navi mumbai with a long weekend in sight most navi mumbai families have opted to escape the noisy satellite city and head to unexplored beaches and historic sights many are looking forward to a short vacation and with clever planning they have managed to get a week off its not often that many public holidays come at short intervals and this is the perfect time for a short break said neelam pathare a resident of vashi since navi mumbai has great connectivity to resorts and beaches the options are many from hill stations to historic forts and beach fronts residents cant wait to take in the sights we are going to pawna its one of those unexplored places and not too crowded with family and friends it will be a great week said kavita nagrecha from sanpada not wanting to miss out on the independence day fervour she said they were planning to hoist the flag too apart from the everpopular mahableshwar and lonavala some have opted to visit forts like sindhudurg and pratapgad i believe that we often overlook what we have in our own state the forts are a great learning experience said deepak vyas who is taking his family and his sons three friends along for the trip while monsoon has its own charm travelling during the season is not so favourable the rains dont make travelling fun said roopali vaidya from nerul her family will be spending a week at malshej ghat at a resort