Top 10 Must Drive Marine Drives of Indian Cities
Marine Drives are waterside curve road that run along with a river, sea or beautiful roads along the large waterbody.
There are many such places in India where one call it Marine Drive or River Drive, Here is the list of top 10 must drive Marine Drives in India.
Marine Drive, Mumbai
Marine Drive of Mumbai is an iconic road and promenade, also known as the Queen’s Necklace. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road road along the coast of a natural bay.
Marine Drive, Kochi
Marine Drive in Kochi is another most famous promenade in India, facing the backwaters of the Vembanad Lake in Kerala.
APJ Abdul Kalam Marg – No vehicles are allowed on the walkway and an important centre of shopping activity in Kochi.
Konark Marine Drive
Puri to Konark Marine Drive is long 7.5 km long stretch of road that runs along with Bay of Bengal.
The coastal highway of Odisha offers scenic adventure drive with full of palm trees, cashew trees and wildlife.
Marine Drive, Bhopal
Marine drive of Bhopal also known as VIP road is another beautiful gem of the city along with the Upper Lake, offering beautiful view of sun set, nature, fresh air and birds.
Vizag Marine Drive
Marine Drive of Vishakhapatnam or Vizag Marine Drive is another most beautiful drive along with coast of Bay of Bengal in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The drives runs from Kailashgiri to Vizag via Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal.
Marine Drive, Lucknow
Marine Drive Lucknow is actually the part of the Gomti Riverfront in Gomti Nagar of Lucknow. A picturesque promenade situated on the banks of the Gomti river and offers walkways and gardens.
Marine Drive, Patna
Marine Drive in Patna also called Loknayak Ganga Path Patna Marine Drive is a 4 lane expressway along the Ganga river.
The expressway planned along with 4.5 km long Ganges riverfront and boost to the economic activities of the area.
Marine Drive, Chennai
Beach Road of Chennai also known as Rajaji Salai is the most famous tourist attraction of Chennai City, alongside the famous Marina beach and has several historical landmarks from the colonial era.
Marine Drive, Raipur
Mini Marine Drive of Raipur or Telibandha Lakeview front is counted among the top tourist destinations in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
A drive or walk along the beautiful Telibandha Lake in Raipur also attract tourists – A flag-pole stands tall at the height of 269 feet, One of the Tallest flag pole in India.
Promenade Beach Road, Pondicherry
Beach Road of Pondicherry is another hidden gems of city and one of the most popular tourist attraction of Pondicherry. The 1.2-kilometre-long popular stretch of beachfront runs parallel to the Promenade beach.
Most Beautiful Road in India – Along the Water Bodies.
East Coast Road / State Highway 49
East Coast Road is a two-lane highway built along the Bay of Bengal coast, ECR is the Most Beautiful Road in India that connects Chennai with Kanyakumari via Puducherry.
State Highway 49 is also the most preferred alternate road for outheastern coastal region of Tamil Nadu in Coromandel Coast.
NH17 – Maravanthe Beach Road
The long stretch of beautiful road NH 17 runs at next to the Maravanthe beach in Coastal Karnataka and the Suparnika River flows on the other side of the NH17 road.
The Maravanthe beach road offers the most picturesque drive in India and also Karnataka’s most beautiful beaches.
