Mumbai: Quick getaways to try over Republic Day weekend

We list 6 discerning getaways from a city over a prolonged Republic Day weekend, with something for everybody to select from

Luxury Sail away
Few things in life (in a books during least) are as imagination as sitting on a sailing boat, streamer out into a sea, and examination a object go down. It reminds us of James Bond movies, where a hero, dressed in his streamer tuxedo, is serenading some lady or a other. So, if we too wish to feel as glamorous, take a outing from off a Gateway of India into a Arabian Sea. Sail past lighthouses from a ended epoch and locate some of a city’s many iconic landmarks. And if you’re lucky, we competence also mark some dolphins frolicking around in a water.
On: Jan 27 and 28
Starting point:Gateway of India, Colaba
Call: 9930086252
Cost: Rs 1,899

Adventure
Flag off a weekend
This one’s a true-blue Republic Day event, finish with a flag-hoisting ceremony. It will take some bid to lift off, though, given a dwindle will be hoisted on a tip of Mount Kalsubai, that is a tip rise in Maharashtra, soaring over a other hills in a operation during a tallness of 5,400 feet. Small stairs built into a slip do make a stand easier than it would have been otherwise. But nevertheless, it’s one thing sitting on a sailing vessel and streamer out into a sea, and another to make your approach to a tip of a bona fide mountain, stairs or no steps.
From: Jan 25 to 26
Starting point: Pritam Hotel, Dadar West
Log on to: eventshigh.com
Cost: Rs 1,000

Wild escape
Sea it to trust it
The sea off a Konkan seashore houses a series of opposite forms of fish, such as barracudas and groupers. Learn what it’s like to occupy their medium with a scuba-diving march for beginners, meant even for those who don’t know how to swim. A veteran diver will accompany we as we transport down to a inlet of a Arabian Sea, where we can knowledge coral reefs and sealife from tighten quarters. The eventuality also includes treks to a circuitously Sindhudurg and Vijaydurg forts, detached from vegetarian food from a region.
On: Jan 25 to 28
Starting point: Pritam Hotel, Dadar West
Log on to: insider.in
Cost: Rs 4,500

Heritage
Go behind in time
The Fort area is one of a city’s oldest neighbourhoods. The installation itself was built in as distant behind as 1715 by a British, to sentinel off invading Marathas. But afterwards a walls were brought down around 1862, that unexpected altered everything. A tiny English allotment grew into a trading hub. Indo-Saracenic, Gothic and neoclassical structures came adult to give a area a singular architectural mix of styles. Gradually, it became a bustling patrol that it looks like in a complicated era. Take an alfresco train float around Fort to find out some-more about a precinct’s heritage, and learn how British India’s “first city” developed over a years.
On: Jan 26, 7 am to 9 am
Starting point: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, MG Road, Fort
Call: 9930086252
Cost: Rs 1,499

Leisure
Spend a night with a stars
We’ve all watched cinema in a sealed theatre. But here’s a possibility to watch one underneath a stars, during a camping site only off Gorai beach. The comparison film is Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, one of a many touching portrayals of life in India by a foreigner’s eyes. If, however, song floats your vessel some-more than movies, there will also be an indie gig that precedes a screenings, featuring arriving artist Bryan Rodrigues. Plus, given it’s a camping event, design bonfires, prolonged walks and, of course, a grill (for what is a good camping knowledge but one?).
On: Jan 25 to 26
At: Chowk Dongri, Bhayandar West, nearby Pali Beach Resort, Uttan
Log on to: insider.in
Cost: Rs 2,200

Fun Ride a new wave
Surfing has always looked like something we’d like to try a palm during (or should that be feet?). The thought of roving a call before it crashes on a beach does seem like fun. But while we haven’t taken a beginning yet, we can seize a eventuality to get a beginner’s doctrine in a sport. The organisers are mouth-watering people of all ages to try out surfing for a initial time. The three-day eventuality also includes camping, bonfires, film nights and games. So all in all, this weekend getaway has something for everyone.
On: Jan 26, 9 am to Jan 28, 3 pm
At: Manipal, Karnataka (nearest airport: Mangalore)
Call: 9833157583
Cost: Rs 10,500 (including sessions, food and stay for dual nights)

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