Pune Tourism

Pune is the second largest city in Indian state of Maharashtra which is popularly known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra and also the Oxford of the East because providing the excellent education quality and facilities. The city is very popular among the students because numbers of software companies are located and most preferred job location for engineering students who makes the city life more vibrant and competitive.

The city is not only known for software companies and educational facilities but also for the cultural activities takes place here such as literature, classical music, theatre, spiritual activities and many more. There are number of tourist’s destinations that are visited by many tourists in a year. Pune is well developed in many facilities such as for travel mediums Pune got an award as it provides many transportation facilities.

Tourists Attractions in Pune

·         Parvati Hill temple

·         Sinhagad

·         Raja  Dinkar Kelkar Museum

·         Dagadusheth Ganpati

·         Shaniwar Wada

·         Saras Bagh

These are some of the most visited places but there are many more places that are worth to visit and some of the ancient places are very important as well as beautiful.

For transportation as I have mentioned that Pune is very comfortable and well connected. You can find every transport facility here from taxi to flight. For traveling within the city you can hire taxi, auto rikshaw , bus or metro train. There are many buses available for travelling within the city and that connects every part of Nagpur with each other. Pune train connects the city with rest parts of the country and airport with the major countries.

For accommodation, there are number of hotels and lodges available that provides excellent accommodation and catering facility. Hotels here range from budget to five stars that are available in every part of Pune. Some of the famous hotels in Pune are,

·         Le Royce Hotel

·         Studio Estique

·         The Citiotel

·         Hotel Madhav International

·         Sai Siesta Business Hotel

Andheri, major suburb of Mumbai

Mumbai is a huge city comprises many suburbs and it is the financial, entertainment and commercial capital of India. Andheri is one of the major suburb of the Western Mumbai. Andheri is also a major railway station of Mumbai suburban Railways and this railway station divides Andheri into two parts as East Andheri and West. Andheri suburb is fifth among the Western suburbs and Andheri railway station is one of the busiest in Mumbai suburban railways. In Mumbai, local trains are very important part of the residents for traveling within the city and these local trains keep Mumbai running as everyday millions of people travel within and out of Mumbai city.

 Andheri region is cosmopolitan in nature where number of peoples live. Andheri East is a mixture of residential as well as commercial region whereas Andheri West is largely a residential region houses many residences and there are number of posh bungalows. Andheri is also called as the affluent region that houses residence of many famous personalities and many architectural houses. Andheri is one of the tourists destination as it is near to many tourists attractions in Mumbai.

 Tourists Attractions in nearby areas of Andheri

Mahakali Caves

Gilbert Hill

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Vanchasiddhi Temple of Lord Ganesha

Andheri Sports Complex

There are not many tourists places but Andheri is a convenient place and from here many tourists attractions are near and Mumbai International airport is located in Andheri East and therefore many tourists prefer to stay in this region. From Andheri, every transportation facility is available that connects Andheri with the rest parts of the city. Taxis and auto rikshaws are also available here to travel within the city.

 Andheri is one of the preferred tourists destination to stay as this region in this area the airport is located and also it houses many hotels and lodges hat provides excellent facility to their customers. There are many world famous hotels and budget hotels are also located here. Andheri contains hotels in East as well as West part. For more details about hotels in Andheri East click here and about hotels in Andheri West , visit the following link, http://www.bookahotel.in/hotel-india-area/Mumbai-hotels/hotels-near-Andheri-West.html

Delhi, the political hub of the country

Delhi is the capital of India and the most important part of the country stands on the bank of Yamuna River. This city is home of executive, legislative and judiciary branches of Government of India which is popularly known as the microcosm of the country and the city is leading in worlds top global cities with its strength in many fields such as arts, commerce, finance, research and development and many more. 

