Pune at a glance

Well this is the 1st time i'm bloging so i don't know where to start from ..


well let me start with my trip to pune city,maharastra,India well the 1st thing you will notice  about pune is it's climate which is awesome after 'bangalore' in my opinion,
transportation is mainly by bus or auto in the city though you can get a cab if you want different cab services are available in the city.
The main advantage in this city is ,it is a perfect combination of everything though the city is the smallest metro city in india but still one can find lots of places to visit here .
it also provides with the finest colleges in the state as well as india , if some one is thinking about just education then let me tell you there are lots of opening for job as well in this city.
The city is having a great history which leaves many places to visit in this city:-
1.The Pataleshwar Cave Temple (also called Panchaleshvara or Bamburde) is a rock-cut cave temple, carved out in the 8th century in the Rashtrakuta period.It was originally situated outside the town, but the city limits have expanded so that it is now located on the downtown Jungli Maharaj Road. It has been declared as a protected monument by the government.

2.Parvati Hill (Marathi: पर्वती टेकडी) is a hillock in Pune, India. The hillock rises up to 2,100 feet (640 m) above sea level. Atop the hillock is the Parvati Temples, which are one of the most scenic locations in Pune. The temple is the oldest heritage structure in Pune and was built in the Peshwa Dynasty rule.^[1] It is also used as an observation spot for visitors of the panorama of Pune. It is the second highest point in Pune premises (after Vetal Hill). The hill has 103 steps, which is the way to the top of the hill where the temple is situated.

Parvati Hill has 5 temples atop it:

• Devdeveshwar temple (Shiva and Parvati)
• Kartikeya Temple
• Vishnu Temple
• Vitthal Temple
• Ramana Temple

The Temples open at 5:00 am and close at 8:00 pm.

Other than the temples, there is the Peshwa Museum. The samadhi of Nanasaheb Peshwa lies here where he lived his last days. Parvati water supply tanks supply water to half of Pune.

3.Shaniwarwada (Marathi: शनिवारवाडा pronunciation (help·info)) is a palace fort in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. Built in 1746,^[1] it was the seat of the Peshwa rulers of the Maratha Empire until 1818 when the Peshwas surrendered to the British. The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving structures are now maintained as a tourist site.

4.Sinhagad, Sinhgarh, or Sinhgad (Marathi: सिंहगड, The Lion's Fort), is a fortress located roughly 30 kilometres southwest of the city of Pune, India. Previously called Kondhana (Marathi: कोंढाणा), the fort has been the site of many important battles, most notably the battle of Sinhagad in 1670. It was also strategically located at the centre of a string of other forts such as Rajgad, Purandar and Torna.

Perched on an isolated cliff of the Bhuleswar range of the Sahyadri Mountains, it is situated on a hill rising 1312 metres above sea level. Given natural protection by its very steep slopes, the walls and bastions were constructed at only key places; it has two gates – the Kalyan Darwaza in the south-east and the Pune Darwaza in the north-east.

 history of  Sinhagad please reffer to this linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhagad

There is a steep and narrow two lane road from the base of the fort to the top. The local municipal transport service, the PMPML runs buses every hour from Shaniwarwada and Swargate to the Sinhgad foothills.^[4] The climbing route from either side of the fort can be covered in around an hour, however it gets slippery in the rainy season. Shared taxi services to the base as well as the top of the mountain are also available.

5.AGA KHAN PALACE

There are many places to hang out in pune if you are having a good friend circle

like good luck cafe , chocolate room etc.

http://43blogtips.com/2011/08/best-places-to-hang-out-in-pune/ 

If you are thinking about having some traditional food here then there are many places where you can give it a try

http://yellowpages.sulekha.com/pune/maharashtrian-restaurants_listings_303.htm

other restaurants are

http://www.zomato.com/pune/restaurants?adref=20500-0300057-000071&gclid=CNDthayPx7ECFUp76wodn24AZQ

so if you are planing to visit pune here you are .

references are taken from 

Wikipedia,zomato,43blogtips

and my personal observation about the city.