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Travelers’ Adda Xplorer Editor’s Note Since we have good response from our readers and members, we have are motivated to do new
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getting more mature and streamlined every day. We have also edited and made minor changes to
the travelogues provided by members to fit correctly by adding or removing some least important
contents without deviating from actual theme.
There have been so many events done this quarter. I’ve personally selected one as the best one
and that was a visit to Gopiballavpur with three of our members Bhaskar, Kaustav and Manojit. It
was special because apart from enjoying the beauty of a village and River Subarnarekha, it was a
trip that was covered on Rail by Bhaskar and Manojit and through Road on Motorbike by Kaustav
and me.
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and Shubham Bairy (Tamilnadu Modarator). Kaustav is a Trek hunter and loves photography like
nothing whereas Shubham is a hardcore biker and loves not only riding bikes but traveling on bike.
Kaustav also loves traveling on bikes when it’s not about trekking. It is my absolute pleasure to
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3 Editor’s Note 5 Trip of the Month –March 2012 - Kumaon
Agnimitra Chowdhuri 10 Trip of the Month –April 2012 - Lonely Rider's Aravalli Ride Avik Mahato 12 Trip of the Month – May 2012 - Kanha National Park Bhaskar Majumdar 14 Heritage – Hanseswari temple Suryajit Bhattacharya 16 Lazy Weekend - Taalsaari Apurba Hudait 17 Travel Guru Travelers’ Adda 18 Travel Guru’s Desk - A cRaZY RidE tO HOGENAKKEL falls Shubham Bairy 20 Exploring Planet - Gopiballavpur
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22 Around the World - Würzburg, Germany Manojit Pati
24 Travelography Suryajit Bhattacharya
Contents
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Kumaon by Agnimitra Chowdhuri
Kumaon is a land of snow capped mountains and glaciers, valleys, verdant forests and Alpine meadows, lakes
and streams, birds and animals, all combine to make a beautiful and scenic place elsewhere.
Day1 (11-Dec-11) Kathgodam-
Binsar:
We have started our
journey for this beautiful land
from Kolkata on 9-Dec-2011. We
reached Kathgodam around 5 AM
via Delhi on 11-Dec-2011. We
(three people) hired an Alto at
1500/- per day including food and
lodging of the driver for 7 days.
We started for Binsar (130
KM) at 5.30 AM. The main route
to Binsar was blocked due to
landslide; we took another route
via Bhimtal, Ramgarh. We took a
short break at Bhimtal, a natural
lake in Nainital district. It was
very cold almost 2-3°C. We
enjoyed sunrise on Bhimtal Lake.
We saw the Himalayan peaks for
the first time from Ramgarh. It
was a fantastic feeling. We got
down from the car spend
sometimes there. We took our
breakfast at Ramgarh bazzar.
We reached Binsar
Sanctuary police check post
around 12:30 PM. Entry fees to
the sanctuary were 150 rupees per
head and 250 for car (including
fee of driver). Binsar KMVN rest
house is 12 KM from the check
post. It was an amazing journey
through the dense forest.
Binsar (2412 meter) is
situated on top of Jhandidhar hills
under Binsar Sanctuary in Almora
district. It’s very quiet place and
surrounded with dense Himalayan
flora. The main attraction of
Binsar is that here one can see
wide range (almost 300 KM) of
panoramic; snow capped famous
Himalayan peaks like
Nandaghunti, Trishul, Nandadevi,
Nandakot, Panchachuli.
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The KMVN resort view
point offers an excellent view of
Himalayas. There is no electricity
in the sanctuary. Even there is no
market or shops. You can get 1
bucket of hot water in the
morning to bath. The resort has its
own generator but they run it in
the evening from 5 to 8 PM for
dinner. You can charge batteries
at that time only.
After having lunch we
started walking to zero point. It is
2 KM from KMVN resort. It is
very nice feelings walking
through green dense, quiet forest
of Oak, Far, Pine, Deodar trees
with the flutter of birds. You can
see moss, hanging from trees. We
went to the sunset point. The
point is surrounded with very
dense forest. The sunset point is
almost 1 KM from the KMVN
resort.
