I started my trip from pune.the way to lavasa is absolutely mesmerizing, no much beautiful scenes like a dam, mountains and flowers.when I I reached there it was very calm.The colour full houses in between mountains and near to a very beautiful lake was an absolutely wonderful scene.You can go for a boat ride or a jet ski ride for 200 and 600 inr per person respectively.You can also rent cycles there for just 200 inr.The food in restaurants near it are amazingly vived. Talking about the bad sides to it, it is at an 2 hour way from pune and its not always recommend to travel that long for every small need, though they have hospital, shops and other requirements for living but it will still get tough if you want to live there.