Vasai
Vasai is a historical place and city located in the Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in August 2014.
Vasai is a historical place and city located in the Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in August 2014. It also forms a part of the Vasai-Virar twin cities in the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India, and comes under the police jurisdiction of the Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.
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Worth seeing in and around Vasai
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Arnala Fort
Arnala Fort is built on a small island off the port town of Arnala, located around 13 km north of Vasai, Maharashtra, India. Being an island fort, it is also called Jaldurg or Janjire-Arnala.
7.1 km · fort in India · Wikipedia
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Where to eat
Bananas are the most famous in Vasai-Virar, and would be worth trying a few. They are as cheap as 5 to 10 cents Chicken Bujing, is one of the famous dishes of Vasai (fried poha, fried potatoes, chicken with lots of ingredients in it). Wada pav of Tungareshwar is a local fast food shop. Indyal, Teprat and Sarpatal.
From Wikivoyage: Vasai, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Vasai
- Airports
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (BOM), 43 km · Navi Mumbai (NMI), 61 km · Nashik (ISK), 137 km
- Stations
- Vaitarna railway station, 7.4 km · Nalla Sopara railway station, 6.1 km · Virar railway station, 2.1 km
- Mumbai → Vasai31 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · ₹350–440
- Navi Mumbai → Vasai41 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · ₹395–495
- Nashik → Vasai126 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · ₹1,110–1,390
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vasai
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vasai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Vasai
Vasai is 2 km from Virār, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Virarcity in Maharashtra, India2 km
- Nala Soparatown in Maharashtra, India8.8 km
- Gokhivarehuman settlement7.9 km
- Walivhuman settlement in Thane district, Konkan division, Maharashtra, India8.1 km
- Kopharadhuman settlement in Thane district, Konkan division, Maharashtra, India3.4 km
- Kalamb Beachsuburb in Mumbai Suburban District, Maharashtra, India8.4 km