We returned to resort’s
view point to enjoy sunset on
Himalayas but the peaks were
covered with clouds. At the
evening we spent sometimes in
the view point. It was next day of
full moon. It was a great feeling
to see forest and hills in moon
light.
Day2 (12-Dec-11) Binsar-
Choukari:
The Sun usually rises up
around 6:45 AM. We wake up
early in the morning. It was very
cold. We went to the resort view
point to see sunrise. It looked
very nice to see the Sun rises up
through the wide Himalayan
valley.
After having bath &
breakfast, we started exploring
the forest. We went to the sunset
point and from there we took a
narrow walking route going
down. The route was full of dry
leaves. We had heard that the
sanctuary is full of fauna mainly
Leopard, Himalayan black beer,
Ghoral, Barking deer, Wild Boar,
Monkey, Musk deer etc. But
fortunately or unfortunately we
have seen only monkeys and
some birds.
We left Binsar towards
Choukari at 12:30 PM. The
distance to Choukari via shortcut
to Paleo Bend, Dhaul China is
almost 105 KM.
We planned to reach Choukari via
Patal Bhubneswar (1350 meter).
Again, the road is very beautiful
between the hills surrounded by
mainly Pines trees. We took our
launch at Sheraghat, situated near
the bank of Saryu River.
We reached Patal
Bhubneswar around 4:30 PM via
Raiagarh (distance almost 110
KM from Binsar). It’s a natural
limestone cave. It usually remains
open from 9 AM to 5 PM. But
due to cold weather, the cave was
closed. After a lot of requests, the
guide was agreed to open the
cave. The cave entrance was very
narrow. We entered into the cave
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by crawling and holding a chain.
The cave has created various
spectacular stalactite and
stalagmite figures of various
forms. The original cave leads to
the different caves through
different tunnels. The guide
charge was 50/-. Photography was
not allowed inside the cave. After
having tea at Bhubneswar market
we left for Choukari (distance
almost 40 KM).
Day3 (13-Dec-11) Choukari:
Choukari (2010 meter) is a
small, peaceful, beautiful, hill
station in the Pithoragarh district.
The famous peaks like
Mrigthumi, Maiktoli, Nandadevi,
Nandakot and Panchachuli are
distinctly visible from here.
We wake up early in the
morning to enjoy the Sun rise. It
was a fantastic sunrise I ever had.
Some of peaks like
Mrigthumi, Maiktoli were not
fully visible from the KMVN
resort because a nearby hill was
covering them. We got a fantastic
view of Himalayas through a
wide green Himalayan valley
from that hill top.
After having bath and
breakfast, we went to the Musk
Deer Center. The distance of the
center from the KMVN resort is 4
KM. It is 2 KM by car and then 2
KM of walk to go to the hill top.
It was a splendid walk through the
narrow walking road surrounded
by trees and keeping eyes on
Himalayas.
After having lunch, we
started walking to the Himalaya
Public School. The students were
studying in open air in the
sunlight due to the winter season.
We went to a valley. The
Himalayas were looking heavenly
from there.
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It was a marvelous feeling
far away from hectic city life. We
returned to the resort after the
sunset.
Day4 (14-Dec-11) Choukari-
Munshiyari:
We left Choukari towards
Munshiyari after having breakfast
(distance almost 100 KM).
Another beautiful journey started
by the side of Ramganga River.
We reached Birthi Falls
around 12:00 noon. You have to
ride 125 meter slope to reach near
the falls. The falls was creating
rainbow on its wall where it was
breaking out.
We reached Kalamuni top
(2895 meter) around 1 PM. It’s
the highest point in the route. A
stunning view of the Panchchuli
peaks greeted us. We took a break
there. Every turn from Kalamuni
top brings a fresh view of
Panchachuli, often better than the
previous.
We reached Munshiyari
(2200 meter) around 2:30 PM.
Munshiyari is situated in a valley
on the banks of Goriganga River.
The main attraction of Munshiyari
is Panchachuli peaks.
Munshiyari town seemed
little bit crowed and dirty to us.
