Tour to Vishakhapatnam

The most highly populated state in southern India and the land simultaneously of the Telugu and the Charminar, Andhra Pradesh on the Bay of Bengal offers a plethora of the most diverse tourist experiences. From dilapidated fortresses to untamed wilderness, magnificent monuments to rustic tribal villages, Andhra Pradesh has it all. Home also to a bipolar communal environment, Tourism of Andhra Pradesh has always been a flourishing industry and still has not lost any of the attention due to it. A tiny fishing village turned one of the most important ports in the country Vishakhapatnam earlier known as Vizag has come up as a popular tourist destination in the last decade more that ever before. Its interesting topographical feature with low hills bordering the coast line makes a feast for the eyes peculiar to Vishakhapatnam alone in the country. A tour to Vishakhapatnam offers an out of the way quite unmatched in any other part of the country.

• By Rail

  There are daily flights to Vishakhapatnam from Hyderabad and less frequent services from Calcutta and Chennai. The airport is 13 km from town. The distance has to be done by auto-rickshaw.

• By Road

  Vishakhapatnam Junction is on the main broad gauge railway line from Calcutta to Chennai that runs along the coast. It’s possible to get to Vishakhapatnam by train from other parts of the country too. Delhi, for example, but it’s a long tedious arduous 3-day affair.

• By Air

  Private buses and State Roadways buses service areas in and around Andhra Pradesh and connect Vizag to neighbouring places like Behrampore and Puri in Orissa. The state transport buses are really almost the very basic in four-wheel travel. Car rental companies rent out chauffeur driven cars, coaches and MUVs, air-conditioned or otherwise. This is, by far the most convenient-comfortable option if travelling by road.

• Ramkrishna Beach
• Rishikonda Beach
• HUDA Park
• Kailash Giri
• Submarine Museum
• Bhimli
• Port

• Seemachalam Temple
• Araku Valley
• Bora Caves
• Tayada

Summers are uncomfortably hot and humid. The best time therefore to visit Vishakhapatnam is between October and March.

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