Spending your vacation by enjoying the matheran sightseeing and the additional fun in it

Spending your vacation by enjoying the matheran sightseeing and the additional fun in it Visiting hill stations is a really fun thing to do especially when you have long vacations. For adventurous people, mountain climbing places would be an apt way to relieve of the work stress. Matheran sightseeing has been one of the most favorite destination among the people especially for the people in Maharashtra.

Matheran is one of the well known hill station in the Raigad district of Mahrarashtra. The proximity of the place connects to various metropolitan cities makes it a popular destination for people to come and visit even on weekends. The unique achievement Matheran has is, it is Asia’s only automobile free hill station.

From Matheran points, you can get easily connected to Mumbai and Pune either by using rail or road. If you plan to travel by air, the nearest airport would be Chatrapathi Shivaji Airport which is at Mumbai. The airport is located around 100 Km from Matheran.

The places of interest are huge in numbers. You can find different types of parks, lakes, racecourse and worship places on visiting Matheran. For Matheran sightseeing you really need to spend minimum 2-3 days to know and enjoy the places around. You can visit Matheran at different parts of the year, depending on the climatic conditions. Since Matheran is located in an elevated region, the place enjoys more cooler climate and less humidity which makes the place a popular place to visit in summer.

At different Matheran points you get to see unique sightseeing place. There are places where you get to see large number of medicinal plants and herbs. The town has large number of monkey population and the main source of drinking water is from Lake Charlotte for the town people.

The town still has horses and hand pulled rickshaws as a source of transport facility. You could find tourists from other countries visiting the place and enjoying the places. This has helped in the development of the region and made it one of the favorite destinations in India. The tourist department are doing their bit in promotion of the place and in bringing new and better ways to attract people to come and visit the place.

Some people are even looking at the place as a source of retirement as the place is a calm and serene.

You could even find people buying houses or constructing houses at hill tops and settle down. This has led to boom in construction industry in these places.

Old Matheran Railway Station does connect to Neral which is the nearest junction.The junction does connect to Chatrapthi Shivaji Terminus (CST) along the Karjat road. The train journey does provide a rich experience as you could witness beautiful scenes of mountains and hills and get soaked in the surroundings. The train journey is one of the most unique experience you could gather.

To conclude, it is always better to have pre-planned trip as make a detail inquiry on the places to visit for a long trip. A trip once to the place will have good memory developed for a longer period of time in life.