In which quarter house in Pune?

What if we leave for India? Visit the state of Maharashtra, Bombay and Pune: this is in which area to stay in Pune!

Second largest city in Maharashtra India After Bombay, Puna is the eighth largest metropolis in the country with nearly 6 million inhabitants spread over 450.69 km2. Located 120 kilometres south-east of Bombay at an average altitude of 554 metres, its climate is relatively milder than in Bombay and enjoys growing economic attractiveness: the city is an important industrial centre – the bastion of automotive construction in India – and hosts many IT companies, at such a point as the “small small” Indian Silicon Valley » .

City with a rich historical and cultural heritage – Pune is considered the cultural capital of Maharashtra - it is also a student center with several universities. A journey to visit Pune will undoubtedly guarantee an absolute change, between traditions, spirituality and fulgurating modernity. Yeah, but where to stay in Pune?

Pune is divided into four main areas: the old city, the new interior city, the new outdoor city and the outskirts. As it is a city with tentacular dimensions, we recommend to stay in Pune in the neighbourhoods close to the city centre. Here are the sleeping areas in Pune.

Old town

The old town of Puna consists of 17 neighborhoods that the premises will name "Paths". The most interesting are Kasba Peth , Guruwar Peth , Somwar Peth , Mangalwar Peth , Shukrawar Peth , Raviwar Peth , Shaniwar Peth , Bhavani Peth , Ghorpade Peth , Budhwar Peth . As often in India, it is very cheap to stay in Pune for a Western tourist. However, the neighborhoods of the old city promise to be noisy, polluted, intoxicating or even oppressive: sensitive souls abstain, you will be very busy. A plethora of historical monuments is to be visited in the old city: Royal Palace of Shaniwar Wada, Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple, Vishrambaug Wada, Aga Khan Palace, Pataleshwar Cave, Jangali Maharaj Temple, Chaturshringiet Temple, Lal Mahal. For museums, don't miss the Peshwa Museum, the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, the Tribal Museum, the Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railways and the Darshan Museum.

In the old town, Saras Baug (a large park with the temple of Talyatla Ganpati) is an obligatory passage. Then go to Parvati Hill hill (with the Devdeveshwar temple at the top), Kartikeya temple, Vishnu temple, Vitthal temple and Rama temple. It is a very central area where to stay in Pune, but tumultuous and very touristic.

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Camp

Camp is a district east of the old town of Pune. If you want to piss a thousand and one thing to buy your memories and support local producers, you are in the right place to stay in Pune. Camp is full of small shopping streets, a typical Indian neighborhood, a real labyrinth where a joyous bazaar reigns. There are absolutely everything: fabric cuts, kitchen utensils, food and spices. It makes it good to stroll and humour the popular atmosphere in the big Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Market, west of the neighborhood.

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Koregaon Park

This residential area in the north-east and on the margins of the old town seduces foreigners who have elected to stay in Pune: there is the majority of expatriates. A neighborhood developed around the Osho Ashram, thousands of Westerners go there to find the way to inner peace. Luxury restaurants, bars and western shops where to buy imported products from Europe or America: if you have the evil of the country, it is here, near the Mula Mutha River, that you have to stay in Puna.

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