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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.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Altitude: 598 mtrs.
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Temperature (°C): Summer: Max 40, Min 26 Winter: Max 29, Min 19
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Rainfall: 70 cms(June to September)
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Season: Throughout the year
PLACES OF INTEREST
- Shaniwar Wada
- Saras Baug
- Parvati Hill
- Raja Kelkar Museum
- Shinde's Chhatri
- Bund Garden
- Kasturba Smarak (Inside Agha Khan Palace)
EXCURSIONS
- 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 GET THERE?
Air: Jet Airways 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.
Taxi services : Taxis ply between Bombay
and Pune regularly on seat basis from Dadar
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