Maharashtra:

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

Day 01 : ARRIVE MUMBAI
After arrived at Mumbai airport or station. Transfer to hotel. Check in and relax for the evening.

Mumbai's skyline is recognizable in advertisements and pictorial depictions stating the country's technological and financial hub. It's an imposing skyline.

A walk on marine drive, the gateway of India, warden road, university buildings, fort, town hall, Mumbai high court to name a few. Mumbai is also known as the Hollywood of India or Bollywood (from the names Bombay and Hollywood) and is the biggest film industry of the world.
Overnight at Mumbai.

Day 02 :MUMBAI
Breakfast will be at hotel or onboard the aircraft. Relax in the morning or visit the local market. Transfer to airport for flight to Aurangabad.

Reach and check in at hotel.

Afternoon visit Panchakki, an ancient water-mill. There are cool underground rooms which served as a hostel for students in the hot summer. Also the shrine of a saint, Baba Shah Musafir.Bibi-ka-Maqbara, the mausoleum of Rabia Daurani, wife of Aurangzeb, patterned on the Taj at Agra.


Day 03 : AURANGABAD
Breakfast will be served at the hotel.
Proceed for a full day sightseeing with excursion to Ajanta Caves.

Ajanta caves : Nestling in an inner fold of the Sahyardi hills, 100 km from Aurangabad in the shape of a mammoth horse- shoe, are the 30 rock-hewn caves of Ajanta. The Caves date from the 2nd century BC. Evening return to Aurangabad and overnight will be at Aurangabad.

Day 04 : AURANGABAD
Breakfast will be at the hotel.
Proceed for a visit to the Ellora Caves, Daulatabad Fort and Aurangabad Caves.

Ellora Caves : Impressive in their own right is the rock-hewn temples and monasteries of Ellora that lie just 30 km away from Aurangabad city.

Aurangabad Caves : The almost forgotten caves of Aurangabad lie just outside the city. Excavated between the 2nd and 6th century AD, they reflect TANTRIC influences in their iconography and architectural designs. In all there are nine caves which are mainly viharas (monasteries).
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Daulatabad Fort: Once known as 'Devgiri', this magnificent 12th century fortress stands on a hill just 13 km. from Aurangabad. It was given the name Daulatabad, the 'city of fortune', by Muhammad Tughlaq, Sultan of Delhi. Initially a Yadav stronghold, it passed through the hands of several dynasties in the Deccan. One of the world's best preserved fort of medieval times, surviving virtually unaltered, Daulatabad yet displays the character that made it invincible.

0vernight will be at Aurangabad.

Day 05 : AURANGABAD-MUMBAI
Breakfast will be at hotel or onboard the aircraft.
Reach Mumbai and transfer to hotel. Proceed for an excursion to the ELEPHANTA CAVES.

On your way back, proceed to see the interesting sites of Mumbai. Overnight will be in Mumbai.

Day 06 : MUMBAI- (Flight)
A short flight takes us to the one time Portuguese colony of Goa, which offers a unique blend of India with a strong Portuguese influence. We are transferred to our beachside resort to enjoy the relaxing Goan lifestyle and sea activities. The beach in Goa offers both quite and a public area where one would find lots of families enjoying the silver sands and the local hawker selling home cooked snacks. Overnight at hotel.

Day 07 : GOA
Today is free for leisure activities in this tropical beach resort. You may also wish to visit the World Heritage Site of the churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies. Of particular interest is the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier, a great illustration of the evangelization of Asia. These monuments were influential in spreading forms of Manueline, Mannerist and Baroque art to all the countries of Asia where missions were established.

Day 08 :GOA
Day free to relax on beach.

Day 09 : GOA
Depart to your home town after having a rich cultural and heritage experience with relaxation on beach.


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.