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WHERE TO STAY IN PUNE CITY
Pune is well stocked with hotels, though the five star ones are quite
high priced to keep up with the big cities. Most of the budget
accommodations can be found in the area south of the train station around
Connaught Road. The station is also equipped with some better than average
retiring rooms.
Festivals
The Pune Festival, held in the months of August-September during Ganesh
Mahotsav, is the biggest festival in the city of Pune. Beginning on the
day of the installation of idols of Lord Ganesha it goes on till the
immersion of the Lord's idols on the tenth day.
ATM Centres:
Thomas Cook Gen Thimmaya Rd, MG Road and East St
American Express M. G. Road
Citibank
Bank of India
HDFC Bank
Chest (Aundh)
Dr. Ambedkar Hospital
Deen Dayal Hospital
Gadikhana (Clinic)
Hardikar Hospital
Inamdars Heart Hospital
Inlaks & Budhrani & M.N.B.Cancer
Jahangir Nursing Home
Joshi Hospital
Shopping
Laxmi Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road are quite popular clothes, electronic
goods, white goods and food related items.
Population: 15,64,000 (1991 Census)
Climate: Tropical
Altitude: 559 meters
Temperature range (deg C)
Summer: Maximum 400C Minimum 290C
Winter: Maximum 260C Minimum 100C
Rainfall: 70cms.
Clothing: Cottons in summer and light Woollen in Winter
STD CODE: 020
Information/Tourist offices
The MTDC tourist office is in the government offices known as Central
Buildings.
Lohagaon: 12-km
Jejuri: 30-km
Theur: 30-km
Singhagad: 26-km
Ranjangaon: 50-km
Moregaon: 50-km
Bhimashankar: 110-km
Mumbai: 170-km