Perched on the edge, overlooking the Krishna River Valley, Dhom and Balkawadi dams 2000 feet below, the exquisitely designed hotel and luxury farmhouse is located on the mountain top 1 km off the Panchgani – Mahabaleshwar Road. Beverly is a lavish hotel where you can book a room for a couple. Extra children can be accommodated in the same hotel room at an extra charge. The property spreads across 2.5 acres with 5 bedroom suites (4 available as of now) with ensuite bathrooms, a garden house, and a two-hole mini golf course.
On the rugged age-scarred mountains across stands the Kamalgad Fort and the geographic feature ‘mhataricha daat'. The picturesque view from the property and the Ratrani’s fragrance wafting in over the breeze mesmerize you from within and the interiors add on to the opulent living.
Crafted high ceilings and large windows create ample space for sunlight to sweep through this exquisite home. The Grand Canyon like geographic formation with Krishna River flowing in the valley creates a stage for singular episodes like double rainbow, spectacular cloud formations with sunrays bursting through them. The 18-foot-high floor-to-ceiling clear glass of the living room lets nothing between you and this spectacle enacted by the boundless Sahyadri ranges but the mountain air, bringing the Sahyadri ranges right into this dream home.
The 16 ft. high octagonal bedroom provides an all-round view.
The property is frequented by graceful peacocks, kingfishers, deer, rabbits, mongooses and a plethora of exotic birds. It has a vast beautiful garden with volleyball and badminton courts.
The property can also offer immersive and authentic experiences rooted in local and rural traditions with outdoor activities like trekking to the Krishna river 2000 ft below and to the Kamalgad Fort that stands on the opposite mountain, fishing in the river, plucking strawberries in the fields, romantic walks, trekking / cycling through the forests, and local festivities.
At 4500 feet above mean sea level, Mahabaleshwar, a notified eco-sensitive zone, is the highest and the most popular hill station of Maharashtra in the lap of the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the 25 hottest bio-diversity hotspots in the world according to Norman Myers, home to over 5,000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species and 179 amphibian species which are not found elsewhere in the world. The Panchganga temple in old Mahabaleshwar contains a spring of five rivers, the Koyna, Venna, Savitri, Gayatri and Krishna, which keep the ‘Shivaling' of Lord Shiva perpetually washed with water, in the sanctum sanctorum.
Beverly is also available as a hotel where you can book multiple rooms for 2 or more persons .
Do you mind an intrusion on your privacy by an occasional curious peacock trying to peek through your window?
Or laboring to pluck the choicest strawberries in the farm to fill your complimentary box?
Above pic : Urban farmers take over harvesting of the strawberry farm!