The view of Panchachuli was
getting interrupted by the trees or
electric cables or buildings in the
market place and also in KMVN
resort. We went to the college
where we get an uninterrupted
view of Panchachuli peaks. The
sunset on Panchachuli looked
simply awesome.
Day5 (15-Dec-11) Munshiyari: The sunrise here is not so
enjoyable. We started for Khalia
top at 7:30 AM. It’s a half day
trek from Munshiyari (7 KM).
The guide charge was 500/-. In
the afternoon we visited
Nandadevi temple and heritage
museum.
Day6 (16-Dec-11) Munshiyari -
Kousani:
We started for Kousani at
8:30 AM. We took the route via
Tejam – Sama – Kapkot –
Bageswar – Baijnath. It was a
very long journey of almost 160
KM.
We had our lunch near
Bageswar. We spent sometimes at
Baijnath temple. It‘s situated near
the Baijnath town on the bank of
Gomati river.
We reached Kousani
around 4:30 PM. Kousani (1890
meter) is little bit crowed hill
station situated at Bageswar
district. You can see snow capped
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Choukhamba, Nandaghunti,
Trishul, Nandadevi, Nandakot
from here. We visited Gandhi
ashram established by Gandhiji.
You can see the beauty of the
Himalayas from the ashram also.
The sunset on Himalayas from
Kousani is amazing especially on
Trishul.
Day7 (17-Dec-11) Kousani –
Nainital - Kathgodam:
We wake up early in the
morning and enjoyed sunrise on
the Himalayas from the KMVN
resort. Here the elevation and the
angles are different. The entire
Himalayan range was looking
very beautiful.
After having breakfast we
started for Nainital via Almora
(distance almost 117 KM)
through the bank of Kosi River.
We reached Nainital around 1
PM. Nainital Lake is very
beautiful. Lots of people were
enjoying boat ride on the lake.
There is Nainadevi temple beside
the lake near Bhutia market. We
reached Kathgodam in the
evening (around 35 KM).
Kumaon can be visited round
the year except rainy season.
You can call Jiban Shah
(09412351525) or Manoj
Kumar (09759244102) for car.
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Lonely Rider's Aravalli Ride by Avik Mahato
I must admit that I'm very lazy to write and these days not doing much riding also, so please forgive this
old man for not being descriptive about this trip.
It was a one day ride covering
600+ kms Delhi-Jaipur-Sariska-
Delhi. Started 5am and returned
10:30 pm. Some of the pictures
containing micro blogs describing
behind the scene stories.
Last night before the ride, I heard
the news that Shimla experienced
it's first snowfall. Next morning I
could feel the million pinches of
chilled air all over my body. This
photo was taken on NH8 on my
way to Jaipur. After starting at
4am from Delhi after 100 kms I
was forced to stop due to freezing
temperature. This is one of the
still taken when my heart was
pumping hard to heat-up the
body.
Could not remember when I have
wished to see the Sun so
desperately. The first ray I could
see on the top of the tops of the
Aravalli range, parallel to NH8.
As soon as it touched the
highway, I look at the Sun - the
source of life. I opened my gloves
and helmet to touch the first ray
of sun. My cracked lips with salty
taste of blood wanted to suck the
warmth and shivering finger tips
trying to feel it. I gazed on my left
to the Aravalli range, I will be
riding you soon......
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We did not encounter anything
but some tractors loaded with
stones. Yes some Blue Bulls
crossed the roads few minutes
back hardly bothering about us.
We stopped by a 'Mandir'
(Temple) and decided to have a
quick photoshoot. The 'Pujari'
(Priest) was quite surprised
looking at our activity, he might
be thinking some kind of circus
we are doing. But honestly
nothing beats the feeling of
embracing the warmth of sunlight
on a lonely stateway during
winters. I opened my arms to
cuddle with the chilled wind -
kissing my face with the visor
open.