 Delhi is apart from being a capital of the country and the political hub this city is having number of world famous tourists attractions and some of them are in the world heritage sites that are visited by number of tourists. The city contains many important and remarkable monuments, palaces, minarets, temples, gurudwara's and mosques. This city is bustling with markets and arts having number of places to visit. Delhi is the place which is the gateway to many cities situated in the north and East India. One have to come to Delhi and then to the other cities of the East India.

 Tourists Attractions in Delhi

Akshardham Temple – This temple is very beautiful and very huge. The design of this temple is remarkable and one of the best examples of the architectural modals. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Qutub Minar – Qutub Minar is a minaret situated in New Delhi which is the heritage structure of the world very huge of about 72.5 m minaret. This is one of the favorite tourists destination ad every traveler to Delhi must visit this place.

India Gate – India gate is an national monument which was built as a memorial for the soldiers who died in World War II. The name of the soldiers are scribbled on the walls of this monument.

Chandani Chawk – This is a famous market in Delhi and popular in the whole country. This market is having everything from small accessories to sarees and all. The market is also famous for Indian cuisine.

There are many more places to see and to visit such as Birla Mandir, Humayun's temple, lotus temple, red fort, jantar mantar and many more.

 For transportation, the city is well connected to all the parts of the country. Every transportation facility is available here. Public buses and trains connect Mumbai with the rest parts of the country and the International airport with the major cities of the world. As most of the tourists visit this city and for business many business travelers also visit Delhi, there fore, hotels are needed and there are number of hotels available in every part of the city but most of the tourists prefer hotels near airport and railway station and there are many hotels available near Delhi Domestic airport. 

For more information about hotels near Delhi domestic airport, click here. 

 Delhi, the important part of the country and the capital is very attractive as having number of tourists attractions. So I would suggest to visit Delhi.

Banjara Hills, the expensive area of Hyderabad

Banjara Hills is a popular region of Hyderabad which is considered as the most expensive and affluent part of the state. Banjara Hills is the busy commercial region of Hyderabad in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the region that comprises the great Hyderabad which is the second largest metropolitan region in India.

 This upmarket locality is close to Jubilee Hills. Earlier, Banjara Hills was a hilly forest region where only few royal members of Nizams dynasty used to live and this region was used for hunting by the members and the royalty of the past is maintained by the region as the region is completely transformed into urban commercial center of importance. Banjara Hills is segregated by its road numbers from 1 to 14 and each road is important in its own way. The region is also a popular tourists destination as there are number of tourists attractions are located and the nearby regions also having many tourists places.

 Tourists Destinations in Banjara Hills

Hussain Sagar Lake

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Park

Hotel Taj Krishna

Jalaram Vengal Rao Park

Lamakaan

Banjara Lake

Transport facilities

 Reaching to Banjara Hills was very difficult in the past but today, the region is well connected to all the parts of the city as the buses run by APSRTC are well connected to all the areas of the city and many private buses are also available. You can also hire taxis and auto rikshaws. The closest MMTS railway station is Kahiratabad. From where you can easily reach here. Banjara hills is a popular region and many transport services are available. 

 Banjara Hills is an area that is also popular for markets and hotels that provides excellent facility to the customers. There are number of good hotels are located in this area such as Taj Krishna, Taj Banjara and many. The hotels range from budget to five stars. These hotels in Banjara Hills charge bit high prices than prices in other regions. 

Dadar, the popular suburb of Mumbai

Dadar is an area in Mumbai situated in the heart of Mumbai that has long been the cultural center of not only for Maharashtra but for the entire Indian diaspora. Dadar is divided into East and West section separated by a railway line. Dadar railway station is one of the busiest and popular terminal. Dadar is a railway station on both Western and Central lines which makes transit point for thousands of passengers using Mumbai suburban railway station. This station is one of the most crowded in Mumbai. 
 
