DAY-01 BANGALORE-MYSORE


- Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka. It is called the Garden City for it's delicate blossoms and greenery that impart a unique beauty to this lovely city. The weather is the city's best feature, with pleasant summers and bearable winters. Bangalore is a cosmopolitan city, where different cultures and customs exist. Kempe Gowda founded the city in 1537 - today it is a bustling and diverse city, with ancient arts that flourish alongside the Silicon Plateau of India
- This morning you will be given the city tour of Bangalore.
- Later leave Bangalore for Mysore by road
- Mysore is a city of palaces, gardens, shady avenues and sacred temples and retains some of the charm of the old world with its many institutions that propagate Carnatic Classical music and dance. Mysore was the political capital of the Wodeyar dynasty which ruled the state of Karnataka for some 150 years till the independence of the country from the British. These kings were great patrons of art and culture and Mysore was the cultural capital of the south under the rule of the Wodeyars. The Wodeyars made the Dasara festival an event.
- Overnight at the hotel.


DAY-02 MYSORE


- Breakfast at the hotel
- The Jewel Crown of Karnataka The capital city of great Wodeyars, legendary Kings, is a dream city where a rich culture is preserved to this day in its magnificent palaces. Beautifully laid out gardens, imposing buildings, broad avenues and exquisite temples. The Palace dominates the center of the city and is indeed fairytale spectacle. An extraordinary amalgam of styles from India and around the world crowds the lavish interior, along with a gallery of European and Indian objects.
- Marvel at the 4,8m tall monolith, Nandi, a celestial bull at the 12th century. Chamundeshwari temple atop the Chamundi Hill, in the mythological books there is a reference of Mahishasur or the Buffalo headed demon King who is believed to have lived here, Goddess Chamundeshwari of - - - Chamundi hills killed this demon there.
- Overnight at the hotel.


DAY-03 MYSORE-OOTY


- Leave Mysore for Ooty by road.
- Ooty or Udagamandalam (the Tamil version of the original name) rightly described as "Queen of Hill Stations" by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, now sprawls over an area of 36 sq km with a number of tall buildings cluttering its hill slopes. It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level. Ooty still woos people from all over India as well as foreign countries right through summer, and sometimes in the winter months too. An added attraction for the tourists to Udagamandalam is the mountain train journey on a ratchet and pinion track which commences from Kallar, near Mettupalayam and wends its way through many hair-raising curves and fearful tunnels and chugs along beside deep ravines full of verdant vegetation, gurgling streams and tea gardens
- Arrive ooty and check in at the hotel.
- Overnight at the hotel.


DAY-04 MYSORE-COIMBATORE


- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Leave ooty for Coimbatore by road. Arrive Coimbatore and you will be transferred to the airport/railway station