Places to visit in Pune, Maharashtra

59 places to see in Pune, including forts, weekend getaways, pilgrimage routes. Each page has the best time, how long to plan, and what is open on the date you choose.

• Aga Khan PalacePune, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisWhere Gandhi was interned in 1942, and where Kasturba died.
• Alandi, Dnyaneshwar SamadhiPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesWhere Dnyaneshwar sealed himself in at twenty one. The wari still starts here.
• Andharban Jungle TrekPune, Maharashtra · Jungle TrailsA one-way descent through "the dark forest", canopy so thick the trail stays in twilight.
• Ashtavinayak CircuitPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesEight Ganpati temples on a fixed 650-km circuit through three districts.
• Bedse CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesKarla's quiet cousin, same era, a tenth of the crowd, twice the atmosphere.
• BhimashankarPune, Maharashtra · Jungle TrailsA jyotirlinga at the top of a sanctuary forest, home of the Shekru, Maharashtra's state squirrel.
• BhorgiriPune, Maharashtra · FortsA small fort with rock-cut caves at the north end of the Bhimashankar ridge.
• Bhuleshwar TemplePune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 13th-century hilltop Shiva temple, carved inside and fort-like outside.
• Chaturshringi TemplePune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill goddess in the middle of Pune, quiet all year until Navratri arrives.
• Chavand (Prasannagad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsRock-cut steps to a compact plateau, the least-visited of the Junnar forts.
• Dagdusheth Halwai GanpatiPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesPune’s most famous Ganpati, and the heart of the city’s Ganeshotsav.
• Dehu, Tukaram MaharajPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA grain seller whose banned poems, by the telling, floated back up after thirteen days.
• Dhak BahiriPune, Maharashtra · CavesA cave shrine reached by an exposed cliff traverse, for experienced trekkers with rope support only.
• Duke's Nose (Nagphani)Pune, Maharashtra · Peak TreksA cobra-hood cliff over the Khandala ghat, India's most popular rappelling face.
• GhangadPune, Maharashtra · FortsA tiny fort with a big rock patch, right beside the Telbaila wall.
• Hadsar (Parvatgad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsAn astonishing staircase carved inside a rock gorge, engineering you have to see.
• Jejuri: KhandobaPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill shrine where turmeric is thrown by the handful until everything turns gold.
• Jivdhan & VanarlingiPune, Maharashtra · FortsGuarding the ancient Naneghat trade route, with the sheer Vanarlingi pinnacle alongside.
• KailasgadPune, Maharashtra · FortsA little-visited fort above the Mulshi backwaters, with water on three sides in monsoon.
• Kamshet ParaglidingPune, Maharashtra · AdventureIndia’s best-known paragliding site, on the ridges above Pawna lake.
• Karla & Bhaja CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesIndia's largest rock-cut chaitya hall, plus Bhaja's stupa courtyard and monsoon waterfall.
• Kataldhar WaterfallPune, Maharashtra · WaterfallsA 100-m free fall hidden in Rajmachi's forest, one of the Sahyadri's great monsoon secrets.
• Khadakwasla & PanshetPune, Maharashtra · Lakes & DamsPune’s nearest lakes, and its default monsoon evening drive.
• KorigadPune, Maharashtra · FortsFully intact ramparts you can circumambulate, with twin lakes on top.
• Kune Falls & Bhushi DamPune, Maharashtra · WaterfallsIndia's 14th-tallest fall at 200 m, and the state's most crowded monsoon dam steps.
• Lal Mahal & Kasba GanpatiPune, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageShivaji’s childhood home, and the site of the 1663 raid on Shaista Khan.
• Lenyadri CavesPune, Maharashtra · CavesThe only Ashtavinayak Ganpati inside a Buddhist cave, 283 steps up a rock face.
• LohagadPune, Maharashtra · FortsThe Vinchu Kata "scorpion tail" ridge, reachable by local train, perfect for first-timers.
