Nagpur is one of the major industrial cities of Maharashtra. This district is famous for its orange productions. Many big and leading companies open their base in this city. Many businessmen come to this city everyday for this reason. As it is one of the major cities of Maharashtra, it is well connected by train, air and road with other parts of the Maharashtra state and India. Two flights are arrived and departed for Mumbai from Nagpur airport everyday.

In Nagpur, visitors can enjoy the cool environment of Gavilgad Fort, which is 200-300 years old. Lonar Lake is the third largest natural salt-water lake in the world. Marbat and Ramjanam rath yatra are the local festivals, which are enjoyed by the millions every month. Visiting the city during this time is really enjoying. Tourists can also organized excursions for Adasa, Khekranala, Markanda, Dhapewada, Nagardhan, Nawegaon Dam, Ramtek and Pavnar.

Tourist Attractions

Gavilgad Fort
It is located near the hill station of Chikhaldara in Amravati district. The Hindu rulers originally constructed Gavilgad fort. It is located at a height of about 370 ft above sea level (MSL). Historians believe that it is 200-300 years old, although the fort's history is not known till date.

Magnificent Forts of Balapur
The forts of Balapur are named after goddess Baladevi. Balapur has turned into a seat of pilgrimage and a tourist spot over the years. It is located between the two rivers of Mana and Mhais. This place is at a distance of 6 km from the railway station.

Lonar Lake
Lonar Lake is the third largest natural salt-water lake in the world. The lake has also a dam of 1800 m. It comes after Bosmatvi Lake in Ghana, which has a diameter of 10000 m and New Cubec in Canada with a Dai of 3500 m.

Vidarbha Pandhari Kundinpur
It is located on the banks of Wardha River in Tiwsa Tehsil of Nagpur. It is about 120 km from Nagpur. There organize an annual ten-day fair during Karthik Purnima that attracts not less than 50000 devotees.

Markandeya Temple
It is located in Chamorshi Tehsil in Gadchiroli district. The shortest route is via Milswali-Sakhri, which is about 183km. Markandi can be also reached by taking Nagpur - Chandrapur - Mul Road.

Naranala Fort
Narnala Fort is located in Akola district in Maharashtra. The fort is still in a good condition. The fort is located amidst forest. The fort is well maintained and is worth giving a shot. Neglect of the Archaeological Survey Department is visible in this fort. The fort has a fortress wall and beautiful bastions. Akola is well connected by road with the important and big cities of Maharashtra. Hotels are available in Akola.

Entertainment

There are number of movie theatres in Nagpur. Here, one can enjoy Hollywood, Bollywood and Marathi films. Marathi theatre is known to be one of the oldest and well established of regional theatres in India. So, one can enjoy the taste of Marathi theatre in Nagpur as well. Tamasha is another form, which can give tourists a different taste.

Ashirwad, Alankar, Amardeep, Anand, Bharat, Chitra, Geetanjali, Jaishree, Janki, Sudama, Laxmi, Smruti, Sangam, Regent, Regal, Rajvilas and Liberty are some of the important cinemas in Nagpur.

Tourists can also pass their time at amusement parks. Ocean Aqua World at Hingna Road, Essel World at Dr A B Road, Fun N Food Village at Amravati Road, Polo Amusement and Nagpur Funworld are the important amusement parks in Nagpur.

Mazda Creative, Drishti, Gift Land and Vernacular Art N Craft are the important art galleries in Nagpur, where exhibitions on different arts are happening.

How To reach

Air
Nagpur is connected with domestic flights with the cities of Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi Hyderabad, Pune, Bhubaneswar and Raipur. Nagpur's Sonegaon airport is nearly 8 km south of the city. Two flights arrived Nagpur daily from Mumbai.

Rail
Electrified broad gauge railway track connects Nagpur to all four major cities and villages of India with Nagpur. Nagpur railway station is an important rail junction on the Central and Southeastern lines.

Road
Bombay Calcutta NH-6 and Kanyakumari Varanasi NH-7 pass through the city. This city is well connected by road with major cities and villages in and out the state of Maharashtra.

Quick Tips

Winter is regarded to be the best time to visit Nagpur. But is advisable to carry cardigans as the temperature falls down below 120 C in December. It will be useful to carry a first aid box as well.

Shopping

Nagpur being a major city of Maharashtra has quite wide ranges of shopping places. Street shops are there at major streets for fashionable items as well as the show rooms for the deeper pockets. Sitabuldi, WHC Road, Dharampeth Road, Residency Road (Sadar) are famous for Shopping. Poonam Chambers in Chhindwara Road is a shopping mall for branded clothes and non-branded clothes, shoes, super bazaar, gifts and cards, jewellry shops, furniture, snacks and fast food, and music.

Nagpur is famous for its world-class oranges. It is claimed to be one of the most remunerative potential foreign exchange earning crops of not only of this region but also as one of the horticultural crops after mango and banana at national level in India. Orange products like jam, jelly, marmalade and fruit squash can also be purchased in cheapest rates with best quality. Oranges are cultivated in 80000 hectares in the entire Vidarbha region with a total production of nearly 5 lakh tons. Nagpur orange in Nagpur district is cultivated in 20, 965 hectares area.

Nagpur is flourishing on trades like cotton/handloom textiles, wood, tobacco, machine tools and plastics. Moreover Nagpur is the home for largest automakers Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Ashok Leyland Ltd., reputed steel makers Nagpur Engg. Co. Ltd (NECO), Sunflag Iron Steel Co. Ltd., Nippon Denro Ispat Ltd., largest paper maker Ballarpur Paper Mills, finest textile maker Raymond Ltd. (India), largest cement makers Associated Cement Companies Ltd., Ambuja Cements ltd., L & T Cement (Larsen & Tubro Ltd.), Birla Cement works (Manikgarh Cement Ltd.).