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Vacation at Chikhaldara, Amravati

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C hikhaldara is the place for you if you wish to get away from the maddening chaos of our cities. Part icularly so, if you enjoy solitude with so me history and greenery thrown in. One additional motivation would be that your mobile would be 'switched o ff ' for most callers, but would be available to you with some coaxing!! I had decided on writing  this blog before my visit considering the scanty information a vailable on the intern et regarding the place. So, here I am.  Chikaldara at 1118 m AMSL is supposedly the only Hill Station in Amravati and is located 230 km from Nagpur. The route from Nagpur is via Amravati , Paratwara and on to Chikhaldara. The road till Amra vati is sheer bliss, okay till Paratwara and manageable thereafter. Depend on 'Google maps' to tell you when to turn off the h i ghway short off Amravati for the road to Paratwara.  View from one of the Hairpins enrou te Chikhaldara There are two MTDC resorts at Chikhaldara, the older ...