When you’re tired of your monotonous life, what you really crave for is a nice relaxing holiday. Most of us have tight schedules and arranging for long holidays cant be very difficult, but with only a weekend to spare, you can make the most of Mumbai’s most visited weekend getaway – Lonavla.

Lonavla is approximately 102 Km from Mumbai. It takes roughly about 2 hours by road, if you take the Mumbai-Pune expressway. You can also reach Lonavla by train which takes about 2.5 hours to reach. You can also reach Lonavla by bus. Theres practically a bus leaving every 15 mins for Lonavla from Dadar station.

If you plan to go to Lonavla, you dont really need to plan your trip well in advance – infact there are many from Mumbai who drive down to Lonavla for just a cup of coffee.

Hotels in Lonavla

There are many hotels in Lonavla that fit all budget sizes. It is recommended that you make reservation, especially during Monsoons when half of Mumbai travels to Lonavla. Getting a room could be very difficult.

A couple of hotels include Fariyas (Tel – 02114 – 273852), Rainbow retreat (Tel – 02114 – 273445), Shiv Shanti resort (tel – 02114 – 273524), Chandralok (Tel – 02114 – 272924), Bombay house (Tel – 02114 – 270419)

This is just a short list – you can find loads and loads of hotels once you reach Lonavla.

What to do in Lonavla

There are a lot of tourist attractions in and around Lonavla. Some of them include

• Bushy Dam (especiall during monsoons)
• Ryewood Park
• Duke’s nose
• Karla and Bhaja caves
• Lohagad Fort
• Visapur Fort
• Tikona Fort
• Tung Fort
• Koregad Fort
• Rajmachi Fort

Lonavla is famous for its chikki, Its known as the chikki capital of India.Maganlals and A1 are the most famous chikki stores in Lonavla.