Places to visit in Bangalore in one day with Family
Bangalore city is popular for both tourism and IT industries. This article is on Bangalore tourist attractions, gives an idea to make your one day trip with your family. There are varieties of tourist attractions in the city, let's take a look over some of the best places to visit in Bangalore.
Bangalore is referred as the Garden City of India. Bangalore the capital city of Karnataka is one of the very beautiful cities in India. People love visiting Bangalore to enjoy the beautiful green gardens and the fresh pleasant weather. Bangalore is also known as the Silicon Valley of India because of the rapid development of Information Technology field. Here is the information on places to visit in Bangalore with your family for a single day trip.Lalbagh botanical garden
The very famous Lalbagh botanical garden was first formed in 17th century by Hyder Ali and it was completed by his son, Tipu Sultan. It is spread in nearly 240 acres and loaded with a very extraordinary collection of tropical and sub tropical plants. The major attraction in Lalbagh is the Glass-house which shows the similarity to London's Crystal Palace. It was built to honor the Prince of Wales, who visited it. You can see the wonderful collection of red roses in the garden throughout the year, for which the garden is referred as Lalbagh. This place is famous for its flower show which is two times in a year that is in August and January.Cubbon park
This amazing garden is situated in the centre of the city and has captured around 300 acre of land area. This place is full with greenery and you can find many different species of rare plants here. The park was honored with the name of former Commissioner of Bangalore, Sir Mark Cubbon. Many native as well as bizarre types of plants are seen in Cubbon Park. This park is majorly preferred by nature lovers and the joggers for its fresh and cool atmosphere. Inside the park there is 'BalBhavan' for kids to have a great fun time. The famous aquarium in Bangalore is also positioned in the Cubbon park where you can enjoy a huge variety of fish. Tipu Sultan's palace and fort
This royal palace was originally constructed by Chikkadeva Raya but later on Hyder Ali restructured the palace in Indo-Islamic architecture. His son Tipu Sultan completed building this structure in 1791. The Hindu temple situated in the courtyard of the fort is the evidence of Tipu Sultan's religious lenience. The palace is situated close to the fort and now it has been converted into museum. By visiting the museum you can get closer to the lifestyle and achievements of Tipu Sultan. Venkatappa Art Gallery
This place is most loved by the art lovers. The gallery displays around 600 fantastic paintings. In one part of the gallery is decorated with stone sculptures, derived from Khajuraho and the other side of it displays the pottery as well as clay articles, which reminds us the ancient Indus valley civilization. You can also enjoy the amazing landscape paintings of 20th century. The tourists highly praise the wonderful paintings by the famous artist K. Venkatappa.Bannerghatta national park
When you visit Bangalore, it is must to see the national park of Bannerghatta. The park is situated on nearly 140 sq. Km of land and was started in the year of 1971. Here you can find a very large variety of rare animals like crocodiles, tigers and lions etc. The Safari Trip is also available for the visitors who want to travel around the park. Bannerghatta national park is the home for many animals like elephants, foxes, sambar, bears, barking deer, hare, jackals etc. The Snake Park is the major attraction for snake lovers here. Recently opened Butterfly Park carries nearly 20 different sorts of butterflies. Vidhan Soudha
The wonderful parliament building of Vidhana Soudha was built during the period of 1952 to 1956. The structure of the Vidhan Soudha is an amazing combination of Neo-Dravidian, Dravidian and Indo-saracenic artwork. The building is 46 metres tall and spread over upon 2, 45,000 sqft. It is a fantastic structure including Pediments, Carved Pillars, arches and cornices. You can see the carved, Indian National Emblem on the central dome of the building. The building is attractively decorated during public holidays and Sunday evenings.
While I appreciate the author for providing the inside view of the best places to visit in Bengaluru, how can she forget forget the fact about doing a shopping in the best places of Bengaluru. I think Kalasipalayam or the Avenue Road area is the best place to do shopping for various articles and products. The whole sale shops for fancy items, cloths, cosmetics and readymades are available in plenty. More over the rates charged in Bengaluru whole sale market is very low. Hope the readers of this article shall take note of it and make shopping there.