places around pune

travelzeal

hi,

I am visiting mumbai on an official trip on 30 of sept. from there i'll be going to pune on 4th of october. Can any one suggest me with the places to visit in and around Pune. I'll be there in Pune till 9 of oct..

thanks in advance.

enjoytheprocess

There are few places which you might find intersring ( yet i dunno about ur intrests for places)

1. Osho Ashram - Koregaon Park
2. Raja Kelkar Museum - Bajirao Rd, Pune City.
3. Shaniwar Wada - Pune City
4. Prabhat Film Museum - Film & TV Inst. of India, Law College Rd. (3pm to 5pm)
5. Sinhagad Fort - Sinhagad (35 km from Pune)
6. Parvati - 17th century temples and Peshwa Museum (Wil let you know about the Culture of maharashtrain 17th century & Information n maps n pics of OLD pune)
7. Mahatma Phule Museum.
8. Empress Garden, n old gothik style churches n structure also there (Pune University Area)

in short....Have a great time in Pune. :-)

travelzeal

thanks alot..
Actually i m on a vacation and I want to utilize as much as i can. There is no such preference of museums or parks or temples. N i have chosen pune for my vacation as i have heard that its a beautiful place. Apart from that i m a content writer and a travel journalist based in Delhi so plz provide me any info that u can abt the place.

Thanks alot once again
God bless

travelzeal

how far is Shirdi from pune n can i make d trip in one day.

shahronakm

Can visit Panchgani & Mahableshwar Hill stations.
Can also visit Lavasa Hill station which is under development.
http://www.lavasa.com/
Chinchoni Morachi - A Village where you find plenty of peacocks is on the road to Satara.

Ronak.

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travelzeal

thanks alot Ronak,

how can i go to Panchgani & Mahableshwar.

* are there any buses or do i have to hire a taxi.
* i'll be travelling alone so are the places safe and secondly
* how long will it take to reach there.
* wen shld i start?

Thanks again
God Bless

shahronakm

1] There are Pvt. as well as govt. buses from Pune. Taxis are also easily available.
2] Yes they are very safe.
3] Approx. 3 - 4 hrs.
4] Start just before the daylight breaks. Around 6 AM.

Ronak.

ashishkec

If you are looking for a very quiet and green place, try the backwaters of the Mulshi dam. Am not sure if its raining right now at Pune, but if it is, Mulshi can be a very pretty place. Especially the waterfalls and the lake itself. Its ideal for just being somewhere green, quiet and beautiful and reading a book. It also has a naturopathy resort called Kare, which is located on a hilltop but well, is pretty expensive

There are a couple of other resorts in Mulshi just by the lake. Since the lake is a private property, owned by the Tatas, the area is not commercial at all.

It takes around 70 minutes to drive down to Mulshi, the road is fairly good overall, with a few bad patches in between. The route is not too safe very early in the morning or late at night.

If you do plan to stay at Mulshi, book your rooms in advance as there are not too many rooms at these resorts.

enjoytheprocess

Well about shirdi = 185 km from Pune. it take 6 hrs. to reach. by bus. then around 4 hrs u have to be in que (MAX) and 6 hrs return jeourney. but u get peace of mind.. if u do believe in baba.. like me :-)

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skk

Let me add three or four other places:

1. Sambhaji Park on the other side of the Mula river, near the Deccan - nicest bhel( apart from कल्पना (Kalpana Bhel beside SP College) ) there IMO; just upriver from there would be the big hotel that ex-chief minister, Shiv Sena boss, Manohar Joshi owns.. Further up, you'll find a नीरा विक्रि केन्द्र - a little trailer where somebody sells "Nira" - a coconut-water based stuff that's difficult to find since its sale is strictly regulated for ancient laws about prohibition reasons - so I think anyway. - Its definitely not intoxicating so I assume its regulated since its a starter in the process of making तादी ({palm}toddy).

There's also a causeway across the river which you can cross if the river is low - and if you do that will take you into very old parts of Pune.

2. Peshwe Park and Saras Baag are no doubt in your frame already, since they are at the bottom of Parvati Hill.

3. Bund Gardens on the other side of the railway station - watching the river flow over the bund is fun - but the bund was broken through last I checked in 2005. There might be elephant rides there !

4. Keeping going that side of the city and you come to येरावडा (Yerawada)prison. The architecture is pretty forbidding - People like Savarkar and Ambedkar who were important political figures in the Independence thang were imprisoned there. In contrast, Gandhi was interned at the Aga Khan palace, also in Pune. Go figure.

4. You'll no doubt be in the "Camp" area - NOT an area for gays ! its where the Raj's soldiers and officers originally "camped". The Cantonment | Camp area has changed drastically IMO because of the whole Rajneesh thing, but so it goes - Enjoy that too.

Have a great time - more as I recall other oddball non touristy things.

-skk

Soubir

travelzeal,

You can also visit the Lonavala and Khandala hill stations which are infact very near to Pune and can be covered within one day. There are one dam called Bhushi as well as lakes. There are local trains going to Lonavala and also taxi operators who can take you there as a package. Ping back if you need more inputs.

nayan

Why has no one mentioned the ancient buddhist caves?

1. Karla caves
2. bedsa caves
3. Bhaja caves

http://www.travelmasti.com/domestic/...htra/karla.htm

hermetic

You can visit Harihareshwar,5 hrs from pune. It has got a couple of good beaches.You can go enroute Mulshi -Tahminighat which is quite beautiful.
Pune as a city is very dusty now and has nothing special to offer. BTW Matheran is another good option for a Hill Station.

shahronakm

One more nice resort with pvt. waterfall
http://www.mavalsrushti.com/
Rooms & food is strictly O.K. but nature wise it's excellent. The waterfall is too good. But it's only seasonal during monsoons. It can also be visited as one day trip but advance booking is needed.

Ronak.