Best places to visit in Bangalore | Top Tourist Attractions

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Popularly known as the golden city of India, Bangalore, is one of the greatest representations of heritage in the past time of India with the high-tech modern facilities. The pleasant climate of Bangalore is also one of the sweetest experiences of the visitors here as they just loved the friendly climate over there. The city offers many amusement parks to the heritage buildings Which are a treat to eyes. Surely, this place will keep you amazed by its awesomeness. This is a paradise city that is one of the favourite places between tourists.

This could be a marvellous experience for you if you are visiting the place for first time. The combined sweetness of heritage and pride of the city will dazzle you. What about if we present a list to you that will be showing you one of the top-rated tourist places from where you can start your journey and explore the beauty of Bangalore. Just go along the list provided below.

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1. Bangalore Palace:

Designs inspired by England’s castles the beautiful Bangalore palace was built by Chamaraja Wodeyar (1887). The fortified arches, towers, green lawns, Tudor-style architecture, the sophisticated wood carvings in the interior just makes the evocative place so much interesting for tourists across the world. The most popular places in Bangalore like such, worth a visit. You can also visit the place and get to know that the royal family still lives there currently. It is as comparable as epitome, the Tudor-style architecture that has been created here. The palace has foundations which are attributed to Wodeyars of Mysore.

The entry fee for other Indians here is INR 230. Though for foreigners the entry fees is about INR 460.

2. Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace:

This is created in one of the crowded areas in Bangalore. The Tipu Sultan Fort is the show of extremely artistic talent which has survived the past and now showing its beauty to us end many tourists who came in Bangalore for first time. The summer haven ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, is also called ‘Rashk-e-Jannat’. He was widely known for his heroicness in the battlefield and also for his awesome appetite towards art and culture. The palace also depicts his vision and shares an example of architecture and the sturdy columns with motifs. You can imagine such a place as a perfect example of Indo-Islamic architecture.

Located in Albert victor Road, Bangalore, the place is open from Monday to Sunday, each day from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The entry fees of the palace vary as INR 15 for Indians and it’s INR 200 for foreigners.

3. Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens:

Surrounded by many trees this beautiful place has the right to be counted as one of the best places to visit in Bangalore or it would be better to say in all of India. The botanical garden was built by Hader Ali, which Tipu Sultan lately modified. The garden has a glass house which is designed as an inspiration from the London Crystal Palace.  It also has a large variety of species around 1800 of them, plant, trees, herbs, which spread across 240 acres of land. And the spectacular beauty of the place and the freshness just makes people as fresh as like they become new.

4. Nandi Hills:

Are you a nature friendly human? We intend to mean that if you like beautiful long spread locations like hills and the nature, terrains that are located far away but makes the place and the scenarios vibrant and beautiful. Just run to this beautiful viewpoint that’s located in Bangalore. If you are coupled, then this renowned place will be the perfect suit for you.

The faraway hills are located nearly 60 kilometres away from the city. The nandi hills with the two rivers Palar and Arkavathi that has been originated from the hill area is lately named after the Nandi Temple that is situated at the top of the hill. The temple is at the height of about 1487 above sea level and usually has a clean weather around there.

The coolest thing about here is there is no opening timing. As the temple is at a open place there is no entry fees and it is open all days.

5. Cubbon Park:

In a huge 300 acres of land, the park is situated behind High Court of Karnataka Ambedkar Veedhi. Richard Sankey has constructed this park. This specially maintained massive park has greenery all over with the highly maintained lawns and statues of many famous personalities make it unique. This is one of the popular places in Bangalore is one must to visit place with friends and family. This park has no entry fee and opened on all of the days.

If you are an art enthused person then you’d be loving such a place which collects modern art and historic creations. This place has collected over 500 paintings and a must to see collection for history lovers. The National Gallery of Modern Art in Bangalore have been collecting artworks by many popular artists like Jamini Roy, Rabindranath Tagore and many more others. If you’re an art lover then this place is really a heaven for you.

The gallery is located in Vasant Nagar, Bangalore and opens from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day. The entry fees to enter into the gallery is INR 10 for Indians while children fees are only INR 1. And if you are a foreigner then you will be charged with the entry fee of INR 150.

7. Ulsoor Lake:

This eye-catching huge lake over the area of 125 acres is just being hidden in the heart of the city. Kempegowda II has constructed the services at the lake which offers boating facilities which have been provided by Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation. The several places in Bangalore which has awesome architectures include The Walking tracks that are situated over the lakes and around it. Though, the timing to visit the lake is limited by 5:00 AM to 7:30 PM, the place doesn’t charge you any entry fee.

8. Government Museum:

The government museum was built back in 1886 which has few of the rarest collections in India and also representing multiple periods of history. There are 18 galleries inside the museum which contains Neolithic findings of various civilizations, antique jewelleries and many other things. The most to visit places in Bangalore have to be included this famous museum in our list. The museum is open from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The charges for Indian visitors are INR 15 and for foreigners the entry fees is INR 250.

9. Sankey Tank:

In the West sides of Bangalore there’s a huge man-made tank which now represents one of the popular landmarks in Bangalore. During the times of great famine of 1876-78, the tank was built in 1882, for making a solution to the problem of water scarcity. There are some well-lit walk away around the tank and also some benches for visitors to sit and enjoy the surroundings and stroll the place. The place is open all days from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Though there is some entry fee. An Entry fees of INR 10 is charged for adults and INR 5 for children. And if you want to go for boating you would be charged INR 20.