Visakhapatnam

Vizag is one of those cities that doesn't fit neatly into a category. It has a naval base, a functioning port, beaches that are actually good, hills that rise right behind the coastline, a submarine you can walk through, and a coffee valley a few hours up into the Eastern Ghats. People from Hyderabad come here for the weekend, people from the coast come here for the city, and people passing through end up staying longer than planned. It's not trying to be a tourist destination in the way some cities do. It's just a place that happens to have a lot going on, and most of it is within an hour of the beach.