Kolhapur

Place: Kolhapur
Route from Pune: Pune > Shirwal > Satara > Karad > Kolhapur
Distance from Pune: 240 Kms (Approx)
Places to eat: Various places on the highway and in kolhapur.
Places to stay: Many. Hotel Shalini Palace in Kolhapur is good heritage hotel.
Best time to Visit: Anytime

Experience: Kolhapur is an ancient city and has an important place in history. It is famous for the Mahalaxmi temple built in seventh century AD. Millions of people visit this place every year from all over India for Mahalaxmi darshan. Besides the Mahalaxmi temple, Kolhapur offers other site seeing options like the Rankala lake and New Palace. People also visit the nearby holy places like Jyotiba, Narsobachi wadi and Ramteerth.

Panhala (fort), Amboli (Hill station) and Ganpatipule (Beach) are very close to Kolhapur. Accommodation and food is not so expensive in Kolhapur.
Worth a visit….