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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.
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