Alibaug

Take the ferry from the Gateway of India and in an hour you're on the Konkan coast: black-and-white sand beaches, Kolaba Fort reachable at low tide, and seafood thalis.

Places we love here

• Experiences

  Gateway–Mandwa ferry

  Watch the Mumbai skyline recede on the hour-long crossing.

• Nature · lesser-known

  Kihim beach

  A quieter beach with casuarina trees and butterflies.

• Culture

  Kolaba Fort at low tide

  Walk across the sand to a 17th-century Maratha sea fort.

• Food

  Konkani seafood thali

  Surmai fry, sol kadhi and bhakri at a beach shack.

• Nature

  Nagaon beach

  Clean sand, watersports and coconut groves.