Sunday, 25 September 2016

Kashid beach


After a long break. I am back with my new travel story for my blog!!!!

 A visit to kashid beach…



Kashid is a beach town on the shores of the 
Arabian Sea, in the North Konkan region of MaharashtraIndia. It is located 30 km from Alibag and 160 km from Mumbai on the Alibag-Murud road.


Kashid is popular mainly because of its white sand, blue seas, green mountains, paddy fields. Kashid has a 3 km stretch of beach tucked in between two rocky  with Casuarina groves all along the seashore. This is by far the best beach in this part of the Konkan region and, though absolutely deserted on weekdays, the town can attract its fair share of week-end holiday makers. There are a few small hotels in Kashid as the rest of the area is privately owned. Best option to stay here to stay in cottages owned by local people.It costs 1000 Rs for a room on weekends. They offer konkani fish thali which is very sumptuous.

The waves here are unusually high and can be a paradise for surfing. We reached kashid beach @ 10 morning after swimming and playing at beach we had a lunch at hotels attach to beach.  Which hade a menu of veg & non-veg.

After enjoying the beach . After clicking pic’s and selfie’s  the journey back to alibag started.

Kashid was not known as a tourist attraction till the mid 90s. It was only after travelers to Murud Janjira started stopping to spend some time after noticing the beauty of the beach .



How to go:-

The road access is very good.

·         160 km from Mumbai

·         135 km from Thane.

·         110 km from Navi Mumbai (Vashi)

·         Around 170-180 km from Pune (via Khopoli - Mumbai Pune Expressway)

    Buses:

·         Buses plying regularly between Mumbai central - Murud halt at Kashid

·         Buses plying regularly between Thane - Murud halt at Kashid

·         Frequent service are available form  Alibag.

One more thing instead of staying in a hotel it is better to look for accommodation at cottages built by local people. They serve awesome Konkan sea food.



A DAY WELL SPENT…


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