The little Italy of India

Tripoto
12th Nov 2018
Day 1

Lavasa City also known as the little Italy of India is known for its calm and serene nature of the city. This is a city made away from the humdrum of the Pune city.

The architecture and the design of the city with residential apartments (now hotels), town hall, cafeteria, restaurants and supermarket surrounded by the greenery landscape and the lush green  mountains on the Mulshi valley of the Western Ghats of India.

It is around 50kms  from pune and around 180kms from mumbai and the city can be reached by road easily.

The gateway that leads you to Lavasa city.

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The evening click of the town from a view point.

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The colorful buildings of the city

Photo of Lavasa, Maharashtra, India by Hippie Traveller


The beautiful location has also been seen in the bollywood movie - Gabbar is Back, the song coffee peteey peteey was shot here.

Similarly many couples choose lavasa city for their pre wedding shoots because of the colourful and clean ambience of the city and as it is quite far from the pune city the place is perfect for a beautiful background without any photobombers.

Many young boys and girls do come here for their bachelorette parties because of a perfect weather all the time of the year.

Many modesl of the fashion industry also come for their portfolio and professional shoots done here.

The waterfront shaw resort

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The resort with the Mulshi valley background

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Pre wedding shot at Lavasa City

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There are also many options for the adventurist people. You can choose from trekking to boating - pedal boats, banana boat and motor boats to cycling different types of cycle - dual cycle, sports cycle and the normal cycle. 

The sports cycle

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Boat Rides

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Boat ride

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Dual cycle

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Banana Boat Ride

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Night stays can be exotic too when stayed in one of  the resort of the lavasa city for weekend chilling or for any parties. There are many small resorts - Ekant Retreat, Green Gate Resort, Mercure Lavasa, Centurion Spring Hill Resort, Fortune Select Dasve and the waterfront shaw.

The waterfront Shaw

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Resort stay

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Mercure lavasa

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Ekant Retreat

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