Travel Guide ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ
Landmarks, neighbourhoods, day trips and how to get around: everything a visitor or a new resident needs.
Getting There & Around
5 pagesThe airport, railway stations, metro, buses, autos and cabs.
Kempegowda International Airport
Terminals, getting into the city, and how long it really takes.
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.
When to Visit
Season by season, and what to pack.
Landmarks & Sights
14 pagesPalaces, 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.
Neighbourhoods
9 pagesEach 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.
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.
Frazer Town & Shivajinagar
Mosque Road, Ramzan food walks and heritage bungalows.
Day Trips & Weekend Getaways
9 pagesHills, 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 kmMysuru
The palace, Chamundi Hill and Dasara.
~145 kmSrirangapatna
Tipu Sultan's island capital on the Kaveri.
~125 kmShivanasamudra Falls
Gaganachukki and Bharachukki waterfalls on the Kaveri.
~135 kmRamanagara
Granite hills, rock climbing and the "Sholay" landscape.
~55 kmCoorg (Kodagu)
Coffee estates, mist and Kodava food. A weekend trip.
~260 kmChikkamagaluru
Where Indian coffee began; trekking at Mullayanagiri.
~245 kmHampi
The ruins of the Vijayanagara capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
~340 km