Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Lonavla's hotels suffer from inflated prices and low standards. All hotels listed here have
a 10am checkout.
Hotel Adarsh
( 272353; near bus stand; d from ?3248; )
This is clearly the best-value place in town. Cent-
rally located, it has smart rooms and good service, and the terrace pool gives you another
good reason to stay.
HOTEL
$$
Hotel Lonavla
( 272914; Mumbai-Pune Rd; d from ?1495, with AC ?2495)
Relatively cheap by Lonavla's standards.
Bulk bookings can often leave you without a room, so enquire in advance. They insist that
you clear your bills every third day (who stays that long anyway?).
HOTEL
$$
Biso
(Citrus Hotel, DT Shahani Rd; mains ?220-300)
This could be a delightfully redeeming feature of
your Lonavla trip. A top-class alfresco restaurant thrown around the lawns of a sleek busi-
ness hotel about 15 minutes east of the bus stand, Biso serves an excellent selection of
pastas, wood-fired pizzas and desserts.
ITALIAN
$$
Information
The petrol pump opposite Hotel Rama Krishna now has three ATMs dispensing cash. In-
ternet access is available at
Balaji Cyber Café
(1st fl, Khandelwal Bldg, New Bazaar; per hr ?15;
12.30-10.30pm)
, immediately south of the train station.
Getting There & Away
Lonavla is serviced by MSRTC buses departing from the bus stand to Dadar in Mumbai
(ordinary/semideluxe ?74/107, two hours) and Pune (ordinary/semideluxe ?62/91, two
hours). Luxury AC buses (?200) also travel to both cities.
All express trains from Mumbai to Pune stop at Lonavla (2nd class/chair ?65/273, 2½
hours). From Pune, you can also reach Lonavla by taking an hourly shuttle train (?15, two
hours).
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