MATHERAN

93 kms from mumbai by road, turn left at chowk on the old bombay-pune highway NH4
trains upto neral on the bombay-karjat line


plenty of walks around matheran
good easy trek from neral to matheran

some nice places to stay:
Lord's Hotel
prop. Shiavax Lord, 022-26106978/32968614, 02148-230228
closed for the monsoons

Cecil Hotel
prop. Yezdi Irani, 09821148428, 02148-230216
closed for the monsoons

Hope Hall Hotel
prop. Nancy/Maria/Joseph Vaz, 02148-230253/230193
by far the most quirky of the hotels, there's a plethora of pets and large rooms with fairly basic facilities here. open in the monsoons but the sheets get damp and musty.

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