A view of Gokarna from my eyes

If you are looking for a perfect holiday with peace and nature Gokarna is the destination. It was a long weekend and we left from work early around 3 pm. We boarded a sleeper bus from Bangalore and reached gokarna on Friday morning around 7:30. 

The journey was just amazing we encountered a variety of sky. From hot oven to a chill wind and even to drizzling at places. I saw the sunrise thru my bus and started observing surroundings later. There were small huts, salt plants all around. Finally at around 8 our driver asked us to get down we are at gokarna. My first impression of the city was "PEACE". the city was decorated and some brahmins were walking bare foot. As our hotel was not booked so out first task was to find a shelter for next three days. Actually not even a single place was empty online. We kept walking and found a hotel Gokarna International. I read about it in some hotel sites, luckily they had rooms available and that too economical. but after enquiring we learnt that the main beaches were 6-7kms far from that place so we took an auto paid him 100 bucks and went straight to kudle beach (I heard somewhere that we can find cheap accommodation beach side). kudle beach is around 500m far from the auto drop point and the area has a slope. We went down and WOW it was transcendental silence, waves hitting the rocks and making a drastic sound.
We spent the half hour in searching for some economical room. 

How To Reach:

Gokarna is around 500 km from bangalore and about 460 km from mysore. Try taking a bus instead of self driving a car. You can find a number of buses from bangalore in comparisonto a couple from mysore. Prefer a sleeper bus as distance is quite large.

Major attractions:

Gokarna is popular for its beaches and Atmalinga temple. Main attractions are:

Temples:

• Atmalinga Mahabaleshwar temple (one of its kind in whole earth)
• Lord Ganesha temple

Beaches:

• Om beach (This beach is in the shape of OM if seen from top view)
• Kudle beach
• Gokarna Beach
• Half moon beach 
• Paradise beach
• Cocopelli surf school

Places to stay:

City has a number of hotels and lodges in city as well as in beaches. If you want to enjoy the evening at the beach or night watching stars and waves you can try finding residence in kudle beach.

 Moreover try taking room after reaching there only, you can find better prices and places. 

There are a number of home stays, resorts and hotels in kudle beach.

Note: There are number of places throughout the city which are not listed online. 

So if you are not getting room online don't worry and plan your trip.
Some of the cheap places are:

• Gundapa Cafe and Rooms in kudle beach
• Chillax Guest House
• Uma Garden

Cheap Huts at Gundapa