GETTING THERE
Location: Bhubaneswar,
Orissa
Connected By: Air, Rail, Road
Royal Accommodation: ITDC's Hotel Kalinga Ashoka & Hotel Oberoi
Bhubaneswar
Air: There are regular Indian Airlines flights to
Hyderabad, Nagpur,
Calcutta,
Delhi, Varanasi,
Bombay and Madras. The airport is very close to town. If you have an early
morning flight, it is a good idea to have your hotel arrange a taxi the
night before and pay a little more to avoid the morning inconvenience of
finding a taxi at that time. The Indian Airline office is on Raj Path, by
the bus stand.
Rail: Bhubaneswar is on the main
Calcutta to
Madras line so all the main trains stop here. The Howrah-Bangalore
mail and Guwahati-Bangalore go to Bangalore. The Coromandel Express is a
good train going to Madras. There are direct trains to
Delhi,
Agra, Remuna, and
Varanasi. The Rajdhani Express departs from Delhi one day a week on Friday
to Bhubaneswar. The Puri-New
Delhi Express is a good train to
Delhi.
Road: The best way to get from Bhubaneswar
to Puri is on one
of the Canter minibuses that leave from the old bus station in the center
of town, the new bus stand, and from the petrol station opposite the Ashok
Hotel. They take a little more than an hour to get to Puri. There are also
larger buses that go Puri,
but they are slower than the minibuses. It is best to get an Express bus
to Puri, which make only one stop en route. There is a direct bus to
Konark too. If
one misses out the direct bus, one can take a Puri buses to Pipli and from
there get another bus to Konark.
Most of the long-distance buses depart from the new bus stand (Baramunda
Bus Stand), which is about 5-km from downtown on the main road to
Calcutta. There
are buses to Calcutta,
Cuttack
(10 hr), and other places in
Orissa . Buses to
Puri also leave
from this station.
ACCOMMODATION
Bhubaneswar has got numerous numbers of
hotels to suit all budgets and requirements.
WHERE
TO STAY - LOWER
The Yatri Niwas, Cuttack Road
The Venus Niwas, Cuttack Road
Hotel Janapath
The Pushpak, Kalpana Square
Bhagwat Niwas, 9 Buddha Nagar, behind the Pushpak
Hotel Padma, Kalpana Square
Bhubaneswar Hotel, Cuttack Road
WHERE TO STAY - MIDDLE
Hotel Keshari, 113 Station Square
Kenilworth Hotel, Gautam Nagar
Hotel Prachi Bhubaneswar
ITDC's Hotel Kalinga Ashok
Hotel Swosti
WHERE TO STAY - LUXURY
Oberoi Bhubaneswar
WHERE TO EAT
The Hare Krishna Restaurant, at Lal Chand Market Complex, Station Square,
has excellent food. It is the most highly recommended place in town.
Initiated ISKCON devotees manage it.
The Venus Inn, 217 Bapuji Nagar, is a good South Indian vegetarian
restaurant. There is a vegetarian restaurant at the ISKCON temple too.
