Kashid Beach Reviews by Travelers

Overview of the destination
Kashid Beach is one of the many secluded seaside resorts that dot the western coast of India. It is a quaint little Maharashtrian village perched on a thickly wooded hill overlooking Kashid Bay and the Arabian Sea. It is popular mainly because of its white sand, blue seas, green mountains, paddy fields, and rivulets. Kashid has a 3 km stretch of beach tucked in between two rocky hillocks with casuarina groves all around 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. Most of the hotels have packages with full board and lodging. We stayed at Sarve Cottage, a lovely little cottage with a swimming pool and a camping site with a machan too! They had five non-ac double rooms and a tent with an in-house family who catered to our needs. The package included all meals and cost us Rs 1000/ per day. The food they served us was delicious homely non vegetarian fare.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping
There are no options for eating out except the hawkers on the beach. The market is worth a visit as the fresh fish is a dream come true for all fish lovers. We picked up 6 kgs of fresh prawns for a meager 600 rupees and had them for snacks right through our stay. Murud-Janjira is situated near Kashid. Murud is an old fisherman town with a good beach. Janjira is a famous fort in the middle of the sea near Murud. The tourists can also visit the Nawab's palace, Ganapati Pule temple and the beautiful Birla temple nearby. About ten km from Kashid beach is the Phansad bird sanctuary. You can bike or walk the distance from the place you have put up to the beach. The vendors provide hammocks for relaxation, which they allow you to use only if you purchase something from them (very justified).This is good fun in the evening when everyone walks down to the beach. There is nothing worth buying unless you want to take back fish!

Activities & things to do
Just relax on the beach and eat scrumptious fish. The hotel organises a good ayurvedic massage but only for gents. Besides a must see is the Janjira fort and a peek at the Majestic Palace. Basically just the soothing sea breeze with nothing else to do rejuvenates you.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc.
Kashid is a beach town on the shores of Arabian Sea, in the North Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is located 30km from Alibag and 135km from Mumbai on the Alibag-Murud road. The train connectivity is not very good but the arrival of the Konkan Railway has ensured that this area is now more accessible. The road access is very good and the drive on the meandering konkan coast is pleasant ? 160 km from Mumbai ? 135 km from Thane ? 110 km from Navi Mumbai (Vashi) ? 170 km from Pune (via Mulshi) Buses: ? Buses ply regularly between Mumbai Central - Murud -halt at Kashid ? Buses ply regularly between Thane ? Murud- halt at Kashid ? Frequent services are available for Alibaug from Mumbai, Thane. From there buses are available for Murud which halt at Kashid village Very secluded so go in a group. Cell phones do not work.