Welcome to the Weekend Planner
Imagine going to a beautiful fort and then learning that you have to climb for 2 hours to see the “beautiful” part. The aim of this page is to help you avoid such scenarios. You choose the options you are interested in and this page lists only those places which qualify for those options. If you need details on the assumptions, please scroll down below.
- If you don’t care about a particular category, leave it empty. Places which fit into all the different kinds in that category will be displayed.
- You have to press Submit if you change any options and want to see the revised list.
- Duration: Under the assumption that you are using your own transport. Half Day: 5-6 hrs One day: Start early morning and back by night Weekend: Requires an overnight stay Weekday: Close to/Within the city that you can visit even after work
- Area: Pune: Within/Very close to Pune City. Near Pune: Usually < 100 Kms. Konkan: Anywhere on the Arabian coast
- Type: Drive: Mostly, a place known for scenic beauty, but the drive to the place is also good. Walk: May/May not be uphill, but assumption that it doesn’t require any special physical fitness. Trek: Better to be in good shape if you want to attempt (I am a typical S/W guy with reasonable levels of fitness!). Just See: The drive to the place is nothing much to write about, but you have stuff to see at the destination.
- If you think that any of the places need a reclassification, let me know through the contact form.
- Disclaimer: These ratings are my assumptions and may differ for you
March 22nd, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Nice tool! You are truly inspired! One small bug though, when you leave all the categories empty and search you have the last place appearing twice.
Regards to you and your family!
March 22nd, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Hi,
Your site was already awesome, now its got awesommer
Good going with this new tool.
May I suggest to add a season field in the choices.. as some activities are season specific or best done during that season.
Cheers, keep exploring and sharing!
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:50 am
Good idea Aditya, will do.
The problem is that most places around here are at their best in the monsoon, but that doesnt mean you can’t go there in other seasons.
In fact, you go there in summer and then again in monsoon, you would appreciate the beauty even more
March 23rd, 2012 at 9:01 am
RajaRam at its best as usual
March 23rd, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Planner is a wonderful idea! Amazing information about places!! Kalakkureenga!!!
March 23rd, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Diana, bug solved. Was a copy-paste error
April 21st, 2012 at 7:06 pm
i request you to kindly inform the list of adventure clubs from Mumbai and their weekend programmes
April 26th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
I already liked your blogs as reading it bit late , also the weekend planner is at its best , giving all best locations around Pune. Prefer we go together some time to a place still not gone as a adventure.
May 4th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
I’m not geeting any details through weekend planner. I’m looking for places to visit during weekends?
May 5th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Kapil, You dont need the entire weekend to see any place close to Pune. That’s why u see mostly Konkan for the weekend plan.
Choose one day trip to see lot more options.
Otherwise, just browse the blog to get any options.
June 5th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
very useful information, thanks a lot!
June 29th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Wowwwww!! Before I saw this page I was on your “contact” page and was just thinking of asking you a list of places for visits for different duration! You are just awesome!!
July 1st, 2012 at 10:09 pm
let me know places near mumbai ,pune for 2 nights .(sat sun mon)
July 12th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
I request you to kindly inform the list of adventure places near pune & Mumbai in next weekend programmes.
July 13th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
What a nice website, but it will be nicer if u will add the distance of all places from Pune. Any way this is a great help.
July 15th, 2012 at 9:19 am
Hey Great work done, Indeed Pune is beautiful during Monsoon..
July 21st, 2012 at 8:18 am
Hey RS, great tool but I did not get any result from the search I made.
I tried planner search multiple times on Chrome20, FireFox12 and IE9 but everytime, the output was ‘Places to Visit’ banner with no result. I use Windows7 64bit OS.
Am I missing anything?
Your tool really look promising.
July 21st, 2012 at 10:36 am
replied to you on mail. Probably the combination you chose had no results.
July 27th, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Can you tell me some places for 2 nights near Pune within medium budget?
July 27th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Do you have the list of hotels with pricing for the same holiday plan..Ny help would be appreciated..
Thanks..:)
July 27th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
No Prachi
have to be 100% on this for that kind of info.
July 28th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I m really appreciate for your hard work & efforts which your are reaching to us, more info abt pune & any other places, spots near pune through this site. We come to know abt geographical area as well, I just want to add if u would like to add abt maharashtra tourist places then it become more informative & great site.
great going, keep it up..
Thanks,
August 3rd, 2012 at 7:09 pm
Great Job Guys.
I am going to go for a day trip this weekend !