Dadar was known as lower Mahim as it was located on the island of Mahim. Dadar East is popularly known as Central Dadar or Dadar T.T and Dadar West is known as Dadar B.B. The whole Dadar is a popular tourists destination also as there are number of tourists destinations in and near this area. Dadar is having the popular Siddhivinayak temple, the most visited temple in Mumbai city. Dadar vegetable market is the heart of the city. This huge market is responsible for distributing vegetables in all over Mumbai. You can get anything you want in Dadar. 

Famous tourists attractions in and near Dadar

• Siddhivinayak Temple

• Shivaji Park

• Dadar chaupati 

• Portuguese Church

• Kabutar Khana 

  

Dadar is well connected to all the regions of Mumbai via all the transportation mediums. Buses run by MSRTC connect each part of Dadar with the rest part of the city and there are number of buses available for connecting all the cities. Local trains are very important in Mumbai as that keeps the city running and locals trains connects each and every part of the city. There are number of taxis and auto rikshaws for within the city. 

Dadar is one of the popular tourists destination for staying as this region provide one of the best accommodation and catering facility. There are number of hotels providing excellent facility are located here. Hotels in both the regions of Dadar range from budget to five star. 

Shirdi Temple, the most visited temple in India

Shirdi is a town in Indian state of Maharashtra popular for the temple of Shri Sai Baba. This beautiful shrine is built over the samadhi of Shri Sai Baba. Shirdi is located in Ahmadnagar district which is 15 km from Kopergaon and 250 km from Mumbai.
Shirdi, is one of the most popular pilgrimage center in India and most of the people believe the teachings of Shri Sai Baba who was an Indian Guru,yogi and fakir who is regarded as Saint by his devotees. Many people says that he was an incarnation of Lord Krishna and some also says that he was an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Every year the temple is visited by millions of devotees and his followers and during the festivals such as Gurupornima and Baba's death anniversary. Shirdi temple is one of the richest temple organizations in India. 

  

History of Shirdi Temple
Earlier in the starting of 19th century, a  young bearded man came in Shirdi and took a shelter in a mosque. Nobody knows about this man who hardly speak a single word in the village. The villagers were very curious about him but he never asked for anything and gradually, the curious villagers started offering him food and trying to speak with him but he never respond to anyone. Very soon Baba started advising and sharing his teachings with few elderly peoples of the village. And very soon his simple language of advising and teaching, his special powers of helping poor and needy peoples made this less known fakir to be Shri Sai Baba. Baba performed many miracles in the village such as he bring the eyesight of an elder man and lighted the lamp with water and many. And very soon Baba left his body on his own and he asked his believers to lay his body in the mosque where he lived till his death. The samadhi where his body was laid, today the temple is situated over. This is how Baba came to the village and performed miracles and shows his extra ordinary powers. 

How to Reach?
Today, Shirdi is well connected by all the transportation with the rest parts of the state and the country. There are number of buses available connecting the major cities India such as Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Solapur, Satara and all. There are abundant and convenient bus packages available from Hyderabad city. Trains fro m all over India are connected to the Shirdi. Shirdi has a station called as Sai Nagar Shirdi. Pune Airport is the nearest portrait to Shirdi from where you can come by bus or trains.
 

Where to stay?
As many devotees visit this town therefore accommodation facilities are also very demanding and available here. Lodges available by the temple organizations are very famous and preferred because they are in cheap rates but never available as most of the tourists and devotees book in advance taking the crown in notice. There are number of hotels and lodges available near temple that provides excellent facility to their customers. Most of the tourists prefer book hotels in advance from the websites or travel agents. 

Shirdi, the popular pilgrimage center in India is a temple worth to visit as you can feel the power of Shri Sai Baba in every corner of this village. Once in lifetime one should visit this temple.

HITEC City, the technology town of Hyderabad

HITEC City is a major technology township at the centre of Information technology industry of Hyderabad which is an abbreviation of Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City spread across 151 acres of land under the Suburbs of Madhapur and Gachibowli.

