Pune and Around

i am in Pune now and want to visit some of the places of interests. tomorrow i am heading to Jejuri [ Khandoba Temple].Stay over night there or come back to Pune. I want to move finally towards Goa and i have about 7 days. Plz suggest where should i visit on my way to Goa? How about Gokarna, Malwan,Ratnagiri etc.

sat

Visit Ganpatipule enroute to Goa. You could also visit Murud Janjira but it is more closer to Mumbai.
In Pune do not forget to try out Kayani's / Royal 's Shrewsberry Biscuits.
Also Chitale's Bakarwadi

Gokarna,Malwan & Ratnagiri are good options if u're thinking of moving to Goa. Goa would be an off-period as it becomes really hot this time of the year. If u wanna hang around Pune then we could meet up. I'm a native here, feel free to PM me. There're no. of interesting places to hang around. One of the things u could do is come to IUCAA, it's an open science day & I'm vounteering there.

Good morning/evening to all,
Just to brief if there are people who might come to the IUCAA open science day or something it's a 1-day event starting from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at night. We're expecting somewhere between 6-10k people to show up. If possible would post some of the pics. of IUCAA buildings as well as some pics. of moon through telescope or something.

hello jivan.thanks for invisiting me to the meetup. Also thanks for being so helpful.
But not hearing soon from u guys i took a overnight Volvo bus to Goa now i am in Vagatore beach. its damn hot out there so i am chilling in this cyber cafe.
let me know what i should do in Goa as i dont have a guidebook.
In the evening i am going to calangute each
reply soon
satish

safz look up the link http://www.indiamike.com/india/forumdisplay.php?f=23 for all u'r goan needs. as far as pune is concerned these threads would've been helpful if u had looked before :-
http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?t=16065
http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?t=21162 as well as
http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?t=14572 especially
http://www.trekshare.com/members/sirensongs photoblog with planet pune.
Hope u find this helpful. Guys/everybody we need to make a sticky of pune, anyone game?

Request suggestions on places to visit around Pune

Bhimashankar and Mahabaleshwar come immediately to mind.

In this "monsoon" season, there are several forts around Pune such as Purandar, Sinhagad, Torna etc which will be worth a trip.

Pune members can give you more info.

I also just remembered Morachi Chincholi, about 60km from Pune. Its a small rural village full of wild peacocks. The villagers protect them as they associate these birds with their local deity. They are all over the place, in the fields, on tree tops, roof tops, everywhere. Or at least they were in 2004 when I was there.

The route is along the Pune Ahmednagar road. After Koregaon Bhima [interesting old cenotaph here on the riverbanks] go upto Shikrapur and look out for the signs, or ask for the road to Morachi Chincholi. This was a bad road in 2004. There is a better road if you go on the Nagar highway all the way upto Shirur and then take the Malthan route to Morachi Chincholi. We took this route on the way back, being a much better road surface.

There is reportely, a similar place in Tamil Nadu - full of protected wild peacocks, Virulimalai or something like that. Not sure.

Maharashtra has lots to offer. do check http://amitkulkarni.info/pics/

Have a look at Ravine Hotel in Panchgani. They have Paragliding and Kite Surfing (you surf the waters with a help of a kite..something like that).