Overview

Deep down south is India’s Silicon Valley, also known as the Garden City –cosmopolitan Bengaluru. Blessed with pleasant climate, the place has mushrooming restaurants, pubs and shopping options and is a preferred destination of young & vibrant crowd. The city offers a wide variety of dining options staring from the South Indian comfort meal to flashy outlets serving international cuisines. This progressive city is a techie’s paradise, with highest concentration of IT companies in India. Places to visit in the city are Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha and the Ulsoor Lake. If you are an outdoor person, then this city and nearby places have loads to offer, such as Caving at Antaragange, Savandurga Trek, Ramanagara Trek, Nandi Hills Trek, Bheemeshwari Forest Camp, Madhugiri Fort Trek, Wild Safari Bannerghatta National Park and Shivanasamudra Waterfalls. The wine tour is growing popularity as well among tourist on a India day tour to city. Stroll through the vineyards and experience some real wine testing sessions with experts. Learn to see, swirl, sniff, and sip the drink. Bangalore is also a good pit-stop enroute Mysore, Coorg & Wayanad.

How to visit:

By road: Bangalore has a well-maintained bus-stand situated right opposite the railway station in the Majestic Area, which makes easier for the passengers alighting from trains to catch buses to nearby cities/villages. A number of private agencies also run bus services to places across the country. The other transport corporations of the neighbouring states also operate from and to Bangalore.

By rail: Bangalore has two major stations: Bangalore City and Bangalore Cantonment. The City station is the main station where all the trains depart and arrive to and from all parts of the country. It is located in the heart of the City at the Majestic area.

By air: Bangalore Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) is well connected by air from all the parts of the country. Around 420 flights land and take off in Bangalore each week, of which 50 are international ones.

Fast Facts

Location - Karnataka, South India

Places of Interest - Tipu's Palace, Bull Temple, Lalbagh, Vidhana Soudha (Outside view), Museum, Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple, Bangalore Palace

Best time to visit - October to April

Language - Hindi, English, Kannad

Festivals - Makar Sakranti, Dussehra, Diwali

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