Best Places to Visit in Maharashtra, India
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Best Places to Visit in Maharashtra, India Last updated: April 2026 · 12 min read I lived in Mumbai for two years and have spent a lot of weekends, long-weekends, and one full Konkan Railway monsoon trip exploring this state. Maharashtra is huge. People talk about it like it's just Mumbai-Pune-Lonavala, but that's a small slice. The way I think about Maharashtra now is by themes, not by cities: cosmopolitan (Mumbai-Pune), Sahyadri hill stations (Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Matheran), UNESCO heritage (Ajanta-Ellora, Elephanta), wine country (Nashik), Konkan coast (Sindhudurg-Tarkarli-Devgad), and central-India wildlife (Tadoba, Pench). Pick two themes per trip. Trying to do all six in 10 days is how people end up exhausted, eating bad airport sandwiches, and remembering nothing. TL;DR: - Top 5 high on the list: Mumbai, Ajanta and Ellora caves, Mahabaleshwar-Lonavala-Pune (hill triangle), Konkan coast (Tarkarli/Sindhudur...