availability wouldn't be an issue. A lot of hotels/lodges are located opposite the engineering college ( M.I.T). You can walk down that stretch of road and check them out.

kalumama

Nice spot to go for fun would be Kaup Light House during evening.
It has a wonderful historic on huge rocks in the beach.
Lot of students from Manipal come there for an evening drink.
Its my native village but always find it magical.

chinmayie

i will go there for sure!

roccstar2

Hey if your in Manipal and the Udupi area and your interested in trekking there's loads of place to see and go to!

My favorite place is a little town called Hebri which is about an hour from Manipal by bus. From here take a rick or taxi and ask them to take you to Kuddle Theerta, this a beautiful waterfall and though its a pretty hard trek getting to it, its worth it! (At this time when the monsoon has just started there will be a lot of water and a lot of leeches!)

There's also a nature camp in Hebri but its not really that great.. nothing exciting but its very peaceful and there's lodging available too.

If you wanna go further out you should go to Agumbe, which is basically a town on top of a mountain and leads to the Shimoga district, its not too far from Manipal about 2 hours by bus. The ride up to Agumbe is really sweet because it climbs up a huge mountain with steep roads and has 13 hairpin bends. Oh the view is beautiful from here and all I ever do is stare out of the bus the whole ride.

There are a lot of other things to do in Agumbe, but I haven't had the time or people to manage to visit those places yet. When I do I will post up again.

Maybe I'll do something like that when I get back to Udupi on the 7th of next month!

Peace and enjoy your stay in Manipal

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