Novotel Pune Nagar Road

Pune


Around 5km northeast of the centre, handily placed for the airport and tech parks, this contemporary-chic hotel gets everything right, with an excellent restaurant-cafe, a flashy lobby bar, a 2nd-floor outdoor pool big enough for laps, a good gym, superb service and commodious rooms.


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Nearby Pune attractions

1. Gandhi National Memorial

0.75 MILES

You can peer into the room where the Mahatma Ghandi used to stay as well as gawk at photos and paintings representing moments in his extraordinary life at…

2. Aga Khan Palace

0.77 MILES

The grand Aga Khan Palace is set in a peaceful wooded 6.5-hectare plot northeast of the centre. Built in 1892 by Sultan Aga Khan III, this graceful…

3. Osho Teerth Gardens

2.03 MILES

The 5-hectare Osho Teerth Gardens are a verdant escape from urban living with giant bamboo, jogging trails, a gurgling brook and smooching couples. You…

4. Tribal Cultural Museum

2.6 MILES

About 1.5km east of the train station, this small museum showcases artefacts (jewellery, utensils, musical instruments, even black-magic accessories) from…

5. Shaniwar Wada

4.55 MILES

The remains of this fortressed palace of the Peshwa rulers are located in the old part of the city. Built in 1732, Shaniwar Wada was destroyed by a fire…

6. Jangali Maharaj Temple

4.56 MILES

Adjacent to the Pataleshvara Cave Temple is the Jangali Maharaj Temple, dedicated to a Hindu ascetic who died here in 1818.

7. Pataleshvara Cave Temple

4.59 MILES

The curious rock-cut Pataleshvara Cave Temple is a small and unfinished (though actively used) 8th-century temple, similar in style to the grander caves…

8. Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum

4.97 MILES

An oddball of a museum that’s one of Pune’s true delights, housing only a fraction of the 20,000-odd objects of Indian daily life painstakingly collected…