{"id":5181,"date":"2013-11-24T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T09:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelgiri.com\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2013-11-24T09:39:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T09:39:24","slug":"arnala-just-a-hop-away-from-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/24\/arnala-just-a-hop-away-from-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnala, Just a Hop Away From Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>The Arnala beach is located very close to Mumbai, up north, between the city and Daman. It\u2019s an unassuming little paradise. Arnala is so close to Mumbai that you will be able to get away from the city after work and reach there before your dinner. It\u2019s just the perfect place for a short trip. You don\u2019t need a big weekend for a vacation to this beach resort.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are plenty of other beaches around Mumbai, and there are some very good ones slightly away from the city as well that can be visited on a short vacation. And many of them are worth visiting too. So why would you want to go to Arnala?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Reasons for Visiting Arnala<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a number of reasons actually! Firstly, because of its location! As mentioned before, Arnala is so close to Mumbai that you could go there absolutely anytime. In other words, you don\u2019t have to wait for the so called \u201cbara weekend\u201d. In fact, if you leave home really early from Mumbai, you might even come back late in the night in the same day itself \u2013 yes, Arnala is that close. Of course, it is always better to spend at least one night there to unwind and see the place better.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, it\u2019s not in your tourist circuit. This means that even if you go to Arnala on a weekend, you won\u2019t be seeing a huge crowd. This is certainly a huge relief for a lot of people who don\u2019t like the crowds all that much. So you can walk peacefully in the \u201cchowpatti\u201d of Arnala and enjoy the natural beauties of the beach. There won\u2019t be too many vendors or people to bother you.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the third reason. There are some wonderful things to see around Arnala. Take for instance the fort that dates back to the times of the Portuguese. Do make it a point to see the fort\u2019s ramparts, walls, reservoir and temple. You might also want to see some other forts in the region. There is also the St. Peters Church, which is quite close.<\/p>\n<p>There are some very good hotels and resorts in Arnala offering amenities fit for modern-day travelers. There are parks for kids, swimming pools, and even open-air discs in some of them. So you\u2019ll always have a lot to do here, if somehow you manage to get bored of the sun, sand and the surf.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arnala beach is located very close to Mumbai, up north, between the city and Daman. It\u2019s an unassuming little paradise. Arnala is so close to Mumbai that you will be able to get&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[504,505,506,507,508],"class_list":["post-5181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arnala-beach","tag-church-in-arnala","tag-hotels-in-arnala","tag-resorts-near-arnala","tag-stay-at-arnala"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelgiri.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}