Let’s say CHEERS! I pointed my
camera at the reflection on the
visor. We were at one of the
several photo breaks we took
during our way back to Delhi. I
can say Himalayan range
especially in Sikkim can give you
one of the best riding experiences
through hills but after Aravalli
ride I must say YES! ON A
LAZY WEEKEND, RIDING
THROUGH ARAVALLI IS
EQUALLY ENJOYABLE. At
twilight on some unknown corner
at the Aravalli's we said
CHEERS!! for the camera. This
shot was taken on the reflection at
the visor of Saumitra's helmet.
"Look at that man!!!" we shouted
at each other "This is simply
awesome, the best part of the
ride". From my past experience of
riding through Himalayan range, I
can say that Aravalli riding is
equally enjoyable with gentle
curves and very moderate uphills.
For new riders it could be a very
good experience to break in and
get the feel of twists and curves.
On one such curve we could see
the vast openness and the layer of
hills of Aravalli range. Believe
me that was an amazing feeling
looking at the beauty of Aravalli
at the magical lights of twilight.
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Kanha National Park by Bhaskar Majumdar
Kanha National Park is one of the India’s finest tiger reserves which spread more than 940 sq km. It holds a
large variety of plants and animals. It is famous for saving the very rare Swamp Deer (Barasingha) from
extinction.
When to go
January to June is recommended
as ideal time for visiting this
forest. For persons who love the
birds and the color of the fresh
leaves the best time is January -
February. But those who want to
see the tiger the best time will be
May - June. The other wildlife
will be almost same throughout
January to June. The forest
remains closed during July to
October.
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How to reach
By air: Jabalpur is the nearest
airport (175 km) with limited
flight connectivity.
By rail: Jabalpur is the nearest
railway station. From Jabalpur
there is bus service upto the forest
gate.
Where to stay
There are a plenty of Hotels
available outside the national
park. Most of them are quite
good. But it will be best if you
can book a room inside the forest.
This booking is done from the MP
tourism office (If you don’t get a
booking from Kolkata try at the
MP tourism office in the Jabalpur
railway station). There are two
types of rooms available –
Dormitory (Rs 800/person
including meal) and personal
cottage (Rs 4500/ room - for 2
persons). The standard of the
dormitories are quite good.
Jungle safaris
There are two safaris available -
Morning (6:30 am to 12:00) and
Evening (3:00 pm to 6:00 pm).
The booking for the safaris are
available at the forest gate, though
I will recommend to book it
earlier as during peak season it's
hard to get a booking (as the
number of visitors allowed are
limited). For advance booking
there is a counter at Jabalpur.
Address: MP Online - Swastik
Cyber O Cafe.
1330, Gulati Complex, Opp.
Anand Cinema
Ph: (0761)2490588, 2490102,
2400933
Mob: 94249255700, 9303151015
- Lalit Pandey
What to see:
The main portion of the forest is
covered with Sal, Bamboo and
big grazing grounds filled with
grass. You will also find a variety
of other plants as well. When it
comes to animals and birds,
there are a very few other
places in India where one can
view the animals from this
close. Though the number of
tigers in Kanha is quite high,
but unfortunately I didn’t found
any. But I was lucky enough to
spot a beer, which is one of the
rarest to find.
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Hanseswari temple by Suryajit Bhattacharya
I was planning for a weekend ride, anywhere, for a day or two. Finally, executed a ride to a Hanseswari
and Vasudeb Temple in Bansberia – Hooghly.
The temple is small
enough to take your half day, but
enough to blow your mind with
its beauty.
This monument has been
considered as ancient monument
and taken under Archaeological
Survey of India.
This is a Hindu Temple of
goddess kali with beautiful
structure is the representation of
Tantrik Satchakrabhed. It’s a 5
storied temple gives a taste of
French architecture.
The temple is 21 m high
and has 13 towers. The peak of
each tower is shaped as a lotus
flower.
The Vasudeb Temple is
another beauty and completely
decorated with a rich Teracotta
works. This temple was built by
Nrisinhadeb in 1788.
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How to reach
By road
By GT Road or old Delhi Road,
reach Adisaptagram and from
there take a turn towards Ishwar
Gupta Setu. Just before the
Bridge on Ganga starts, leave
the highway and take right to
enter into the town. From there
it’ll hardly take 3 minutes to the
temple. Bikes are allowed till
the gate of the temple.
