Friday, October 7, 2011

My Visit to Daman

[Continued from Visit to Tithal] I started my journey from Valsad. We boarded the Sayaji Nagari Express from Valsad Railway Station at around 11 am and reached Vapi at 11:20 am. From the adjoining bus stand, we boarded a bus which took us to Nani Daman. On the way we crossed the check post. Atlast we reached Daman. On reaching Daman we saw that there were many types of public transports like bus, taxis and auto rickshaws plying in the city.

Nani Daman Fort
Firstly we went to book a hotel. After keeping our luggage in the hotel room we went to have our lunch. After having lunch we went for sight seeing. We booked a cab and it took us to Nani Daman Fort. This fort is situated on the north of Nani Daman. Although this fort is quite small, there are schools, radio stations, market, hotels, tourism centre and even burial grounds situated within this fort. The main attraction of this fort is the large gateway to the fort facing the river. Then we went to Jampore beach. It is a very pleasant spot and one can even plan a picnic on the shades of the Casuarina groves. After that we went to Mirasol Lake Garden. It is a wonderful place with two islands connected by a bridge and surrounded by a lake. There are provisions for boating in this lake. Other attractions include the toy train and video games.




Mirasol Lake Garden
In the evening, we boarded the Kutch Express at around 8 pm and reached Surat at 10 pm. The next day we will go to Saputara, a popular hill station of Gujarat.


How to Reach :

From Surat Railway Station, 19116 Sayaji Nagari Express departs at 09:48 hrs and reaches Vapi at 11:11 hrs. 19216 Saurashtra Express leaves Surat at 12:40 hrs and reaches Vapi at 15:01 hrs. From Mumbai Central Railway Station, 12933 Karnavati Express leaves at 13:40 hrs and reaches Vapi at 16:40 hrs. Another train, 19215 Saurashtra Express departs from Mumbai Central at 08:20 hrs and reaches at 11:40 hrs.
You can reach Daman by bus from the bus stand adjoining the Vapi Railway Station.

Nearest Airport - Daman Airport

Where to Stay :

There are many hotels in Daman. Some of them are given below.
Hotel Sukh Sagar
Hotel Anmol
Hotel Miramar
Hotel Gurukripa
Hotel Sai Amar

Places of Interest :

There are lots of tourist attraction in Daman such as the Fort of Nani Daman and Moti Daman, Jampore beach, Devka beach, Mirasol Lake Garden and Vaibhav Water World.

For more information, please contact :

The Administration of Daman and Diu
Tourism Department
Paryatan Bhavan
Moti Daman
Daman - 396210
India

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