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Thanks,
Ram,
for your discerning comments. You get a
FREE Shoppers Stop Gift Voucher worth Rs.
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Ram’s Ratings |
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The Destination
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The Location |
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The Appearance |
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Bookings
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The Room
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Food &
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Our trip to Ganapatipule
was one of the most memorable holiday
experiences of all time. The drive from
Mumbai to Ganapatipule (about 370 KM)
was awesome, given a great combo of
ghats and open roads. Road quality
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Sea
view
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Another
piece of heaven
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was amazing and in some
places, I felt I could almost smell
the freshly laid tar on the road.
Ganapatipule is a small, very small
place, just about a village. It has
some of the best
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beaches that I have seen
on the western coast, very clean with
the bluest of skies and very secluded.
The waters are clean, the sand melts
under your feet, and in the night, you
can actually see a lot of stars lighting
up the sky.
Go to G’pule, if you want to slow
down, take life as it comes, and wait
for things to happen. Take some books,
chill out on the hammock, have another
Kingfisher, listen to the waves, and
RELAX.
But on the other hand,
if you want three forts, four vantage
points and one palace visit to be packed
into a day, you are in the wrong place
friend. Gpule is completely about chilling
and chilling more and more.
The Krishnali resort in
Bhandarpule (2 km from Gpule) is the
BEST resort in the place from the perspective
of location as it surrounded by small
hills at both ends. This creates a bay
like area, and a private sort of beach
about 1 km in length. Off white powdery
sands, phenomenally blue green waters,
coupled with the breeze of numerous
coconut tree right on the beach make
this one of the best beaches ever visited.
The only other resort in the place which
has an actual 'on the beach' location
is MTDC but it opens out to a public
open beach, right next to the temple
(main landmark of GPULE) making it somewhat
boisterous and full of people of mixed
proclivities. Most other hotels are
a walk way from the beach or right in
Gpule village.
Ganapatipule
Temple |
Do visit the
Gpule Ganpati temple. It is
a lovely temple, right on
the beach next to the MTDC
resort. Do try and summon
the energy to wake up a little
early and visit the temple.
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The cool breeze
in the morning,
sound of the sea
and the ambience
of the temple can
create a different
experience altogether.
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Ganapatipule
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Best
Highlights:
While approaching
Krishali,
you climb
a hill and
then as you
turn a corner
and start
descending
downhill,
the sea and
the sand suddenly
open up in
front of you
after almost
375 KM of
driving through
indifferent
views.
A
large sheer
expanse of
blue sea,
a small beach
and the sound
of waves suddenly
fills your
senses with
great silence.
One of my
life's AHA
moments for
sure!
Worst
Highlights:
No
real worst
experience
but as we
all know that
happiness
or satisfaction
is mostly
the difference
between reality
and expectation,
watch out
for some irritants.
1.
Service is
slow. This
is endemic
of Gpule hotels
as a whole.
However, past
reviewers
had so psyched
me with their
comments on
service, that
in my experience,
the service
was much faster
than what
I expected.
2.
Food quality
is average.
Nothing wrong,
but we just
had thalis
for lunch
as well as
dinner. Got
a little boring.
Try some of
the local
hotels next
to the Ganpati
temple for
some choice.
3.
Place is pricey.
At Rs 5500+
per night,
it was on
the higher
side, but
the place
made up for
it.
4.
This has nothing
to do with
the resort
but if you
are travelling
from Mumbai
to Gpule during
the weekend
by car, try
to leave a
little early
for home.
Else, you
could get
chewed at
Pen, a key
junction on
NH17. Plan
to be in Panvel
by 630 or
so which means
you will have
to leave Gpule
by 1030 to
11 in the
morning.
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