How To Reach Ratnagiri

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Ratnagiri in Maharashtra state offers diverse tourist attractions as it is endowed with many tourist assets. The place has unparallel beauty as it is surrounded by the Sahyadri hills on one side and the Arabian Sea on the other. There are creeks, beautiful rivers in Ratnagiri, hot water springs, forests, waterfalls, etc among many other tourist spots. Travel information about Ratnagiri s available as Ratnagiri tourism is well advanced.

Some tourist attractions in Ratnagiri include the Pawas Ashram, Ratnadurg fort, Puranagad fort, Aare beach, Bhatye beach, Ratnagiri Aquarium and museum and the caves of Chiplun. Ratnagiri has some very famous shrines like the Kanakaditya temple, Ganpatipule temple, and Parashuram temple.

The beaches of Ratnagiri are beautiful as they are stretched far and are very clean. The white sand adds to the beauty of the shore hence it is also called as Pandhra samudra, i.e. White Sea.

Gateway of Ratnagiri is a preposterous structure with sloppy roof in Mandavi beach. The construction overlooks the beautiful Arabian Sea. You can walk through the seashore and enjoy the cool breeze.

The Ratnagiri fort, also known as the Ratnadurg is a massive fort and is in the shape of Horseshoe if you get the aerial view. The fort is vast a spread over the area of 120 acres and is worth visiting. There is an ancient temple of Bhagwati in the fort premises.

You can take a bus from Ratnagiri and visit many popular tourist destinations in Ratnagiri. These include the Thibaw point where the King of Burma and Lokmanya Tilak were kept confined. Tilak Ali Museum in Ratnagiri is the ancestral home of Lokmanya Tilak. It is now converted into a museum, has many pictures of freedom fighters and brings down the struggle of Independence down the memory lane.

Ratnagiri Aquarium and museum has a variety of specimens of fishes, molluscans, etc. Here you can see some rare and beautiful specimens like sea horse, turtles, sea snakes, lobsters, and many more sea organisms. There is one very precious and age-old skeleton of whale. It is 55 feet long and 5000 kg in weight and people from far places come here to admire it.

Bhatye has flat seashore and you can enjoy the seawaters here as it is very safe to swim. There is a very famous Ganpati temple here called as Zari Vinayak. This Ganesh temple is situated near the beach and has beautiful views of the sea.

Ratnagiri Airport is connected to Pune airport and Mumbai airport. The Ratnagiri airport is situated about 12 kms away from the city of Ratnagiri. The Airport of Mumbai is the nearest international airport to Ratnagiri. In addition, Mumbai airport is well connected to all the major airports in India and abroad.

Ratnagiri is easily accessible by road as it is well connected to various places by a good network of roads. There are regular state transport buses to Ratnagiri and you can take a private luxury bus to Ratnagiri. There are regular buses from Mumbai and Pune to Ratnagiri. The Mumbai Ratnagiri distance by road is 356 kms; Pune Ratnagiri is 365 kms.

There is a Railway station at Ratnagiri. Ratnagiri railway station is linked to all the major cities in the country through Mumbai terminal. There are regular daily express trains between Ratnagiri and Mumbai. The Konkan Kanyakumari express, Mandovi express, Nagercoli Express, Nzm Madgaon, etc all hault at Ratnagiri railway station. Ratnagiri is connected by rail due to the Konkan express and connected to Mumbai in the north and Mangalore in the south.