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Bassein
Bassein is in the peaceful
location, which is 77 km away from Mumbai. It is closely Once upon a
time a Portuguese fortified city. the Marathas beseiged it in 1739.
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Dahanu Bordi
Not only for its wide and
tidy beach, Dahanu is also known for its huge chikoo fruit orchids.
Dahanu is 145 km away from Mumbai that comes under Thane district of
Maharashtra. And Thane district is again known for its 17 km long sea
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Daman-Silvasa-Vapi Beach
The beaches at Daman (Devika
Beach), a former Portuguese territory and now a Union Territory of
India, is a beach that you must visit on your tour of beaches in
Maharashtra for its Moti Daman Fort, Light House, Gandhi Park.
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Ganapatipule
The waters of Ganapatipule
are crystal clear and pristine. The entire stretch of beach is covered
with fresh greeneries. The roadside sceneries on the way to Ganapatipule
are captivating with narrow roads, red soil, roofed houses, clean
courtyards, innumerable fruit bearing trees and casuarinas lining. |
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Harnai-Beach
Harnai is about 200 km away
from Mumbai. Despite its quietness, it is emerging fast as a tourist
destination as visitors from Pune and Mumbai are frequently visited this
place to celebrate the weekends. Harnai fort is also a main tourist
attraction of the area.
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Juhu Beach
A decade ago the luxury
hotels fronting this long stretch of sandy beach were as glamorous as it
got among Mumbai's filmi crowd. Stories of wild pool parties at at the
Holiday Inn and illicit tete-a-tetes at the Sun 'n' Sand Hotel were an
essential ingredient of every film magazine's gossip columns.
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Kihim and Mandwa
Kihim and Mandawa is almost
10 km away from Mumbai. Kihim has dense coconut trees that give a
pollution free green location. This is a place for the nature lovers who
want to spend some time with the beauty of the nature.
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Madh Island Beach
Even though Madh Island is
fairly a rural sort, but it is quite enjoyable to walk down along the
villages of fishermen. This can at least give some peace of mind to the
hurried and exhausted life. |
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Mandwa - Kihim
It is beautiful beach located 18 km north of
Alibag on the north coast. A clear day and sky gives a breathtaking view
right up to the Gateway of India. Dr. Salim Ali's favourite hunt, it has
woods brimming with wild flowers, rare butterflies and birds.
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Marine Drive
The Marine Drive beach is
also an significant beach known as the Chopwpatty beach. It is situated
in the center of Mumbai and is related to the historical freedom
movement. This beach is also a popular picnic spot for tourists as well
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Marve Manori
Gorai
Marve, also recognized as
Borivali is a village very close to Mumbai. Now this place has become
quite industrialized, but its beauty remains the same. One can witness
the remains of colonial time in Marve.
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Murud Janjira
Murud-Janjira is situated
close to Alibagh, which is the headquarter of Raigad district. It is one
of the most popular and alluring beaches of Maharashtra. |
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Shriwardhan
One more unexplored jewel in
the long Konkan coastline, Shriwardhan bay is simply irresistible to
beach lovers.
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Tarkarli
Takarali beach is known for
is clarity of water. One can occasionally see the seabed unto a depth of
20 ft. If we look the beach panoramically, one can see the serene
prettiness with shuru trees and wide Karli River at the background.
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Velneshwar
Velneshwar
is an ideal beach for swimming and sunbathing. The green coconut palm
grooves and rock free seawater make the beach so beautiful and
attractive. Despite, Velneshwar is a small village, which is in the
north of Shastri River, this beach is quite famous.
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Vengurla Malvan
Vengurla is well-known for
its long stretch of iridescent sand, lined up with solid cashew,
coconut, jackfruit and mango groves. Vengurla rocks or Burnt Islands is
so near to this beach. Malvan has now become a part of the mainland. |
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Vijaydurg Sindhudurg
The great Maratha ruler
Chhatrapati Shivaji used Vijaydurg - Sindhudurg as naval base for the
period of his reign. So this place has lots of chronological sites to
see apart from the picturesque beaches. The most important of all is the
Vijayadurg fort built by Shivaji in the 17th century.
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