79 Places to Visit Near Bandra

Best Time: October-March

Aurangabad is announced by the Government as the Tourism Capital of Maharashtra in 2010, and is a well-known traveller centre point which welcomes its guests with a lavishly woven embroidered artwork of sights and sounds. The city got its name for being the last capital of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in the seventeenth century AD. The town is utilized as the base to investigate the amazingly celebrated caverns of Ajanta and Ellora, Daulatabad Fort which is...

Best Time: December to February 

Shirdi, the home of the great religious saint, Sai Baba, is loacted in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra. Full of divine beauty, alongside the blessings of Sai Baba, Shirdi is a colouful and joyous town. Not only does it have temples and shrines for devotees that gives the bliss of positivity, Shirdi also has a place in the hearts of fun-seekers with countless Sai Baba themed adventure and water parks. The local food, full of flavour and spices is ...

Best Time: October - February

Lonar is one of the most unique places in India, owing to its very peculiar reason of formation in the first place. It was when a meteorite had hit the earth around 52,000 years ago, that a crater was formed. Later on with the gradual passage of time, over many decades the crater started to fill up with water and turned into a beautiful blue-green coloured lake that we get to see today. Around the lake, it has quite a vegetative layer, full of forests a...

Best Time: October to March

Beautifully carved into the massive hillside rocks, Ajanta and Ellora Caves gracefully represent the art, history and culture of a bygone era. Today, Ajanta and Ellora caves are UNESCO World heritage sites with 64 rock-cut caves located in close proximity to the city of Aurangabad. Ajanta and Ellora caves in Aurangabad is well-known all over the world for the art and skill of Indian craftsmen.    Ajanta: Carved straight out flood basalt rock of cliffs,...

Best Time: December to March

An amusing olio of the classical and modern, Pune is a pulsing centre of learning and industrial activities. It is internationally acknowledged for its incredible as well as breathtaking tourist spots, it is also perceived as the cultural capital of Maharashtra. The British took over the city in 1817 and even today remarkable colonial-era spell can be sensed in the ancient structures and suburban spaces, bearing a balmy coevality of the traditional and ...

Best Time: Agust to March

A picturesque hill spot, located in the Western Ghats in Pune district of Maharashtra, Malshej Ghat. Known for its mountain passes that crossways with the Western Ghats, it has got the breathtaking views of the valley, the stupendous Malshej Hills and picturesque waterfalls. At an altitude of 700 m, Malshej Ghat is one of the top weekend getaways near Pune & Mumbai and also one of the prime places to experience Maharashtra Tourism in summer. The hil...

Best Time: June-March

Located 185 kms from the city of Mumbai, Bhandardara is a holiday resort beach near Igatpuri. It is the top choice of a lot of Mumbai and Pune people for the amazing place it is. It is known as the queen of the Sahyadri Range and lives up to it. It has the highest peak in Maharashtra, the Kalsubai Peak or Mount Kalsubai, having a height of 1646 m. It is a beautiful hill station, packed with green hills, thick forests, a beautiful flowing river which cre...

Best Time: October to February

Ratanwadi is a tiny hamlet in Ahmednagar district, in the state of Maharashtra, India. A residence of not more than 30-40 petite houses spread over the mountains. A brook dawning from the hills of Ratangad runs by the end of the village. A check dam on the river and excellent sceneries of Kalsubai peak, makes this place seem like a fairytale. The Kalsubai peak in Maharashtra that is home to the legendary Ratangad fort and the famous Shiva temple named A...

Best Time: July - September

Ozar is a small place in Nasik District, in the territory of Maharashtra. It is well known for the Vigneshwara Temple, worked out of appreciation for Lord Ganesha. The temple is 100 km from Pune, while in transit to Nasik. Known as Ozarcha Shri Vigneshwara, the temple is a noticeable piece of the eight Asthavinayak Shrines dispersed everywhere throughout the territory of Maharashtra. Maharashtra is viewed as the home of the biggest number of temples com...

