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Kakinada is a city in Coastal Andhra.

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You could travel to this beautiful, quaint town by road or rail. If you are travelling by air, then you can fly to either Rajahmundry or Visakhapatnam. Both places are well connected to major cities, take road or rail transport from there.

Kakinada is connected to the capital city Hyderabad by direct train, which covers the journey overnight. There are several trains which can bring you from all across the country to Samalkot, which is only about 15km away from Kakinada. Frequent bus, taxi and auto connections can take you to Kakinada in 20 - 25 minutes from Samalkot.

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Kakinada remains one of the few places in which you can enjoy an open top rickshaw ride across town while you enjoy the breeze and the colourful market streets in this beautiful town.

There are mini-buses to connect various places in the town. And for those that prefer a more personal means of quick transport, there are the auto-rickshaws.

Air The nearest airport is located at Rajahmundry, about 65 km from the city has services to Hyderabad, Chennai and Visakhapatnam. Kingfisher Airlines is the airlines operating here. The nearest International airport is at Visakhapatnam at a distance of 145 km and has the services of all major airline operators to all big cities in the country.

Rail Kakinada has three railway stations namely Kakinada Junction(3km), Kakinada Port(8km) and Samalkot Junction(12km). Only Samalkota is on the Chennai-Visakhapatnam-Howrah line, where almost all express trains stop to connect Kakinada with the important places of the country.

Road Good roads connect Kakinada with all the places within the state and also with major cities like Chennai and Bangalore. Transport by road from Kakinada to all the places of interest is in the form of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses.There are non-stop services to Visakhapatnam and Rajahmundry 365 days-a-year. City buses, Taxis, Autorickshaws are the major means of transport within the city. Private bus operators provide transport services to various parts of the country. National Highway-214 runs through the heart of the city.

• Kesineni Travels-They have A/C, Deluxe & Non-A/C regular bus service to Hyderabad and they providing connection bus service to major cities like Chennai, Bangalore, Pune & Mumbai. You can get tickets in online as well, there URL is kesinenitravels.com

Sea Kakinada deep water port is the second largest in the state after Visakhapatnam port. It is operated by Kakinada Seaports Limited. Before the deep water port was built, the anchorage port was the largest of the forty minor-ports operating in India. It is well connected to all major seaports in the country. Currently both deep water port and older anchorage port operate side by side. It has a good seaport also.

JSW Infrastructure and Logistics, an infrastructure and logistics company owned by the JSW group is building ship repair and shipyard facilities near kakinada port with an investment of about US$250 million.[4]

Also, a second port is being planned to be built exclusively to serve KSEZ (Kakinada Special Economic Zone).[5]

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Sri Krishna Vilas (Subbayya Hotel) in Ramaraopeta, Kakinada - 533003, Phone:+91-884-2379365

This place is very famous for its traditional, authentic "Andhra meals" served in plantain leaves. All the more, it is pretty cheap as well. Here Meals available in three category, they are limited meals, unlimited meals & executive meals.

Kakainada famous for sea foods, especially prawns.

• Yati Foods- It's mainly famous for Briyani and they have branches in Cinema road & near kakainada railway station.

Kakinada kaja

Available at many sweet shop is a local made, sugar-syrup filled, sweet dish. It is unique to this city, as suggested by the name itself.

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