Mangalore

About 70 kilometres from Manipal is perhaps the best coastal city of the region. The drive is about an hour and half. This is a place with everything nice. Nice beaches, nice temples, nice churches, nice Mangalorean food and of course, nice people. There are educational institutions in plenty, mostly catering to higher education. A good many number of medical colleges and engineering colleges are to be found here. Other courses like, MBA, physiotherapy, nursing etc have also turned this place into a students’ centre. Hospitals are a dime a dozen, and so are banks. Several banks have their headquarters in this coastal city. It has the trappings of a big city at the same time has the comforts of a small and beautiful city.