Bangalore Tours : Unforgettable trip to the Garden City of India

Bangalore is city with multiple names such as Silicon Valley, Pub city, Pensioner’s Paradise, and Garden city; it would offer many places to see therein. As the capital city of Karnataka, with a pleasant climate and highly educated population Bangalore soon zoomed into prominence after the IT revolution.

While on India tours, visiting Bangalore is a must. Bangalore exudes pleasant climate and charm as it houses many gardens and well cared after boulevards especially the Cubbon Park, the Lumbini Gardens, Wonder La Amusement park and the Lal Bagh.

Visiting temples in Bangalore form an important itinerary of Bangalore tourism. Worth visiting is the Bull Temple which has a imposing bull statue carved from a single stone, the Maha Bodhi Temple is a replica of the stupa at Bodh Gaya, along with a large library of Buddhist books. The Iskcon Temple of Hare Krishna set atop a hilltop is an interesting place to see in Bangalore. This temple is most popular for its annual Krishna and Balaram Rath Yatra, and glorifies the convergence of modern technology with spirituality. People do throng the Gavi Gangadeshwara Cave Temple especially on Makar Sankranti in order to see a rare sight when the sun’s rays fall direct on the holy Shiv Linga. A fine example of Dravidian architecture is the VenkataramanaSwamy Temple next to Tipu Sultan’s summer palace should be also visited while on Bangalore tours.

The Vidhan Soudha, the Vikasa Soudha, the Seshadri Iyer Memorial in the Cubbon Park, and lastly the Tipu Sultan’s Palace – summer retreat is worth paying a visit while on Bangalore Tour. A special mention that the Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace is made of purely wood with embellished balconies, pillars and arches is not to be given amiss while visiting Bangalore.

Hotels in Bangalore are much in demand and hence quite expensive. For staying over at good Hotels in Bangalore, designed on the Western style one will need to shell out approximately $500 or more per night. To name a few highly priced hotels in Bangalore such as Grand Ashok Hotel, Le Meridien, Le Royal Orchid, Chancery Pavilion etc. On the other hand, medium priced or economy hotels are Hotel Vrindavan, Hotel St. Marks and Church Street Inn are quite popular. At the same time there is no dearth of budget hotels in Bangalore, so please do check out Ajantha, Sri Rama Krishna Hotel, Shree Vaishnav Gujarati Samaj, UG Deluxe (Majestic) Thulsi Thotta, YMCA etc.

As a city with many names, Bangalore tour is essential while on travel to India. With large number of pubs, many gardens and religious temples in Bangalore, the global traveler will have a very busy trip while visiting Bangalore. Shopping and Entertainment in Bangalore will also not pose problem as many malls and varied dining options are available in Bangalore city. As the city develops into an IT hub, hotels in Bangalore have also spruced up, each well equipped and facilitated for comfortable stay. With a variety of hotel booking, flight booking as well hotel booking available through the internet, planning a Bangalore tour while on travel to India should not pose to be problem.