Travel - Trip to Hyderabad - Travelogue - Day 4

Trip to Hyderabad - Day 4

Golconda Fort - Chowmahalla Palace - Charminar at Night

Today we were going to start one of our long days. We had to adjust our plan for Charminar and Chowmahalla as it was Friday on 31st Oct and its a holiday in Hyderabad for these places and hence we had to plan a visit on 1st Nov as we were to leave for Pune on 2nd Nov once we check out. So after breakfast we were off to Golconda Fort.

Golconda Fort

The travel from hotel to Golconda was 12kms and it would take us about 30 to 45 mins. The road leads from old city and hence we had to plan accordingly. What was surprising is that the outer gates of Golconda Fort is now a traffic controlled signal as the city has grown, you can say it has reached to the gates of Golconda.

We reached the base of Golconda at around 11.45am and post parking we moved towards the fort exploration. The cost for entry is INR 25 for Indian Citizens and the kids travel for free. We did not opt for any guides to tell us about the fort as it has all the necessary markings of the significance of any place on the fort.

Images above are the encravings of Kancherla Gopanna, widely known as Bhakta Ramadas who was imprisoned in the dungeons of the Golconda Fort for 12 years during the 17th century.

The prominent temple inside the Golconda Fort in Hyderabad is the historic Sri Jagadamba Mahankali Temple. There were lot of school children visiting the fort that day.

The visit to Golconda was awesome and I was back here again after I had completed by 10th grade exam.

Visit to Chowmahalla Palace
We left the Golconda Fort at 1.30pm IST and reached the Chowmahalla Palace by 3pm IST. The road leading to Chowmahalla and Charminar are very narrow and you have to patiently also bare the people who do not follow the traffic rules.

There is a old saying, when in Rome do like the Romans, so when in Hyderabad, do like the Hyderabadi's, hence clicked pics in the areas traditional Nizami attire.

With that it was a wrap for the Hyderbad's Chowmalla Palace. We had been in Hyderabad for 3 days and had yet to visit Charminar. The area surrounding Charminar was very crowded and parking was a challenge, hence we decided to head to hotel and come back again via rickshaw. We also had to visit the Birla temple at Lubini park which was pending hence the last plan in Hyderabad was to visit temple and move to Charminar and have dinner and shopping together.

Birla temple and Charminar

View of the Legislative Assembly and Lumbini Park along with Hussain Sagar and Necklace Road.

After the Birla temple visit we left for the Charminar at 7.30pm IST. We knew that it would take us around an hour or so to reach Charminar hence we booked a rick and travelled there.

Charminar

We had planned to have some tea and snacks at the nearby Nimrah cafe, then do some shopping and have our last dinner in Hyderabad near Charminar.

That is all folks for this time, hope you would enjoy reading this Hyderabad experience.

Stay - Hotel The Plaza - Begumpet

Travel Vehicle - Tata Curvv

Time Dates - 28th Oct to 2nd Nov

Abhijit More 

Pune

Travel - Trip to Hyderabad - Travelogue - Day 3

Trip to Hyderabad - Day 3

Today we had plans to visit old city as well as couple of places well-know like the Hyderabad Zoo and few other places around.

Hyderabad Zoo

We left the hotel after breakfast and were on our way to Zoo. From the hotel the Zoo is around 14 kms and it would take around 45mins to 60mins in car as one has to travel through old city roads which are congested. We booked our tickets at the entrance and it cost us INR 1400 together for 3 people. Since the Zoo is spread in 18 acres, it would be advised that you book the battery operated cars which would leave you at designated animal spots. So we first started with viewing animals which were in the large enclosures and paddock.

Post seeing the animals which were in the open paddocks we then moved to the jungle safari ride. Its a enclosed Zoo safari ride which showcases animals like Lion and Tiger and the vehicles goes into their paddocks for closer viewing.

Animal Safari

Post the safari was done, the driver dropped us on the other side of the safari which helps you to complete the other end of the zoo.

Back to the animal enclosures & paddocks

Post that we took a toy train ride which takes us across the zoo and post that we ended our visit. This was my 2nd visit at the zoo. Last when I visited I was a teenager and had come with my parents and after so many years probably 2 decades came with my family.

Sudha Car Museum

This is a interesting place to visit, this is close to the Zoo and once you visit the zoo, one can also visit this place. This person has created a world record of creating different and weird cars. This place was also being a part of Ripley's Believe it or Not. This will cost you INR 150 for adults and INR 120 for children. This is worth it if you are a fan of cars and interested in looking at weird stuff.

Day 3 evening at Lumbini Park & Lake Hussain Sagar

Post visiting Sudha's Museum we made it back to the hotel as we wanted to freshen up and also change and it took us almost the entire day for these 2 locations. We started back to hotel at 5.30pm IST and went through the old city traffic again.

We reached Lumbini Park at 8pm IST, we took a auto to roam around as it was already late we also had to have dinner.

We took a boat ride at the park and visited the Buddha Statue in Hussain Sagar lake and spend some time there clicking pics.

Post visiting the Lumbini Park we rushed back to the Hotel to use our car and then go to dinner to a nearby place. We did not record any pics then as we were running from one place to other and that is how our Day 3 ended.

Abhijit More

Pune