Red roses, Cupid, happy hearts and couples in love; Valentine’s Day is all that and much more? Here’s MetroMela’s guide to celebrating Valentine’s Day in Vizag...

Tick…..tick…tick…...tick……..The final countdown to wind up 2009 and welcome 2010 has started. Unsure where to celebrate this eve in Vizag? MetroMela brings you all those hotspots in Vizag...

Midway through the Ananthagiri Hills, about 60 kilometers from Vizag on the way to Araku, a right turn shows up a long driveway that leads to tall gates and the glass paneled reception-cum-lobby of Haritha Hill Resorts. The structure spreads open to watch-towers on the periphery, meandering pebble-stoned pathways, green lawns and flowering shrubs, a small children’s park, a central dining area and quaint cottages that overlook the valley...

The summer month of May is all about the travails of heat, humidity and dust, but May also brings with it a precious day that all children look forward to because that’s the day they get to show their Moms how much they love and respect them. This year, MetroMela recommends a date for the entire day with Mom to celebrate Mother’s Day on 10 May...

As the curtain draws to a close on a turbulent, eventful, sometimes sad, sometimes jubilant and somewhat happening year 2008, MetroMela whizzes past all that was and all that could be as the last few pages of 2008 turn over and move into the New Year 2009...

A snazzy, black-against-white calligraphic signage of Palm Beach Hotel at the gatepost takes us into the cozy one-storied white and red-roofed wonder on Beach Road in Vizag. Greens spill into the surroundings aesthetically and we arrive at an open lobby...

The chances of seeing a three-star, so close to the Vizag Railway Station, are remote. Yet, the city does have the slightly inward-structured Hotel Talasila Continental, just half a kilometer away from the station on the really busy, congested main road. Tall at six floors, Hotel Talasila Continental...

Dolphins everywhere – that’s the essence of the four-star Dolphin Hotel at Dabagardens in Vizag. We sight them first at the large fountain of playful dolphin statues at the drive-in; then the graceful blue-water dolphin signage, positioned on the hotel’s rooftop, and on huge glass...

The Park’s blue logo with three-color bands interestingly reflects a fusion of sand, clay and water – the elements encompassing this distinct beachfront, boutique five-star hotel. As we step inside the imposing gates of the hotel on Beach Road, in Vizag, we set aside our jaded urbanity and revel...