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The city of Bangalore has numerous tourist attractions to keep its visitors busy. Right from beautiful gardens to serene lake to magnificent palaces, the city offers a wide variety to those who are planning to go on Bangalore sightseeing tours. Check out the information given below before going on a tour to Bengalooru, India.

If you only have a limited amount of time in the city, you may go for either (1) The half-day or full-day city tours offered by KSTDC, the government tourist office, are cheap and cover the city's major attractions with English speaking guides. or (2) The full-day tour, called Bangalore Rounds, organised by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, is conducted in an air-conditioned bus and covers most important tourist spots in the city. It is advisable to book seats the previous day by dialling 080-12667. The tour costs Rs.250.
Typically, the city tours do NOT include entry fees into the attractions.

(Important Travel Spots within Bangalore are listed in four pages according to direction from MG Road area. Please visit all four pages to get a comprehensive idea. We have also given all important Tourist Locations outside Bangalore within 100 Km Distance.)

If you are in short of time, consider skip visiting the following tourist spots.
Gandhi Bhavan Bangalore, Chitra Kala Parishad, Commercial Street etc from the following list.

(Gandhi Bhavan and ChitraKala Parishat are located very close to each other. However, one gets a feeling that much more can be done to make Gandhi Bhavan a true memorial for Mahatma.)

In the list below Tourist Spots which are located in and around Shivaji Nagar or Cantonment Area are given - Bangalore Palace, Chitrakala Parishat, Gandhi Bhavan Bangalore, St.Mary's Basilica, Commercial Street You can visit these places along with the other locations listed in the page Ulsoor Lake, Whitefield etc

Must see places in Bangalore are:

1)In four pages, we have listed the following important tourist spots in Bangalore City: Cubbon Park, Bangalore Museum, Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Vidhan Soudha & Vikas Soudha, Attara Kacheri, Bangalore Palace, Tipu Sultan Fort, Tipu's Palace in Bangalore, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore City Market or Krishna Raja Market (K. R. Market), Bannerghatta National Park (Safari is the main attraction, you can avoid spending much time in Zoo), The Nandi Temple or the Bull Temple.

If you have more time after visiting Cubbon Park area, and want to spend time near Shivaji Nagar area, one can visit Bangalore Palace and then proceed to Ulsoor or Whitefield area.

2. North Bangalore, Shivaji Nagar and surrounding Areas

Bangalore Palace (k), Chitrakala Parishat (m), Fun World, Gandhi Bhavan (l), Sankey Tank, Hebbal Lake, New Bangalore BIAL Airport etc are located in North Bangalore. Commercial Street, Safina Plaza, Cunningham Road, Russel Market, Bangalore St. Mary's Cathedral (n) etc are located in Shivaji Nagar Area.

k) Bangalore Palace - Bangalore Palace is Located in the Palace Grounds (close to Mekhri Circle). Inspired by Windsor Castle of London King Chamaraja Wodeyar built Bangalore Palace in the year 1887. With magnificient looking Fortified towers, Gothic windows, battlements and turrets, Bangalore Palace was mainly constructed of wood. There are many splendid wood carvings and paintings. One of the walls of the Durbar Hall has a set of windows that are decorated with stained glass.

l) Gandhi Bhavan Bangalore - Located on Kumara Krupa Road, Bangalore Gandhi Bhavan was set up with the intention of promoting teachings of Mahathma Gandhi.

m) Chitrakala Parishat - A treasure house of Karnataka's classical art and has a collection of traditional paintings and leather puppets.

n) St.Mary's Basilica - Built in 1882 by the French missionary, Abbe Dubois located in Shivaji Nagar.
o) Commercial Street- Close to Shivaji Nagar Russel Market and not far from M.G. Road area. Safina Plaza is a shopping Mall located very close to it. Ulsoor Lake also is closer to Commercial Street. This is one of the older Shopping area in Bangalore, compared to Fab Malls and Total Malls.
p) Fun World - Fun World is an Amusement Park inside Bangalore city, situated at the Palace Grounds.
q) Palace Grounds - Exhibition Center - Regularly Exhibitions are conducted here. Except in the last one, Bangalore IT exhibitions were conducted here. Bangalore Book Festival, ICE (International Consumer Expo) the Indian Consumer Exhibition are conducted at Palace Grounds.
r) Russel Market Area - Close to Shivaji Nagar Russel Market and St. Mary's Basicllica. It will be a unique experience to visit this local Market where you can get most of the Indian items. If you want to stay long term in Bangalore, you may consider buying some of the cane furniture or kitchenware from the are next to Russel Market.

Bangalore Planetarium (j), Bangalore Palace (k), Shivaji Nagar Russel Market Area, Commercial Street, Funworld etc can be visited on the same day, as they are situated in one side of the Bangalore City.