Nashik located just four hours drive from Mumbai and Pune, is primarily a place of religious importance to Hindus and Indians in general. The common traveler comes to visit the temples and shrines on the banks of River Godavari and for a holy dip in the river. The once in twelve year event, the Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela is the major pilgrimage of Hindus to Nashik, though regular visits by devotees to Trimbakeshwar continue throughout the year. The other place of religious interest in the vicinity is at Shirdi, the Shrine of Sai Baba.

The city of Nashik had numerous lodges and inns to cater to the needs of religious travelers, generally devout Hindus traveling with families and preferring to cook their own meals in traditional style. But over the years the pattern is changing and more and families are opting to stay in hotels with nominal amenities and prefer cooked meals. Nashik has also come up on the radar of the adventure traveler. The hospitality industry is now waking up to the needs of upper class traveler to Nashik. There are numerous budget hotels in Nashik but just handful of luxury hotels.

Taj Residency

This is the only Five Star hotel of Nashik. The hotel is located just outside the city limits, a few miles from the airport. It has 68 standard rooms and four fully furnished suites. All the standard luxuries of a Five Star hotel are available like swimming pool, tennis, badminton courts, pool table, jogging track and Children Park etc. The rooms are also tastefully decorated and centrally air-conditioned with a mini-bar to cater to the needs of up-market traveler. The Garden Café is a 24 hour coffee shop facing the sprawling lawns of the hotel. The bar with an appropriate name Somras is well stocked with quality liquor. The Taj Residency has a Banquet Hall to accommodate 250 guests for standard cocktails. The poolside lawns and front lawns have a capacity for 2000 guests.

Quality Inn Regency

This is a Three Star hotel and has similar facilities as the Taj Residency but at a fairly smaller scale. The hotel is just half a mile from the airport, thus making it a suitable choice for a business traveler. Quality Inn has a pool side coffee shop, a club house and a multi-cuisine restaurant. It has a Business Center and Banquet Hall for get-togethers and business meetings. The hotel also boasts a mini golf course, pool table, a health club with spa, badminton and tennis courts, an indoor pool and an aerobics room too.

Hotel Ginger Nashik

It is a fairly small but neatly organized Three Star hotel on the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar road. The hotel is a recent generation hotel and boasts of wi-fi internet connectivity. The hotel is a suitable choice for small business meetings with less than a dozen members. The Ginger chain of hotels has come up in 30 locations all over India. These are budget or ‘no frills’ hotels with a hundred room accommodation and owned by the Taj Group of hotels. The room rents are just about $25, a sure value for money.

The other few hotels are the Clarion Hotel Westend, Hotel Royale Heritage, Hotel Emerald Park, Hotel Sai Palace, Manas Resorts and Hotel Panchavati