When India started witnessing IT revolution in Bangalore, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh released the need for infrastructure in Hyderabad to attract investments of several IT companies. The project was commissioned initially with L&T Infocity and after the success of this project several other software companies started investing in HITEC City. HITEC City is built in several phases such as Cyber Towers, Cyber Gateways, Mind Space, The V Ascendas IT Park, Cyber Pearl and many more.

Phases of HITEC City

·         Cyber Towers – Cyber Towers is the first phase of HITEC City. The building of these towers is divided into 4 quadrants with a fountain in the middle of the quadrants and with total 10 floors. Cyber towers consists many software companies such as Keane, Microsoft, Patni Computer Solutions, Oracle Corporation, GE capital and many more.

·         Cyber Gateways – Cyber Gateways is the second phase of the city which is having a huge arch in front of the tower is gateway to both, that is to this tower as well as to the whole HITEC City and that is why this phase is called as Cyber Gateways. Cyber Gateways is designed for BPO and ITES companies. Many companies such as Dell Inc, General Electric, Capitol Records and many are located here.

·         The V, Ascendas IT Park – This phase of HITEC Cit is spread over 20 acres of land and has five multi tenant buildings namely Mariner, Auriga, Orion, Capella and Vega. About 10 acres of land of this phase is used in environment friendly landscape gardens. The phase accommodates about 15000 IT professionals.

·         Mind Space IT Park – This phase was envisioned by Raheja group which identified the need for the world class environment and ecosystem to foster great business ideas. Mind Space is spread over 110 acres of land comprises several buildings and several companies such as Accenture, Mahindra Satyam, IBM, Novartis, Computer Sciences Corporation, Bank of America and many more.

There are many more phases are constructed in HITEC City that contains many software companies as well as many other companies also.

HITEC City is about 10 to 11 km from the city center and 14 km from airport and local railway station is about 3 km because of which transportation to HITEC City is very easy and the region is well connected to all parts of the city. Buses run by APSRTC are well connected to this area and you can find number of buses to reach here. Taxis and auto rikshaws are also available.

Many business travelers used to visit this city and therefore hotels is the prime need of this region and there are number of good hotels and lodges are located that provides excellent facility to their customers. Hotels in this region range from budget to five stars and you can find number of good hotels in this region. 

Ameerpet, hub of training Institutes

Ameerpet is a bust commercial region, popularly known as hub of training institutes as this region is famous for software training institutes located in the north western part of Hyderabad in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Ameerpet is the world’s largest student populated area.

Earlier, till 90^th century, this area mostly consisted of vacant plots and few road side shops but with the expansion of northern suburbs of Hyderabad and due to ongoing construction activities in the surrounding areas, Ameerpet is now bustling with locality and with several commercial establishments along with the vehicular traffic. This region is prone to frequent traffic jams during peak hours. This land was gifted by Nizam of Hyderabad to one of his Jagirdars named Amir Ali. Today, Ameerpet is known for its commercial business of all kinds as well as an educational hub and also has good retail and textile stores.

Ameerpet is the hub of software and other training institutes which consist about 500 training classes that are teaching several courses like C, C++, Java, SAP, ERP, Databases to Data Warehousing. This area is gaining popularity in the whole world as some of the training institutes provide online coaching to the students from other countries. There are many landmarks of the land because of which Ameerpet is popular and this land is near to many tourists attractions in Hyderabad such as,

·         Nizamia Observatory

·         Saradhi Studios

·         Aditya Enclave

·         Ameerpet Gurudwara

·         Elephant House

This part of Hyderabad city is easy to reach and buses run by APSRTC are well connected to this region. There are number of buses available to and from Ameerpet. The closest MMTS station is at Nature Cure Hospital and there are number of transportation mediums available to reach here. Taxis and auto rikshaws are also available to travel within the city.  

Ameerpet is visited by travelers for many reasons and any of them are business travelers and for accommodation, there are number of hotels and lodges are available and Ameepet is popular for providing best accommodation facilities and having number of budget hotels in this region. There are few luxury hotels also located but demand for budget hotels is more. 

