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History Buff Tour of Bangalore
5 h
About this activity
Sample Program
• Rural cuisine for breakfast
• Start with an early morning prayer at one of Bangalore's oldest temple districts.
• Visit a palace that has been the most recent private property of the Royal Family of Mysore that ruled the land for 27 generations.
• Lunch in an old colonial cafe that boasts having baked a cake for Queen Elizabeth during her fleeting visit to Bangalore city.
• Visit Bangalore's oldest church and understand the legends of the relationship between the French and the Mysorean armies.
• Drive through colonial Bangalore.
• Visit an art gallery by a painter who captures the history of Bangalore in the form or caricatures, showing the city's transformation from the Garden City to what it is now Coffee in what was once a royal home and now a heritage hotel.
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• Rural cuisine for breakfast
• Start with an early morning prayer at one of Bangalore's oldest temple districts.
• Visit a palace that has been the most recent private property of the Royal Family of Mysore that ruled the land for 27 generations.
• Lunch in an old colonial cafe that boasts having baked a cake for Queen Elizabeth during her fleeting visit to Bangalore city.
• Visit Bangalore's oldest church and understand the legends of the relationship between the French and the Mysorean armies.
• Drive through colonial Bangalore.
• Visit an art gallery by a painter who captures the history of Bangalore in the form or caricatures, showing the city's transformation from the Garden City to what it is now Coffee in what was once a royal home and now a heritage hotel.
Included
- Bottled water
- Air conditioned car and driver
- A friendly local tour ambassador
- GST (Goods and Services Tax) (18%
Not included
- You may request for hotel pick up and drop (for which you will be charged extra depending on where your hotel is located)
- Personal Expenses:In case you choose to buy things along the way, you are encouraged to spend your own cash so that reimbursements aren’t invoiced to you with added taxes. Otherwise please let us know in advance if you would like us to pick up any bills along the way and invoice them to you in the end.
- Entrance fees (in case a palace or museum is included, but most often we do not go to such places unless specifically requested for by the whole group)
- Meal suggestions (extra cost to be paid by guest, exact amounts will be advised to you by your guide)
- Breakfast at a Snake Temple Coffee at a historical cafe Lunch in an Indian family home or outside
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Confirmation subject to availability
- All items listed in the program are samples, and subject to availability. In case some item is not available we will replace it with something else
- Bodyguards, company representatives and accompanying officials will be charged rack rates
- A moderate amount of walking is involved; comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- We do our best and are reputed to follow the best safety and hygiene standards. But we do not take responsibility for accidents, illnesses, theft, or any personal losses consequent to the tours.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Tourism
90%
Cultural
80%
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