A Week-long Road trip
A week-long Road trip
Bengaluru- Hubli- Goa- Udupi- Mysore - Bengaluru
Bengaluru- Hubli- Goa- Udupi- Mysore - Bengaluru
Hubli - A one day stay
We had a comfortable drive to Hubli. We left Bengaluru at 7am and reached Hubli by 2pm with breaks in between. We had booked our room in The Fern. It's a decent hotel with good hospitality and it has a good Restaurant too. In Hubli we visited Shri Siddarooda Mutt, a Divine and beautiful place. We had dinner in Big Mishra and also enjoyed there Dharwad Peda. We took a nice rest and next we were all set to go to GOA
Goa - 4 days stay
We left Hubli after our breakfast at around 9 am. We took the route via Ramnagar and just followed Google maps which took us through castle Rock road and later connected to Belgaum- Panji Highway. In between roads are not good but still manageable. And it's a very scenic route. We did enjoy the drive. We reached Goa by 2pm. We had booked our room at Holiday inn resort in Mobor beach.
It's a beautiful resort and it had private access to the beach. Our whole stay was to enjoy the beach, have good food and just relax. When in South Goa, if you want to try local cuisine best place I feel is Ritz classic. Good ambiance and tasty local food. All four days we spent time in resort-Mobor beach and trying food at different nearby restaurants. On the fourth day we drove towards Udupi
Udupi - 3 days stay
We always wanted to experience the Coastal drive from Goa to Udupi. Drive was excellent and I am glad we chose to go via this Coastal drive. On one side you see the expansive sea and another side you have the western mountain ranges and sometimes the numerous river tributaries flowing through to the join the sea. It's absolutely a picture-perfect drive.
On the drive we stopped at Maravanthe beach which is very scenic and we spent some good time there during the sunset. Maravanthe beach drive is very pleasant where river is on one side and beach on the other.
Then we continued our journey towards Udupi. We reached late at around 7pm to Udupi. We had booked our room at Samanvay Boutique hotel . It was very good stay , clean rooms , Satvik complimentary breakfast and MTR restaurant attached to the hotel .
We visited the following places during our stay in Udupi –
Udupi Shree Krishna Temple.
Delta beach - a must visit if you want to see how river meets the sea and again it's a beautiful and calm place.
Malpe beach, it was crowded/commercialized unlike Delta beach.
Kapu beach - The picture-perfect place with beach and lighthouse.
Do try ice creams in Diana restaurants and Dosa in MTR 1924 restaurant
Mysore - our hometown
We continued our road trip from Udupi to Mysore via Sampanje ghat driving through Coorg. Throughout it is a scenic drive with waterfalls and mountain ranges. In between we did Pit stops for Food/Coffee/Tea Breaks. Do try at Mahesh prasad restaurant in Puttur for one of the best tasty meals at reasonable price and at Coorg cuisine in Madikeri if you want to try authentic Coorgi dishes.
Our trip ended by reaching our parents place Mysore. Took some rest at hometown for two days and we were back to Bengaluru- Home sweet home
This was our longest road trip till now and the most memorable one. We experienced different places, it's culture and local cuisine. We three as a family enjoyed each day spent with the drive, beaches, sunsets, stay and local food.
Thank you
Keerthini Sadashiva