Best time to visit: The best time to visit is between September and March.
STD Code: 080
Population: Population: 6.52 million
Weather: The climate of Bangalore is moderate and pleasant. Summers are mild (April-June) and winters are cool (October-February). The city experiences south-western monsoon rains in June-August.
About Bangalore
Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley and the country's pub capital, along with aerospace research, biotechnology and dozens of premier education institutions attract people from all over India and from abroad to look for endless opportunities in business and higher education making it cosmopolitan in nature. But very few actually know much about the fascinating history of this pleasant and beautiful city.
Tourist Places
Lal Bagh This garden is at lal bagh fort road. the pleasant and supereb 100 ha botanical garden were laid out by hyderali in 1760 while his son tippu sult ...more
Auto-rickshaws are a convenient mode of transport as they are easily available. Most of the drivers are affable and honest and are multilingual. Apart from the local language most of the drivers are conversant in Hindi, and English.
How to reach
By Air: Bangalore is connected to India’s metropolitan cities and other major countries by air. Indian Airlines and private carriers operate regular flights to the Silicon Valley of India from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata (Calcutta), Madras, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Goa, Cochin and Ahmedabad.
By Rail: Bangalore is connected to the capital by the weekly Rajdhani Express and the daily Karnataka Express. It is also well connected with Mumbai (Bombay) by the Udayan and Kurla Express, to Madras by the Madras Mail, Lal Bagh Shatabdi and Brindavan Express and also to Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Kolkata (Calcutta), Hyderabad, and Mangalore by express trains.
By Road: You can get to Bangalore from Mumbai and Pune via the National Highway No. 4, to Hyderabad (565 km) and Kanyakumari (719 km) through National Highway No. 7 and Mangalore (349 km) on NH 48. Madras is approachable via Dharmapuri and Vellore (340 km). Buses of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala State Transport Corporations and a large number of private roadways connect Bangalore with all the major centres in the region.
