Travel Guide ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ

The airport, railway stations, metro, buses, autos and cabs.

Kempegowda International Airport

Terminals, getting into the city, and how long it really takes.

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Railway Stations

KSR Bengaluru (Majestic), Yeshwantpur, SMVT and Cantonment.

Namma Metro

Lines, interchanges, tickets and tips.

Buses, Autos & Cabs

BMTC buses, metered autos, app cabs and bike taxis.

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When to Visit

Season by season, and what to pack.

Palaces, gardens, temples, museums and the city's best-known buildings.

Lalbagh Botanical Garden

240 acres of gardens, a glass house and a 3,000-million-year-old rock.

Cubbon Park

The green heart of the city centre, with the Central Library and the High Court.

Vidhana Soudha

The granite seat of Karnataka's legislature.

Bangalore Palace

A Tudor-style royal residence inspired by Windsor Castle.

Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace

A teak palace completed in 1791, next to the old fort.

Bull Temple & Dodda Ganapathi

A monolithic Nandi in Basavanagudi, next to Bugle Rock park.

ISKCON Temple, Rajajinagar

A large hilltop Krishna temple complex.

Gavi Gangadhareshwara Cave Temple

A rock-cut cave temple where sunlight lights up the linga on Makara Sankranti.

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Each Bengaluru neighbourhood has its own character, food and history.

MG Road, Brigade Road & the CBD

The old Cantonment core: shopping, pubs and the boulevard.

Basavanagudi

Traditional South Bengaluru, Gandhi Bazaar and the Bull Temple.

Malleshwaram

Temples, filter coffee, 8th Cross and the Sampige Road market.

Jayanagar

A leafy planned layout with the 4th Block shopping complex.

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Indiranagar

100 Feet Road and 12th Main: cafés, brewpubs and boutiques.

Koramangala

Startup central, with restaurants on every block.

Whitefield

From an Anglo-Indian settlement to an IT hub.

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Frazer Town & Shivajinagar

Mosque Road, Ramzan food walks and heritage bungalows.

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Hills, palaces, waterfalls and coffee country within a few hours of the city.

Nandi Hills

Sunrise above the clouds, an hour north of the city.

~60 km

Mysuru

The palace, Chamundi Hill and Dasara.

~145 km

Srirangapatna

Tipu Sultan's island capital on the Kaveri.

~125 km

Shivanasamudra Falls

Gaganachukki and Bharachukki waterfalls on the Kaveri.

~135 km

Ramanagara

Granite hills, rock climbing and the "Sholay" landscape.

~55 km

Coorg (Kodagu)

Coffee estates, mist and Kodava food. A weekend trip.

~260 km

Chikkamagaluru

Where Indian coffee began; trekking at Mullayanagiri.

~245 km

Hampi

The ruins of the Vijayanagara capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

~340 km

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