Best Weekend Destination From Mumbai

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An ideal retreat for a short vacation from Mumbai, Lonavala is well accessible by trains and road. Any train plying between Mumbai and Pune has to stop at this hill station; it is that simple to reach here. By train, it takes 2.5 hours from Lonavala to Mumbai and 1.5 hours to Pune. Due to this chance of a weekend recluse, this place is highly popular among tourists from both Mumbai and Pune. People come to this hill station for de-stressing. A trip to this tourist spot is immensely refreshing as it keeps you connected with the immense green beauty of nature. Just as human nature has the clear and the cluttered, nature also has the natural and the urban. A trip from the urban to the natural is good for our nature as well. No wonder, the road from Lonavala to Mumbai sees many weekend visitors.

Lonavala and Khandala

Khandala is situated by Lonavala. Tourists visiting Lonavala usually visit Khandala as well. One has to pass the steep climb of 369 meters in a short distance of 8 kilometres on the trip from Lonavala to Khandala ...
... These twin hill stations enjoy a cool climate the year around. Over the last few years, Lonavala has seen the sprawling of many tourist resorts in the locality. The Lonavala resorts provide hospitable accommodation to visitors. In a posh resort you will find every kind of hospitable facilities that makes the stay a comfortable one.

Sightseeing at Lonavala and Khandala

These twin hill stations have a few caves that are visited by tourists. These include Bedsa, Bhaja and Karla caves. Entering a cave is a weird experience as caves are associated with mysteries. Also, the Visapur and Lohagad fortresses are in the locality. There's another fort at Tungi. Besides these caves and fortresses, the entire area of Lonavala and Khandala looks amazingly green which is a treat to the eyes of the urban traveller. The journey from Lonavala to Khandala is sometime covered on foot by travellers who love trekking. Staying at Lonavala resorts is such an experience that you will feel a yearning to return and like to treasure it for a lifetime.