Aurangabad è un'mportante centro dello stato di Maharashtra, India. Vede un importante flusso truristico grazie alla sua vicinanza con le grotte di Ajanta e Ellora, due siti dichiarati Patrimonio dell'Umanità ed inseriti nella relativa lista redatta dall'UNESCO.

Come arrivare

Aurangabad è ben connessa al resto del paese. Possiede un areoporto con voli diretti per Mumbai operati dalle Indian Airlines, Jet Airways ed Air Deccan. La città si trova lungo la la linea ferroviaria che va da Manmad a Nanded, sezione della cosiddettà "South Central Railway". I treni più noti che effettuano una fermata ad Aurangabad sono il Tapovan express e il Devgiri express da Mumbai, il Sachkhand Express da Amritsar a Nanded, con sosta a Delhi e infine il Manmad express proveniente da Hyderabad.

Come spostarsi

It has all forms of transport right from auto-rickshaws to chauffer-drive taxis. Auto-rickshaws generally run according to meter but its always better to ask first. They have a chart which tells the exact fare. The actual fare is 10 times what is shown in the meter.

Da vedere

• Ajanta & Ellora - These places are world heritage sites having cave paintings and sculptures dating back to BC era.
• Lonar - This is site of a meteor which crashed on earth some 50,000 years ago and formed a large crater (few hundred meters in diameter) in the ground.
• Paithan - Paithan is famous for its hand-woven sarees, a masonary dam over serene Godavari river and a huge garden on the lines of Brindavan garden in Mysore.
• Daulatabad is a fort over a hill and views from the top are breathtaking. Give ample time to climb up and coming down so that you could appreciate the views o/w fort is in ruins. You could also hire a guide who would take you around the important corners of the fort.
• Bibi ka Maqbara was built by Aurangzeb's son for his mother and is an imitation of Taj Mahal, worth a visit.
• Panchakki is a simple funda of pouring water over blades of a fan like arrangement which has a grinder(chakki) on top used to grind wheat in olden days. There are small tanks with water and lotsss of fish whom you could feed but not feed them to yourself :-) This too is worth a visit but won't take much time.
• Ghrishneshwar temple is seat of one of the jyotirlings of lord Shiva, few kms away from Ellora caves. No need to stess on its importance.

Attività ricreative

Acquisti

• Abiti di seta Himroo.
• Paithani sarees.
• I bazaars locali sono il Gol Mandi e il Nirala Bazaar dove si trova un po' di tutto.

Dove mangiare

There are a few decent restaurants in the city and your hotel mostly likely will have one.

Some Good Restaurants include Indian Fast Food Centers Such as Uttam Bhandar, Gayetri Chat Center in Gulmandi, Milan Mithai & Chappan Bhog outlets. There are lots of restaurants offering both Veg and Non Fooda Such as Indrali, Prathmesh, Mewad Restaurants and Lots of Dhaba Restaurants Like Fauji,Ambience and Tinu's.

Bevande

Dormire

There are many hotels to suit all kinds of budget right from some of the least expensive hotels on the station road to the luxurious star hotels like Taj, Rama International, President Park, Ashoka Hotel. MTDC also has a tourist resort on the station road.

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