Koramangala, highly sought after residential locality in Bangalore

Koramangala is an area in Bangalore city situated in the south-eastern part of the city. Koramangala is one of the largest residential localities with its wide tree lined boulevards with luxury apartments, posh bungalows and commercial structures because of which today Koramangala is becoming commercial hub of the city.

Koramangala is one of the most sought after residential locality in Bangalore that is largely cosmopolitan in nature. The region is focal point of many busy main roads. Koramangala is having one of the highest property prices in Bangalore and considered as one of the best places to live in the city. Several software companies are also located in Koramangala like, Infosys, Wipro, NDS, Siemens, Microland, VDO, Tally Solutions, Mindtree, Zenith Software, Lucent Technologies and many more. In this region, commercialization in the form of shopping centers, malls, restaurants, but because of increasing commercialization residents of this region facing traffic and pollution problems.

Koramangala residential locality is divided into 8 blocks in which the first four blocks are separated from blocks 5 to 8. This region is very popular in the whole city and one of the up market regions famous for malls, markets and shopping destination. Koramangala is famous to get Chinese food in Bangalore city. The “Momos”is the best place in Bangalore city to get best Chinese cuisine in cheap prices. This restaurant is located in Koramangala region of the city. Koramangala is also home to number of educational institutes like St. Johns medical College, IIPM, Amity Global Business and many more. Koramangala is well connected by all the transportation mediums with the rest parts of the city. Public transportation mediums such as buses and metro trains are very popular transportation mediums in Bangalore city. Taxis and auto rikshaws are also available for travelling within the city. Koramangala is known for providing best accommodation and catering facility as this region having number of best hotels of the city. This region is very famous for hotels consists every range of hotels and lodges provides excellent facility to their customers. Budget hotels in Koramangala are also very popular and decent. Some of the best hotels in Koramangala are,

·         Hotel Empire International

·         The President Hotel

·         VT Paradise

·         Unique Residency

Bandra, Queen of the Suburbs

Bandra is a suburb in North West Mumbai which is a highly coveted location for restaurants, pubs, bars and high street stores. Bandra is popularly known as Queen of Suburbs which is also famous for coastline along Cater Road, Bandstand. Many famous personalities and Bollywood stars live in this area. Bandra is split by railway line into Bandra East and Bandra West.

Bandra is a major suburb which is famous for its culture and because of its development. The population of this area and culture is quite cosmopolitan now but many years this region is consisted of mainly Christians. Bandra is having many tourists’ destinations among which some are very popular in the country and many tourists visit this region while visiting Mumbai. Bandra is home to many churches including Mount Mary’s Basilica. Bandra Railway station is one of the important stations in Mumbai.

Tourists Destinations in Bandra

·         Joggers’s Park

·         Mount Mary’s Basilica

·         Castella De Aguada

·         Bandstand Promenade

·         Carter Road Promenade

Bandra is having residents of many actors and famous personalities. Shahrukh Khan’s house Mannat is very famous and remarkable in the city because of its architecture and Sachin Tendulkar’s Shell house is one of the landmarks of the city because it is one of the remarkable architectural instances. Many tourists visit this region of Mumbai as there are many things to do and to watch.

Bandra is well connected to the rest parts of the city. Bandra Railway station is one of the important and busiest suburban station and public buses are also available that connects the city with the various parts of Mumbai and you can also hire taxis and auto rikshaws for travelling within the city.

For accommodation, Bandra is one of the best places to stay in Mumbai as there are many hotels and lodges that are famous in the city are located. Bandra region is considered as the prestigious and one of the affluent parts of Mumbai where numbers of luxuries hotels are located. Bandra region is famous for providing excellent accommodation and catering facility to their customers and you can find every range of hotels in this region from budget to five stars. For more information about hotels in Bandra east youb can click here and for details about hotels in Bandra west Click Here