By train
It’s situated at Bansberia which
is the first station after Bandel
towards Katwa. Bansberia could
be reached by any Katwa Local
Train from Howrah which will
take 1 hour 5 minutes. The
temple can be easily reached in
5 minutes from Bansberia
Railway Station by Rickshaw.
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Taalsaari by Apurba Hudait
Taalasari is a beach in the Baleswar district of Orissa, India. It is one of the less exploited Orissa beaches. The
Taalsaari beach is not as frequently visited by the people as the other beaches. The waters of the sea at this
beach are calm and peaceful. River Subarnarekha meet with Bay of Bengal here.
How to reach
In Taalsaari is 36 kms from
Jaleshwar, is the nearest railway
station. However, from West
Bengal side, Taalsaari is only
8–10 km away from Digha. It is
approximately 4 hours journey
from Howrah to Digha. From
New Digha railway station, you
can hire a cab/other local
transport like Motor-van to
reach Taalsaari.
Where to Stay
Panthanivas or Panthashala of
the Orissa Tourism
Development Corporation
(OTDC) is a good option. You
can also book rooms at OTDC’s
Calcutta tourist office at Utkal
Bhavan, 55 Lenin Sarani,
Calcutta.
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Travel Guru Shubham Bairy
This is a new section introduced by Travelers’ Adda. We will select one of our members as travel guru who
has extensive exposure in traveling and passion to share experience with others.
We are proudly declaring Shubham Bairy as Travel Guru for this quarter.
Shubham Bairy (Forum’s nick
name “longrider”) is a hardcore
biker and loves not only riding
bikes but traveling on bike. He
also loves to explore new
places. He traveled many places
in Tamilnadu with his Platina
125 and in West Bengal with
Hero Honda Karizma. By
profession, he is now a trainee
at “Narayani Hospital, Vellore”.
His dream is to become a
biomedical engineer.
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A cRaZY RidE tO HOGENAKKEL falls by Shubham Bairy
Riding kilometers after kilometers is not a big deal, but the main thing is 'me posting a travelogue'. It’s my
first travelogue in this forum.
The riders’ heart can't stop
sailing. After the exam ends I
got a 2days of holiday, so I was
planning for some 300km trip.
While searching in Tamilnadu
tourism site I found out this
water falls nearly 245 kms
distance from my place. OK
let’s go.
Finished my dinner early, tried
to have sleep for 2-4 hours. My
friend Siddharta also joined
with me.
Wake up at 2am, get ready,
loaded the luggage and started
our journey of two days.
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Some info about the place
1. This place is famous because
the shooting place of the movie
"Ravan".
2. Bangalore riders, it’s very
near to your place and awesome
weekend spot. Enjoy!!!
3. Lots of lodges, and hotels
you can get there, so don’t
worry for staying
4. Don't go there in summer.
5. There are two falls, for the
large one you have to go there
by boat "Coracalle".
(But it’s dangerous.)
Come back to my travelogue.
Our plan was to stay here one
night. But we have visited the
place in 3 hours, and it was only
12 o'clock. So we changed our
plan to go back after a power
nap.
From Krishnagiri to Vellore is
like my daily run. So I am not
posting about it.
I return home by 5 pm. After a
576 km of riding, which was not
expected by me that is 125cc's
performance. It was still strong,
willing to move more....
After this entire thing I can only
say "A journey for the sake of
RIDING..."
My road of life goes on......
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Gopiballavpur by Suryajit Bhattacharya
Four travelers, two days, one destination - once again, on move with different taste. This tour was special as
we were covering the route by train and by road at same time.
Day 1
Two of us Manojit Da and
Bhaskar started the trip early in
the morning from Howrah
Station, in a rainy morning
while other two, I and Kaustav
was waiting at home till raining
stops. Initial plan was to start
the engine as Manojit Da and
Bhaskar departs Howrah Station
at around 6 in the morning.
Unfortunately, due to heavy
rain, we had to wait till its end.
