Bangalore Hotels – Lodging In The Garden City

By Author: Rashmiranjan Patil
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Popularly called the ‘Garden City’ of India in the olden days, Bangalore, the state capital of Karnataka, is now more or less known as the Silicon Valley of India. This is mainly due to the presence of numerous Information Technology companies and technological parks situated along the length and breadth of this beautiful city. Bangalore was also considered as a Pensioner’s Paradise in the early days as it enjoyed moderate climate conditions as well as peaceful surroundings.

Bangalore today is an ultra modern city characterized by high rise buildings, ever growing infrastructures (like roads, metro rail, malls and other modern facilities) and IT Parks among others. Ever since the IT industry was established in Bangalore, it underwent huge changes – both physically and demographically. What used to be a greener city with numerous gardens now has turned into a metro city full of modern buildings; the pensioners paradise has turned into a job seeker’s paradise as Bangalore has a host of industries like IT, Bio-technology, Mechanics and Electronics, to name a few. Apart from these, people from all over the country ...
... throng the place in search of good education avenues, thus turning it into a major education hub.

The major tourist attractions of Bangalore include its famous gardens like Lal bagh, Cubbon Park, and Lumbini Garden among others; Bangalore Palace, Iskcon Temple, Ashoka Pillar (near Lal Bagh), Dargah Hazarath Tawakkal Mastan, Juma Masjid (oldest mosque of the city), Ravindra Kalakshetra (built to commemorate the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore), St. Mary's Church (founded in 1811), Indian Institute Of Science (IISc or Tata Institute) Gandhi Bhavan, Innovative Film City, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Ulsoor lake, Hebbal Lake, Visvesvaraya Museum, Vidhana Soudha, The Bangalore Race Course, Muddenahalli (birthplace of Sir M Visvesvaraya), Devenahalli (birthplace of Tipu Sultan) and Chikkajala (a vassal fort), to name a few.

Bangalore plays host to several people who visit the city for numerous purposes like education, career, business and sightseeing among others. Bangalore Hotels are well equipped to meet this constant influx of visitors to the city. As a city that welcomes its guests with open hearts and minds, Bangalore Hotels cater to the needs of a traveller on a shoe string budget as well as a business tycoon in search of the most luxurious amenities.

Bangalore Hotels are conveniently located all over the city, and a visitor can easily access them according to his budgetary preferences. Some of the Bangalore Hotels that fall under the luxury category are Taj West End, ITC Windsor, The Lalit Ashok, Le Meridian and Oberoi among others. Bangalore Hotels like Mapple residency, Algate Hotel, Basil Hotel, Hotel Shalimar and Mayura among others provide budgetary accommodation to its guests at comparatively cheaper rates.