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A Trip to Bangalore

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By my previous post you know that I have plenty of free time. So I thought of using this time for good. Using this time to explore some places where I haven’t been and always wanted to go. I chose to visit Bangalore, The IT city. Since I am much interested in that field and also heard a lot about the beauty of Bangalore.

There are lots of places to visit in Bangalore. So I created a list of places of my interest and the places which I’ll be visitng this time.

  • Lalbagh Gardens : One of India’s most beautiful botanical gardens. It was laid out by Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan in the 18th century.
  • Cubbon Park : This beautiful park, which spreads over 300 acres in the heart of the city, serves as the lung space of the evergrowing Banglore city. Designed by Lt. General Sir Mark Cubbon, in 1864, is dotted with beautiful statues, flowering trees, fountains and a library its midst.
  • Aquarium : A variety of exotic fishes are the attraction in this diamond shaped Aquarium, which is at the enterance of the Cubbon Park.
  • Dodda Basavanna Temple : The gigantic image of the celestial bull, Nandi, which stands at 4.57 meters. in height, is a classic example of Dravidian architecture.
  • Dodda Ganapathi Temple : Since I have a lot of faith in Lord Ganesha this is must for me. A huge monolithic statue of Gapnapati, which attracts thousands of devotees every day. One of the oldest temples of Bangalore.
  • Musical Fountain : Another attraction opposite the planetarium is the musical fountain and its dancing waters. The Bangalore Palace: Modeled after the Windsor Palace, this beautiful granite palace was built by the Wodeyars, the erstwhile rulers of Mysore.

Now that I made the plan, I thought of searching for Hotels in Bangalore. At this point I stumbled upon Accor Hotels City Super Sale. I am damn lucky that they have a sale going on. Travellers will be able to take advantage of savings of up to 60% when they book on-line between 23 – 29 June, for stays between July 10 and September 30, 2009. You can select Hotels from 27 cities across 10 conutries. I have selected Mercure Homestead Residences.  So I got what I wanted. Now time to pack my bags. 🙂

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It’s holiday time

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After the Diwali festival some days are still left. In most parts of India this is Diwali vacation time. So the tourist season starts from here. Though I live in a place which is 365 days on holidays, officially the government says this month as the start of the tourist season. Forget the government. It’s not a topic we should talk much about.

For the last few season there is increase in number of tourists from parts other of India. I can say that personally also as I have seen more Indian tourists on beaches than the foreign in some places. Fortunately or unfortunately it is the beaches which is the attraction for all tourists. There are many other places in Goa which are worth seeing.

As a tourist you should make sure you have good accommodation. You should book rooms before coming to Goa. It is relay difficult to get them when you visit in tourist season. Almost all hotels will run full. You may then have to lookout for some cheap motels. That can leave a bad taste about Goa in your memories. So book your rooms in advance.

Just to help you people, I am listing a list of websites that can help you. Internet is a great means to find a hotel without visiting.

Travel Go Goa : Focuses mainly on hotels in Goa. It also gives some extra information about history, heritage, art and culture of Goa. You might like to read this before you go.

Hotels Goa India : Another one mainly focuses on Goan hotels. Nicely categorized into five star, four star and so on it is easy to find hotel based on  star. It also lists some nice  hotel packages.

Hotels Combined : This is one of the best. To be precise it is the best. It enlists almost 250 hotels in Goa. That is quiet a lot to choose from. There are user ratings which means other users rate the hotels based on their experience. It gives you cost of room per night just aside the hotel. There is map where you can locate the hotel and find the route. Also it lists some features of the hotel you’ll stay. You can sort based on Price, User rating, Names and stars. This website not only lists hotels just from Goa but around the Globe. It is like one stop and look nowhere else.

Yatra Travels : This is one of the leading traveling agencies in India. They have variety of packages not just for Goa but in other places of India and around the world. As they say “Smarter way to travel” they have made things easy for tourists by providing good amount of information through their website. As for Goa you can find hotels in Goa here.

I hope that will make things easy for you to travel in Goa. Enjoy your holiday in Goa. And if you would like to meet me, just drop in a message here. I’ll try to meet. :love:

P.S. : You may be interested in reading this topic about me. Some photos from Goa.