It was around 9 am when we
started from our place and
around 9:30 we met at NH 6.
Due to rain the weather was
clear and very pleasant. Earlier
plan was to reach Kharagpur at
same time when other two
reaches. But, we were too late
to be there.
Way to Gopiballavpur was
really descent as it NH 6 covers
most of the way to the place till
Kharagpur. From there when
less than a quarter left, the road
is good but little tuff to ride as
it’s busy without any divider.
No issues, finally we made to
the place where others two were
waiting, it was Manojit Da’s
place. The village at
Gopiballavpur, where we stayed
is actually Manojit Da’s village.
Name of the village is quite
catchy – Chorchita gram.
We planned to make 2 minutes
noodle for us while and carrying
the same as nobody was there at
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the place. But what a worm
welcome we had there – at first
got some Prashad from a
neighbor and then an invitation
for lunch – Hot Chicken Curry
and Rice. The beauty of the
place is the wide River
Subarnarekha. It was less than a
kilometer from the place. We
roam there on bike. The view is
awesome and could get some
idea by pictures. The place we
already visited in Manojit Da’s
photographs and this is the
reason we planned to visit the
place. The view during evening
– cannot be explained in words.
Nature made the beauty but we
didn’t make any word to explain
it.
During this time the water level
remains low till the Monsoon.
People are used to cross the
river with or without any boat.
The river is heaven for
fishermen. However as per
Manojit Da we were not
supposed to get too much fishes
easily but we were fortunate
enough. Evening was colorful
and wonderful. We had some
local food Like Pakora, Gulab
Jamun and Malpoa. Then we
saw a procession – a preparation
for Charak. But we knew that
we are going to miss this as
Charak was on next week.
The fun increased many folds
while we started cooking our
Dinner. Kaustav was main cook
and we were his helping hands.
While cooking we were
enjoying fish fry at the same
time.
Day 2
Next morning we went to see
the sunrise when the sun already
raised. No issue, we were happy
for the invitation for the lunch
ahead. We went for sightseeing
and did some clicks as well. The
view is simply awesome. We
back Manojit Da’s place and
dressed for bath - at River
Subarnarekha. My experience is
un-expressible and the feeling
known to the people present
there. A local guy Sonu, guided
us to river to show the place
where it’ll be safe to bath.
Water level just below your
waist pebbles and sand was very
much visible below. Cold water
was giving excellent pleasure
under shining sun. The lunch
was superb and the invitation
was from Sonu’s mother.
At evening we were again
roaming around the river on our
bikes. The beauty at it’s
extreme. White bet of sand,
open field till your vision goes
clear water, small fishing boats
and sun set. Hope you can
imagine how was that. It’s
simply a biker’s heaven where
one can easily visit all the
places in two days. As the day
ended we prepared for dinner
which was again cooked by
Kaustav.
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Würzburg, Germany by Manojit Pati
This was not a regular trip but happened during my official travel to Germany. I have visited this place two
(2) times. First one during summer of 2009 and second one during summer of 2011.
Würzburg is home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Residenz Castle as well as the unforgettable views
from the Fortress Marienberg. This place is also famous for great wine.
Location
Würzburg is a city in the region
of Franconia which lies in the
northern tip of Bavaria,
Germany. This is located near
the river “Main”. This place is
approximately 120 kms from
Franfurt and well connected via
high speed train also. However,
we have visited the place from
Lauda, Germany which is
around 40-50 kms from
Wurzburg.
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Places to see
Würzburg Residenz situated
on the eastern side of the town.
Its construction between 1720
and 1744 was supervised by
several famous architects from
Europe. Although much of it
destroyed during second (2nd)
world war, it has been
completely rebuilt as it was
before the war.
The Wurzburg town itself is
very nice and modern. It also
has several sculptures by
various famous artists from
Europe.
The Fortress Marienberg is
the castle on a hill across the
Old Main Bridge, overlooking
the whole town area as well as
the surrounding hills.
The “Main” is a major river
and tributary of the Rhine in
Germany with a length of 527
km.
Kappele is a small chapel
among Wurzburg's many
notable churches.
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