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Old 22nd April 2018, 10:55   #16
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Re: Forts of Deccan & South India

I recently did a tour of Forts of Maharashtra from Hyderabad.

Here is the Itinerary I followed:

Day 1: Drive from Hyderabad to Pune (visit Naldurg on the way) and stay
Day 2: Visit Sinhagadh and Raigadh and reach Murud for stay
Day 3: Visit Murud-Janjira fort and reach Ratnagiri and stay
Day 4: Visit Vijaydurg fort and Panhala (fort and a resort) and reach Kolhapur and stay
Day 5: Darshan of Mahalakshmi amma and reach Bijapur and visit the monuments at Bijapur and stay
Day 6: Drive from Bijapur to Hyderabad

Total 2000+ km
Visits : 6 Forts, 2 beaches, 1 prominent temple
Drive : Maharashtra - a lot of ghat roads and roads along the coast.
Road quality is above-average at best and non-existent at worst but ghat roads and coastal roads are very scenic.
Fortunate to have good weather everywhere.

Beware of : Parking and boating scams at Murud-Janjira. No parking fee receipt, scary boat ride and constant fleecing of money. They would not allow photography on the boat "due to safety" but I suspect it is because they don't want their fleecing to be captured. They say 45mnutes only at the fort but started after 1hr 15 min. The Half hour time waste at boat landing could be better used for going round the fort.

Some pictures : https://www.flickr.com/photos/kasi67...57693072524101

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