Pune

Located in Sahyadri hills near the west coast of India, Pune is a fascinating city with a healthy climate all year around.  Known until not so long ago as Poona, the city was the capital of the powerful Maratha empire and is closely associated with the great warrior king Shivaji. Today, Pune is distinctly divided into the spacious cantonment and the crowded old city, where locali-ties have been named after days in the week.

A walk down the Cantonment area is, of course, a walk into another world not so young or noisy. Here, roomy bungalows of retired army officers and tired pensioners sit basking in the afternoon sun. On certain cobble-stoned streets you can perhaps even hear the pitter-patter of a British regiment marching by. The British perhaps never had as grand an affair with Pune as they did with Shimla, but the neatness of Pune is very colonial, very British.

Places of interest in Pune

Shaniwar Wada
Saras Baug
Parvati Hill
Raja Kelkar Museum
Shinde's Chhatri
Bund Garden
Kasturba Smarak (Inside Agha Khan Palace)

Pune Excrusions

Alandi-22 kms
Dehu-29 kms
Karla-55 kms
Purandhar-40 kms
Sinhagad-25 kms
Panchgani-98 kms
Mahabaleshwar-120 kms
Shivneri Fort-94 kms
Bhima Shankar- 95 kms
Ashtavinayak Temples at Theur-20 kms
Ranjangaon-50 km
Morgaon-65 km
Madh-75 kms
Ojhar-75 kms
Pali-80 kms
Lenyadri-90 kms & Siddhatek-95 kms
Lonavala-64 kms
Bhatghar Dam-52 kms

How To Reach Pune

Air: Vayudoot Services, East-West Airlines and Continental Aviation connect Pune with Bombay.

Rail : Pune is linked by rail with Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi, Jammu-Tawi, Kanya Kumari, Madras, Nagpur, Secunderabad (Hyderabad), Trivandrum, Vasco-da-Gama (Goa) etc.

Road : Pune is connected by bus services to Bombay (170 kms), Shirdi (195 kms) Nasik (202 kms), Aurangabad (226 kms), Sholapur, Nagpur, Bangalore etc