Things to do in Lavasa, Maharashtra
Lavasa is a private, planned city in the state of Maharashtra in India built near Pune. It is stylistically based on the Italian town Portofino, with a street and several buildings bearing the name of that town.
14 places to visit in and around Lavasa, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Raigad Fort
Raigad, located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India, is a hill fort situated near the town of Mahad. It is one of the strongest fortresses on the Deccan Plateau and was historically referred to as Rairee or Rairy Fort.
- 2Torna Fort
Torna Fort, also known as Prachandagad, is a large fort located in Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is historically significant because it was the first fort captured by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1646, at the age of 16.
- 3Devkund Waterfall
Devkund Waterfall is a waterfall located near Bhira, in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. It is a 'plunge' waterfall pouring massive amounts of water on the rocky surface underneath.
- 4Kurdugad
Kurdugad Fort is a fort located 143 km from Mumbai and 113km from Pune in Raigad district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Raigad district as a watch over for the trade route from Pune to coastal ports.
- 5Khadakwasla Dam
Khadakwasla Dam is a dam on the Mutha River 21 km from the centre of the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. The dam created a reservoir known as Khadakwasla Lake which is the main source of water for Pune and its suburbs.
- 6Konkan Diva Fort
Konkandiva Fort is a fort located 70 km from Pune in Maharashtra. This fort is on the boundary of Raigad and Pune district.
- 7Mangad Fort
Mangad Fort is a survey fort which is situated in Borwadi, an area near Mashidwadi in Mangaon, a taluka in Raigad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
- 8Lavasa Lake
An inlet of the Mutha River, and the central waterbody of the city.
- 9Baneshwar
Baneshwar Temple The word "Baneshwar" is coined with a very literal sense where "Ban" means Forest and Ishwar stands for God. So when the God resides within a forest, the place can be rightly named as Baneshwar.
- 10Panshet Dam
Panshet Dam, also called Tanajisagar Dam, is a dam on the Ambi river, a tributary of the Mutha River, about 50 km southwest of the city of Pune in western India.
- 11Mulshi Dam
- 12Temghar Dam
Temghar Dam, is an earthfill and gravity dam on Mutha river near Mulashi, Pune district in the state of Maharashtra in India.
- 13Varasgaon Dam
Varasgaon is a dam on the Mosi River which supplies water to city of Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is also called Veer Baaji Pasalkar Dam.
- 14Gunjwani Dam