Golden Beach of Puri is situated on Puri town of Odisha. This is also known as Chakratirtha. Puri is around 55kms from Capital city Bhubaneswar and 35kms from World famous Konark Sun Temple. This is one of the beautiful, calm, clean and green beach of Odisha. Golden Beach of Puri is the only beach in Asia to get the Blue Flag certification. This is a world class certification given to environment friendly, clean & green beaches. Puri Beach being one of the most pristine beaches in India, which means next time if you need to take off to a clean and calm beach in India, you need not look further than Odisha. This beach is equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists visiting puri.
Golden Beach is known as one of the beautiful beache along the eastern coast of India. This beach plays a major role in the spiritual, cultural and traditional identity of Odisha. As there are several mythological fables associated with the beach, a week-long Puri Beach Festival is organised here every year to honour the Sun god. Every year during the month of December and January, the Tourism Department of the state hosts an annual International Sand Art Festival on the side-lines of the popular Konark Dance Festival at this World Heritage Site.
Golden Beach is a perfect destination for those who wish to spend some time in the beach witnessing the mesmerising and hypnotising sunset. Here is more about Golden Beach:
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Best Time to Visit
Tourist can visit this mesmerising beach throughout the year as it remains cool and pleasant in every month. Best time to visit the beach is from October to February try to carry an umbrella if you’re coming in the month of march or April. Most of the fest takes place here In December.
Beach Activities
Apart from the pilgrimage and cultural activities in Puri. Tourists can enjoy sun bathing, surfing, swimming and many more. Enjoying camel ride could excite the children.
Puri Beach offers unlimited options for water sport lovers- right from snorkelling to surfing to sailing to boating and much more. As the night settles down a Bonfire by the beach under the star lit skies may make your trip worth remembering.
Many festivals celebrated on the beach to marks cultural importance. Attend festival to get enchanted by the ingenious minds of the artists. Puri beach organizes Sand Art Festival every year from 1st of December to 5th December where marvellous international and national artists take part in the competition and showcase their talent.
Lots of handicrafts stalls selling seashell, pattacitra, handloom sarees are available on the beach. Devotees can buy Lord Jagannath idols at affordable prices.
Places to Stay
There are a number of hotels and resorts in Puri & Konark. Most of the hotels offer comfortable accommodation and mouth watering local cuisines. Defenitely it will make your holiday memorable. Hotels & Resorts are like Mayfair Heritage, Hotel Holiday Resort, Hotel East & West, Toshali Sands, Lotus Resorts. Few more hotesl are Naren Palace, Nayak Beach Resort, Jamindar Palace have good accommodation with ocean view rooms. Checkout online website like Oyo, Fabhotels & Treebo, as you may get a huge discount.
Places to Eat
Puri will never leave a foodie disappointed. There are many refreshment stalls and restaurants in new marine drive on the golden beach. Street foods joints serve lip smacking dishes from different cuisines. Few of the famous restaurants for Non Veg and Sea food cusines near the beach are Kamat Restaurant (Lotus Resorts), Pink House, Santoshi Restaurant, and Shanti Restaurant.
How to Reach
- Puri is well-connected to different parts of the state and country via air, rail and road.
- Bhubaneswar is the only international airport in the state which is nearest and around 55kms from Puri.
- Puri is the nearest railway station which is situated at a distance of 35 km.
- Puri is well connected with interstate bus, A/c, Non A/c & Volvo Busses are available from Kolkata, Ranchi, Raipur, Kharagpur, Vizag etc.
- One can also hire taxis and cabs from Bhubaneswar to reach the place.