Best Time: November-February

Bhimashankar, a place situated in the Ghat district of Sahyadri slopes of Maharashtra is home to one of the 12 jyotirlinga temples in India. This location is a destination wrapped in the serene nature and loathed with the richness and purity of religious pilgrims. Bhimashankar hill station stands high on the raised stature of 3200ft above ocean level and located amidst the sylvan forest and thick foliage of trees. Adjacent to this luxuriously natural pl...

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Do you want to explore the adventurous enthusiast in you? Kamshet, a must visit place. A small town located between the hills station of Lonavala and the city of Pune in Maharashtra. It is a paragliders paradise. The natural scenery and fresh air welcome you into the small villages within. The area is surrounded by paddy and sunflower fields and it provides an awesome view while you are enjoying the world-class paragliding facilities here. Kamshet spo...

Best Time: October to February is the best time to visit Nashik. 

Nashik has been regarded as one of the most important cities of Northern Maharashtra. Though situated at 200 kms from Bombay, Nashik has its own cultural, mythological and historical importance. A hub to Hinduism and it's cultures this place holds a great number of temples but along with temples it is known for the variety of Wines produced. There are 100s of vineyards and recently the Moet Hennessy set their sixth winery outside France in Nashik. Even ...

Best Time: July-September

Igatpuri is honored with beautiful magnificence and is a haven for nature lovers and experienced aficionados. It additionally has the absolute most noteworthy pinnacles of the Sahyadri go. Igatpuri is likewise a noteworthy railroad station in Maharashtra associating encompassing significant urban areas. Igatpuri is a hill station and a city in the Western Ghats situated in the Nashik area of Maharashtra, 130kms from Mumbai, on the Mumbai-Agra National H...

Best Time: September-May

Panchgani is a beautiful hill station that falls under Satara district in Maharashtra, India. Panchgani that literally means five hills was derived from the five mountains of Sahyadri mountain range. This picturesque hill station is a relief for tourist during summer time with its cool and pleasant weather and location where it stands close to 1,350 m above sea level. This beautiful mystically veiled tourist destination has streams and brooks, cascading...

Best Time: September- March

Lavasa is a city which is still being developed and it falls in the Mulshi Valley in the district of Pune in the state of Maharashtra. It is being built based on the Italian town, Portofino. The city is being built by Hindustan Construction Company and covers an area of around 25000 acres. The project has faced several oppositions for procurement of land, violating the environmental laws, as was claimed by the Indian Environment and Forest Ministry in 2...

Best Time: October- February, June- September

Lonavla is a hill station in the state of Maharashtra in the Pune district. This place falls in the Mumbai-Pune route and connects the two major cities of the country. The place is close but away from the hustle and bustle of the two major cities of the country, Mumbai and Pune and therefore is one of the most visited place by the people of Maharashtra. There are local trains available from the Pune city that helps to reach Lonavla. It is not a huge hil...

Best Time: Throughout the year, especially from November to February.

Perched in between the majestic Sahyadris is the charming little town of Khandala. It is located at only 3km from its sister location of Lonavala. Extremely well known for its picturesque views of the mountain ranges, waterfalls, caves and rock formations, it always bustles with tourist traffic because of its easy accessibility from Pune and Mumbai. Surrounded by an abundance of flora and fauna, this is a place where you will literally wake up to the c...

Best Time: June-September

Karjat is a very small city, rather a village, in Maharashtra, situated around 69 kms from Mumbai. Surrounded by the mountain route of Bhor Ghat, in the Western Ghats, it makes for a very picturesque location. It is famous for its lush green hills, waterfalls, and farmhouses.  It is the origin of the river Ulhas. It is a beautiful natural location to spend a weekend. It is an unconventional location to spend the weekend at, gaining popularity slowly bec...

Best Time: March to May

Celebrated for its pleasant excellence and invigorating feel, Mahabaleshwar is a lovely slope station settled in Satara District in the Indian territory of Maharashtra. It tenders enchanting sight of the fields alongside lavish green backwoods that look fabulous and stunning. Lying at a rise of 1372m, Mahabaleshwar proffers superb and new surroundings that lure the explorers from each alcove and corner of the globe. It is the precarious slopes, spouting...