Truly a "Great Land" and the most fascinating region of India. This third largest state is one of the most industrially and commercially developed states of India. Its chief city Mumbai, is the true Financial and Industrial capital of India. But modern Maharashtra is not the bustle of industrial and agricultural activity or the frenzied pursuit of wealth progress alone. Very much part of the everyday scene anywhere in the state are the signs of its great religious, cultural, historical and martial heritages.

Maharashtra offers a traveler idyllic bliss in a land blessed by nature. Quiet and beautiful hill stations, secluded palm-shaded golden beaches, placid lakes and warm springs and a variety of wildlife. These are all part of a land created as it were, only for a relaxing holiday.

Mumbai (Bombay)
The commercial capital of the country. The city that never sleeps. These are among the phrases used to describe this burgeoning metropolis.

Mumbai pulsates with activity. It is a city that is disciplined by no time frame-neither by day nor night. Mumbai is also the country's financial powerhouse, the nation's industrial heartland, and its economic nerve centre. Dazzling shopping arcades, exciting sport activity, night clubs and discotheques, theatre and music, gourmet restaurants and interesting sightseeing - Mumbai offers the visitor a heady mix of all this and more.


Aurangabad
Named after the Emperor Aurangazeb. Aurangabad is a pleasant city that is better known as a base for visiting the Ajanta and Ellora Caves


Nasik
A delightful town, usually bustling with fervent crowds, Nasik is a classic mélange of the past and the present. It paves way to many fascinating forts and royally graceful temples that possess an aura of exuberance. This part of the terra firma is more than a dream destination for zealous lovers of glorious travel. It plays abode to most of the industries located in Maharashtra, including the Security Printing Press of the government, the nation's currency printer. The core of commerce and trade, it was earlier the country's largest market arena.



Panchgani

Each place has something unique to offer. Maybe just one thing, but a something that is it's own. A particular sweet smell, the way the breeze hums or roar when it flirts with the trees or maybe the taste of water. Or may be even a falling of emotion that you associate with the hills when you go there for the first time. One of the first things you notice as you drive into Panchgani are the number of schools that are tucked away inside the curves and turns of the hill station. In fact, you might know that Panchgani is famous for its numerous Boarding Schools. Many prefers to get a glimpses of the sweet blend or romance that fits all around.

One must see chart or marked out on the tourist map are places excitingly named as Bhim Chula (Devils's Kitchen) and Harrison's valley, which is one of the most breath taking sights of all. Sidney point is another favorite tourist haunt. Then there is Parsi Point the most windy joint, over looks the Krishna Valley and near blue waters of the Dhom dam. Table land, the Panchgani Pleasure is a hotspot which is unmissable. It is one of the largest Table Land in the continent and famous for Film shootings.


Pune(Poona)
Situated about 170 kms away from Bombay, Pune is the cultural capital of Maharashtra. For a period of a hundred years, Pune city itself was the bastion of the all-powerful Maratha Empire. The rugged terrain with its awesome forts and well preserved monuments lies testimony to Shivaji - the 17th century Maratha warrior King. After the Maratha Empire, Pune fell into the hands of the British, who initially wanted to transform it into a monsoon capital, but instead developed it as a military base and also renamed it Poona. Today Pune is an important commercial centre with nearly two million inhabitants.


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