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Pop: 1.3 million
Phone Code: 0891
Visakhapatnam is called Viraz for short. There are a couple of nice
beaches in this city, with crystal-clear warm ocean water. Two beaches
are Mission Beach, about 3km from downtown, and Lawson Beach, 6km away.
Ramakrishna Beach, along Lawson Bay, is a good beach. One of the best
beaches is about 10km north, at Rishikonda. Because of the strong current,
swimming can be dangerous here. Swimming at the harbor end of the beach
is not recommended.
The main spiritual reason to come here is to go the Varaha Narasimha
temple at Simhachalam, 16km north of Visakhapatnam.
Information
The railway station is a couple of km from the center of the city. It
is about 1½ km from the bus stand.
The APSRTC State Tourist office (276-3016) is on the
1st Floor of the Nehru Nagar Complex (Mon to Sat 10 am to 5 pm). There
is also a tourist office at the railway station. They do a tour of the
city for Rs 175 which also includes the Simhachalam Temple.
Andhra Pradesh Tourism (274-6446) does a day-tour
of the city that also goes to the Simhachalam Temple for Rs
180)
Taj Travels (275-5141; 275-5985), Meghalaya Hotel,
is an estab-lished travel agency.
Non-guests can use the pools in the Palm Beach and
Hotel Park for a fee.
Where to Stay—Lower
The Retiring Rooms at the bus stand are well-maintained
and a good value. At the railway station there are large, good standard
Retiring Rooms for Rs 250, as well as cheaper dorm beds.
Hotel Poorna (276-2344), Main Rd, has rooms with bath
for Rs 150/200.
Hotel Prasanth (276-5282), Main Rd, has clean rooms
with bath for Rs 250/300.
Hotel Karanths, 33 Patel Marg, near the railway station,
is a good, reasonably priced place that has clean rooms with bath.
Saga Lodge, near the beach, has rooms with common bath
and some with bath and a balcony. It is a good place.
Where to Stay—Middle
To High
Meghalaya (275-5141; fax 275-5824), Asilametta Junction,
near the bus stand, is a good place with rooms for Rs 600/650 and Rs
700/800 with A/C. It is a recommended, well-managed place.
The three-star Hotel Daspalla (276-4825; fax 276-2043),
Suryabagh, in the center of town, has rooms for Rs 650/700 and Rs 850/900
with A/C. It is a good place with two good vegetarian restaurants.
The four-star Dolphin Hotel (276-7000), Dadagardens,
in the center of town, has a pool and rooms for Rs 695/895 up to Rs
1500/1600. It has a good rooftop restaurant. It is well-managed and
it is best to book it in advance. Recommended.
The three-star Hotel Apsara (276-4861), Waltair Main
Rd, costs Rs 800/1000 for a room with A/C. It is a friendly place.
The best places to stay are the beach hotels in Waltair.
The two-star Ocean View Inn(275-4828; fax 2763-234),
at the northern end of the beach, is a good, comfortable, quiet place.
Rooms are Rs 600/700 and Rs 700/900 for an A/C room.
Palm Beach Hotel (275-4026), north end of Beach Rd,
has a good location, but is a little run-down. It is a good choice for
a cheaper middle-class place near the beach. Rooms are Rs 700/800 and
Rs 800/900 with A/C.
One of the best places in town is the friendly modern Park Hotel
(275-4488; fax 274-181), Beach Rd, right next to the beach,
which has comfortable A/C rooms for Rs 2100/2400and suites for Rs 3500.
It has a bookshop and a clean pool.
Taj Residency Visakhapatnam (276-7756; fax 564-370),
Beach Rd, has recently been refurbished and has rooms facing the sea
starting at $65/80. It has a pool.
Where to Eat
Swagath Restaurant, Main Rd near Poorna Market, has
good cheap food.
There are two good restaurants at the Hotel Daspalla,
one South Indian and the Vaisakhi Restaurant, which
serves North Indian cuisine.
Travel
Air Indian Airlines (274-6501; Airport 275-8221)
has flights to Bhubaneswar ($105), Calcutta ($130), Chennai ($105),
Delhi ($275), Hyderabad ($140) and Mumbai ($150). The airport is 15km
from the city center. An auto-rickshaw is around Rs 175 and taxi Rs
300.
Train
Visakhapatnam is on the main route between Calcutta and Chennai. Bhubaneswar
Coromandel Exp #2842 (10.35 pm, 7 hr), Calcutta Coromandel Exp #2842
(10.35 pm, 13 hr), Howrah-Chennai Mail #6004 (2 pm, 17 hr), Chennai
Coromandel Exp #2842 (4.50 am, 13 hr), Howrah-Chennai Mail #6004 (2.30
pm, 17 hr), Hyderabad (700km) Godavari Express #7007 (5 pm, 11 hr),
Konark Exp #1020 (10 pm, 13 hr). There are also trains to Tirupati,
Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Bangalore, and Puri via Bhubaneswar.
You can connect for a train to Mumbai by first going to Hyderabad or
Nagpur.
Trains are often delayed, especially during the rainy season. It is
a good idea to phone the railway station in advance to get information
about the departure of your train. The phone number is 69421, Reservations
(274-6234), Enquiries (569-421).
Bus
You can get buses to all over the state and Puri in Orissa from the
bus station (2746-400). It is convenient to take a bus to Srikakulam
(3 hr) from here, as the train station in Srikakulam is 15km out of
the way.
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