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Vrindavan Getting There & Around

Getting There

   Road:    Vrindavan is connected to Mathura and all other places of interest in Braj by bus services and is placed on direct road link from Delhi and Agra. Getting to Vrindavan from Mathura is very easy as there are frequent buses, shared tempos, and taxis available throughout the day.

On NH 2. Mathura is connected to all parts of the country with good roads. Some road distances to important centers in the region are:

    * Agra 56 km
    * Alwar 228 km
    * Bharatpur 39 km
    * Deeg 42 km
    * Delhi 147 km
    * Vrindaban 15 km

Rail:  Though Vrindavan itself is a railway station, the major and nearby railway station is Mathura on the Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Mumbai main line. Several express trains connect Mathura from other major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Agra.

Air: The nearest airport is Agra around 67 km away from Vrindavan. Regular flights connect Vrindavan to other important tourist destinations of India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, and Khajuraho. The nearest international airport is Delhi, which is connected to almost every important city in the world with major airlines.

Getting Around

Of course you can walk to many of the shops and sacred places in Vrindavana. A bike rickshaw to Loi Bazaar, from the MVT Guesthouse, costs under Rs 10.  To visit the major temples in Vrindavana takes about three hours and costs Rs 75-100. Many of the rickshaw-walas know where all the major temples are located.