The 400-year old, once the Nizam's Capital, is today the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. It is the fifth largest metropolis in India. Hyderabad city is offering a fascinating panorama of the past ( ancient civilisation & culture) with a mild climate, an air of spaciousness and old world values of courtesy & politeness, endowed with rich culture & heritage. Hyderabad is History by day and Magic by night. That's Hyderabad, a city of smiles, of lights, of thousand faces.

It is a heady mixture of heritage, traditional hospitality and a thriving software revolution. The city is noted for its natural beauty, mosques and minarets, bazars and bridges, hills and lakes. Today's Hyderabad city is cosmopolitan, richly endowed with a variety of cultures. The city presents an attractive amalgam of old world charm together with the ebullience of growth and enterprise. While Muslim population is quite rich towards the old part of the city. It is also known as the second Silicon Valley in India after Bangalore. Hyderabad has a Software Technology Park with leading industries. Hyderabad - the Pearl City of India - is famous for its minarets and its pearl bazaar. Pearls from all over the world are said to come to Hyderabad because the artisans here are skilled in piercing and stringing pearls.

After morning breakfast from hotel move towards historical tour of Hyderabad. Salar Jung Museum is situated on the southern bank of the river Musi. This Museum, the third largest museum in India is one of the largest one-man-collections in the world. Salarjung Museum is one of the much lauded tourist attractions of Hyderabad City and it is full of many interesting objects. The collections include Indian Art, Middle Eastern Art, Far Eastern Art, European Art, Children Art along with a Founders gallery and a rare manuscript section. Mir Yusuf Ali Khan, popularly known

popularly known as Salar Jung III (1889-1949) served as Prime Minister to Nizam 1912, at the age of 23, but resigned two and a half years later. Thereafter he dedicated his whole life collecting antiques and art, which were the only passions of his lonely life. He spent considerable portion of his wealth for collecting them.

After Salar Jung next proceed for Charminar, Hyderabad's most popular landmark located at the center of the old city and surround by lively bazaars. It was built by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 in honour of his wife Bhagmati, shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golconda to what now is known as Hyderabad. Charminar is in square shape with four towers in the four corners of the square, each side is 20 metres long. These sides will take you to a plaza through giant arches. Every arch of the monument is 11 meters wide and rises 20 meters high. The structure of Charminar show both Indian and Mughal architectural styles. You can see good views of all over the old city from the top of the minarets. Today, the Charminar has 45 prayer spaces and a mosque. The beautiful mosque is located at the western end of the open roof of the monument. The remaining part of the roof served as a court during the Qutub Shahi times. The Charminar offers some exotic views of the city and the Golconda Fort. These views remind of the glorious past of Hyderabad.

The 13th century Golconda Fort was built by the Kakatiya kings. The existing structure was later built by Qutub Shahi Kings into a massive fort with granite walls having eight gates and 87 bastions spread upto 7 kms, in circumference over a span of 62 years. Golconda Fort, popularly known in Telgu as "Golla Konda", which means "Shepherd's Hill". Golconda Fort is one of the most wonderful monuments, located 11 km. from Hyderabad, the

capital of Andhra Pradesh. The name of Golconda originates from the telgu words "Golla" and "Konda" which means 'shepard's hill'. One of the most important features of this fort is that the sounds of hands clapped at the entry gate can be heard quite clearly at the top of the hill. Golconda was famous for its diamond mines in olden days. The world-renowned 'Kohinoor' diamond is believed to have come from here. The Golconda fort is built on a granite hill 120m high. The fort has 8 gates or Darwazas as they are called in local language. The main gate is called Fateh Darwaza.

One can enjoy Golconda Fort with the sound and light, the show that brings the legend of Golconda to life. People gather to see and hear this show in the evening. The show has voice-over of Bollywood living legend Amitabh Bacchan. The show starts with a spectacular interplay of audio and visual effects.

The Ramoji Film City is located about 35 kilometers from the Hyderabad city. Ramoji Film City, owned by entrepreneur-cum-film producer Ramoji Rao. Exotic landscapes, alluring gardens ranging from Japanese to Tea gardens, temples, unique set creations transport the tourist onto virtual paradise, a feast for the eyes. A tour to the Ramoji Film Studio will tell you why is it acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as one of

the largest film studios in the world. The studio lives upto its name of a "city" as it is spread over a vast area of around 2500 acres. You feel as if you have entered a new city all together with hills, gardens, lakes, and at the same time flanked with spotless modern buildings.

The Film City gives a choice of numerous flexible locations, typically as well as spontaneous. Filmmaker can shoot in a picturesque Indian village, or recreate a street in Switzerland. The Film City has all facilities at one place with latest technology and advanced equipment. Right at the entrance, you will find two three-star hotels called Tara and Sitara, where you will be given a royal treatment as a visitor. The Ramoji Film City doubles both as a tourist attraction and major film-making facility.

It is India's answer to the Universal Studios in Hollywood, in every aspect. It is a place where realism obtains all the traits of enchantment and inconceivable. Today, it is the filmmakers' first choice as it is a single-window, press-button facility that opens up an unlimited arena of creativity for every major and minor aspect of film production.

Back to the hotel and Overnight stay at the hotel

After morning breakfast from hotel move towards relaxing tour and have a view of one of the largest man made lakes is situated at Hyderabad. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it connects the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. It was founded during the reign of Ibrahim Qutub Shah, by Hussain shah Wali, in 1562. The unique feature of this lake is a statue of Lord Buddha with an height of 18 meter and weight of 350 ton.

It is located on the rock of Gibraltar in the middle of the Lake. Boating and Water Sports are a regular feature at Hussain Sagar. Sunday's cultural programmes are conducted by the Department of culture in the evenings and admission is free for the public. Next proceed for Lumbini Park, is one of the beautiful parks in the twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad located along the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake. Lumbini Park is a part of the Buddha Poornima project developed by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority in 1994 and since then, it has become an ideal place of relaxation and a place of amusement. The park has been named after the garden that was the birth place of Siddharth, the later day Buddha. The main attractions of the park include a colourful floral clock, waterfalls and fountains. The spectacular musical dancing fountain and water cascade draws huge crowds. The fountains dance to the tunes of popular numbers from Hindi and Telugu film songs. Normally, during summer time, three shows are organised.

However, due to the upgradation work being taken up by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), currently the musical fountain show and the clock has been put off temporarily.

Day 01: Bangalore
Arrive at Bangalore and check-into the hotel. In afternoon proceed for local sightseeing tour of Bangalore, where you can visit the Lal Bagh gardens, the 'Bull temple' - one of the oldest temples of Bangalore built in Dravidian style and houses a monolith Nandi (bull) of huge size the Parliament Building Vidhan Soudha and the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum. Overnight stay at the hotel.