• Malhargad (Sonori)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsThe last fort the Marathas ever built, small, tidy and an easy hour from Pune.
• Malshej GhatPune, Maharashtra · Hill StationsA monsoon ghat where waterfalls land on the road, and flamingos come inland.
• MohangadPune, Maharashtra · FortsA small watch fort in the Bhor hills, empty even when its neighbours are packed.
• Morachi ChincholiPune, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsA village where peacocks have lived alongside people for generations.
• Mulshi LakePune, Maharashtra · Lakes & DamsA reservoir an hour from Pune, spectacular in the monsoon.
• NaneghatPune, Maharashtra · Valleys & CanyonsA 2,000-year-old Satavahana toll pass, and the famous reverse waterfall that blows uphill.
• NarayangadPune, Maharashtra · FortsAn easy Junnar fort looking down on the giant radio telescope dishes at Khodad.
• Nighoj Potholes (Ranjankhalge)Pune, Maharashtra · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Kukadi river has drilled hundreds of deep basalt potholes into its own bed.
• Nimgiri-HanumantgadPune, Maharashtra · FortsTwin forts on one ridge north of Junnar, linked by exposed rock-cut steps.
• Padargad (Kalvantin of Junnar)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsAn obscure roped pinnacle beside Naneghat that few trekkers ever get to.
• Pashan LakePune, Maharashtra · Lakes & DamsPune’s in-city birding lake, best just after sunrise in winter.
• Pawna LakePune, Maharashtra · Lakes & DamsMaharashtra’s best-known lakeside camping spot, ringed by three forts.
• Purandar & VajragadPune, Maharashtra · FortsBirthplace of Sambhaji and Murarbaji's stand, now an Army zone, so carry ID.
• Raireshwar & KenjalgadPune, Maharashtra · Flower PlateausWhere Shivaji swore the oath of Swarajya, a wildflower plateau that erupts in September.
• Raja Dinkar Kelkar MuseumPune, Maharashtra · MuseumsSixty years of one man collecting the everyday objects of Indian life.
• RajgadPune, Maharashtra · FortsShivaji's first capital for 26 years, three vast machis and a balekilla you can spend a whole day on.
• Rajgad → Torna TraversePune, Maharashtra · Ridge & Range TreksThe classic Sahyadri ridge walk, 12 km of connecting spine between two of Shivaji's greatest forts.
• RajmachiPune, Maharashtra · FortsTwin forts across a grassland plateau, May fireflies, monsoon mist, winter starfields.
• Rohida (Vichitragad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsThree well-preserved gates and gentle gradients, a great family fort near Bhor.
• Sangram Durg (Chakan)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsThe ground fort where a few hundred men held Shaista Khan off for a month.
• Shaniwar WadaPune, Maharashtra · Palaces & HavelisThe Peshwas’ seat, burnt out in 1828, the walls and the great gate survive.
• ShivneriPune, Maharashtra · FortsWhere Shivaji Maharaj was born, seven fortified gates and the Shivai Devi temple.
• SinhagadPune, Maharashtra · FortsPune's home fort, Tanaji's last stand, and the best pithla-bhakri on any summit in India.
• Tamhini GhatPune, Maharashtra · Hill StationsThe classic Pune monsoon drive, waterfalls one side, the Konkan the other.
• Telbaila (Sundar Bhirai)Pune, Maharashtra · Rock & RappelTwo vertical basalt walls standing like a gate, a pure technical climb, not a walk-up.
• Telbaila-Ghangad-Sudhagad RidgePune, Maharashtra · Ridge & Range TreksA two-day link-up of three Mulshi forts, finishing with a night on Sudhagad.
• Tikona (Vitandgad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsA neat triangular pyramid over Pawna Lake, short, scenic and very doable with kids.
• Torna (Prachandagad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsThe first fort Shivaji ever took, at 16, and the highest in Pune district.
• Tung (Kathingad)Pune, Maharashtra · FortsA perfect cone rising from Pawna Lake, steep, narrow and over quickly.
• Vetal Tekdi & Pune HillsPune, Maharashtra · Peak TreksThe highest point in Pune, and the city’s daily morning walk.
• VisapurPune, Maharashtra · FortsBigger and wilder than its famous neighbour, climb beside a waterfall that runs down the old steps.

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