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Hi ,
I tried ‘week end planner’, but after clicking search button its giving the replies by others and not the places. I want to check the week end palces near pune
Kindly assist
Thanks,
Mandar
mrchitre@gmail.com
August 8th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Thanks a lot for creating this site… it is the fastest way to have a look on all the areas and plan our trip…. And instead of asking other people about the locations I guess this is a far better solution …
August 14th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Please let us know if max sites can be covered of interest including nearby Pune site seeing such as Balaji Temple, Vaishnodevi Temple
August 16th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Pls let me know places for family on weekend
August 24th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Please give the details as required.
August 28th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Hello ,
I wud like to suggest that you can also include “How to reach” in case some one don’t own a carrrrrrrrrr(wana go with parents, can’t fit on bike). is there any local transport available?
September 2nd, 2012 at 11:30 am
the one good about maharashtra local transport is that it reaches places however remote they may be. Even the most obscure of villages have a ST bus reaching there.
September 5th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
well done
October 1st, 2012 at 2:42 pm
i am going to pune on 23rd Oct to 30th Oct. what are the places near and far to visit
October 13th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
i am clicking my options in planner, but as soon as i click on SEARCH, the only thing appearing is, these comments “32 Responses to “Weekend Planner”.
i wonder whether i put in a wrong combination, or is it a browser issue (i use mozila).
but i am looking for a place (under 30Km from pune) to visit with my wife on sunday 14 oct 2012.
can you help me out ?
October 13th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
replied to you on mail.
November 6th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Hi ,
I tried ‘week end planner’, but after clicking search button its giving the replies by others and not the places. I want to check the week end palces near pune
Kindly assist
Thanks,
November 10th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
Nice site..Bookmarked.!!.:)
November 16th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
This is a fantastic site! Great ideas, clarity of places, distance, options for the travel etc etc.. good job!!
December 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Thank you Rajaram for such a well defined insight… It had always been a useful site to go thru your planner for me and my friends. God Bless you ___Sujoy..
December 15th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
please provide me some guide for a 2-4 days of travel including one weekend
December 21st, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Hi Rajaram,
Good stuff. Combining your IT skills and love for Travel !!
Cheers
December 24th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I like to visit around pune in winter covering Khandala,Lonavala, Vimashankar,Trimbakeshwar, Raja Dinkar kelkar Museum, Parvati temple,Shirdi Ajanta,Elora,etc in four days, make a route
Thanks for adivice
December 24th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
give us options with tarrif
December 24th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Suggest location along with the hotels and its tarrifs
December 25th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Hi
Can you please let me know is there any scenic place near, around pune to do in one day by car during december, if its during season there is now worry there is lot of options…as there are old people they cant climb or walk much, please give me some suggestions.
December 26th, 2012 at 11:05 am
December 30th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
We are planning a 3 day trip to pune..please inform us abou the places..
December 31st, 2012 at 11:34 am
Can you suggest some places to visit in goa.
January 16th, 2013 at 8:54 am
suggestion: If it has an option about the season or month it would make a best bet.
January 19th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
great info
January 20th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Good idea. Will include it when I work on the next version
January 20th, 2013 at 10:30 pm
i want an contact to stay at mini trupati
March 17th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
expecting nearby locations
April 2nd, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Your site has been very useful and I toured many places mentioned in it during last monsoon and now waiting for this year’s monsoon!
BTW, recently a new Science park has opened in Pimpri and it is a nice 1 day visit. There are lot of exhibits the kids will enjoy, plus a 3D movie and planetarium show. You may want to check it out and list on your site!
April 4th, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Would like to know about places near pune for 2-3 days holiday
April 8th, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Hi Raja,
I need to know the places near Pune where I can visit and come back by the evening.
Regards,
Ritesh
April 15th, 2013 at 4:36 pm
good site , should include the resorts info too,
is malshej ghat good to visit during july month with family? planning for one night trip from pune , is there any better place than malshej ghat to visit for a family of 10 , kindly suggest ,
April 15th, 2013 at 4:39 pm
how about khandala, panchgani, and lonavala ,…during july month?
April 16th, 2013 at 5:56 pm
no greenery and too hot
April 16th, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Malshej is good to visit during July (monsoons)., but go on a weekday, otherwise expect lot of crowds.
May 20th, 2013 at 10:48 pm
We are from chennai visiting Shirdi and would like to s;ped one day 25th to look around Pune since we have to catch our flight by 22 hrs hence seek your valuable input to cover good places within our time limt.We hope to make further plan to
visit to cover other places on your advice in future
regards
Ananthnarayan
May 21st, 2013 at 9:41 am
Replied on email.