Bangalore Packages - The It City

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Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, is often referred to as the Garden City. Strategically located at an altitude of 1000 metres above sea level, Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, has a very pleasant climate throughout the year. This cool climate has attracted a lot of retired people to make Bangalore their home giving the city another nickname 'The Pensioner's Paradise'.

Bangalore is also called the core for India's information technology sector with numerous soft ware companies opening offices here.

Bangalore got its name from the word 'Bendha Kaalu' (which means boiled beans in Kannada). The story is that once King Veera Ballala of the Vijayanagara Kingdom was lost in a forest and he came across a hut where an old woman lived. The lady offered the King the boiled beans, and thus the place came to be known as 'Bendha kaalu ooru' (the land of boiled beans). Bendha kaalu ooru later came to be known as Bengaluru.

Bangalore was found by Kempe Gowda. Bangalore was also ruled by a number of rulers and dynasties, including the rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire and Tipu Sultan.

A lot of travel agents ...
... and tour operators offer tailor made Bangalore Packages to the numerous visitors coming to Bangalore.

If you are a nature lover choose a Bangalore Package which would include a visit to the numerous parks and gardens in around the city. The main gardens in Bangalore are Cubbon Park, Lumbini Gardens, Bugle Rock Park, and Lal Bagh Gardens. Flower shows and exhibitions are organised in these gardens. It also includes different types of Bangalore Hotels and Resorts in Bangalore.

A visit to the Bannerghatta Biological Park will be an ideal option for the kids. Here visitors are taken around the park in caged vans and can enjoy the wildlife.

Most of the Bangalore Packages would include the other main attractions in and around Bangalore that are the Bangalore Palace, Vidhana Soudha, Visvesvaraya Museum, Gavi Gangadeshwara Cave Temple, HAL Aerospace Museum, Bull Temple, Bangalore's Secretariat and State Legislature building, Bull temple, ISKON temple, Tipu's palace, and Nandi hills.

One can also take one day trips to nearby places like Bandipur, Nagarhole, Srirangapatna, Coorg, Mysore, Chikmagalur, Ooty and Wayanad.

Bangalore has an efficient public transport system, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), that have a fleet of air conditioned buses for the convenience of the tourists.

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and private buses connects Bangalore to all the major cities in Karnataka and other states. Bangalore City Railway station and Yesvantpur Junction are the main railway stations in Bangalore. The mass rapid transit system in Bangalore is called the Namma Metro and has currently started operation.

Bangalore, being a cosmopolitan city, has all the modern amenities and facilities at a world class level.