Luxury Hotels Bangalore

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  Ista Bangalore

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  Taj West End

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  Oakwood Premier Prestige Bangalore

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  Novotel Bengaluru Techpark

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  Savannah Sarovar Premiere

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  The Chancery Pavilion

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  Clarion Bengaluru

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  Alila Bangalore Hotel & Residence

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  Svenska Design Hotel Bangalore

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  Grand Mercure Bangalore

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India's Garden City or Silicon Valley? The city of Bangalore, capital of the southern India region of Karnataka, is a city of great contrasts. Once known as a sleepy destination for pensioners with its comfortable climate and multitude of parks, lakes, gardens and tree-lined avenues, today it is a lively cosmopolitan city with a booming economy and a large IT sector. There are plenty of hotels and for visitors looking for luxury hotels Bangalore will not disappoint.

According to legend, the origins of Bangalore lie with King Veeraballa of Vijayanagara who asked a woman in a small hut in a forest for some food. She fed him baked beans, known as Benda Kalu in the local language. The King thought it was the best food he had ever tasted and named the place Benda Kalu Ooru, or place of baked beans.

Good as the baked beans undoubtedly were, the hotel restaurant menus at the city's luxury hotels are likely to be rather more enticing, ranging from local specialties and international dishes to Mediterranean and Oriental style food. The hotel bars offer Indian beers and other local drinks as well as international brands.

Many of the luxury hotels have leisure facilities such as a swimming pool and spa. Guests can pamper themselves with a beauty treatment or treat themselves at the hotel's gift shop. The modern hotels are spacious with plenty of amenities such as a 24-hour reception desk, concierge desk, room service and Wi-Fi internet access. The guest rooms are air conditioned and well appointed, usually with a TV and tea and coffee making facilities and some have a minibar, DVD player or iPod dock.

With business and conference facilities at many of the luxury hotels Bangalore is a popular business destination. Many international IT brands are represented in the city and it is the center of India's growing biotech industry.

For visitors enjoying the comforts of its luxury hotels Bangalore has plenty of attractions. Vidhana Soudha is one of the city's best known landmarks. The imposing building houses the State Legislature and the offices of the Secretariat of Karnataka. It is overlooked by the Graeco-Roman style High Court building, the Attara Kacheri. Bangalore Palace is modeled on England's Windsor Castle and the ornate wooden 18th century Tipu's Palace houses a museum containing artifacts from the Hyder Ali-Tipu regime. There are many other museums including the Visveswaraya Industrial&Technological Museum, commemorating modern Karnataka's architect, the Government Museum which contains many archaeological exhibits and the HAL Heritage Center and Aerospace Museum.

Housed in a historic heritage mansion, the National Gallery of Modern Art features works from the late 18th century and work by many eminent Indian artists. The Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath is a fine art institution containing many paintings as well as staging dance, theater and musical performances, holding workshops and demonstrations and working to revive some endangered traditional art forms.

There are many temples around the city including the ornate International Society of Krishna Consciousness Temple, the Dodda Ganesha Temple with its 18ft high Ganesha idol, the Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple which is in a cave, the Raagi Gudda Sri Prasanna Anjejaya Swami Temple which is an educational, cultural and social service center as well as a place of worship and the Shiva Temple where the replicas of Jyothirlingas attract many tourists. The majestic five-story Jamia Masjid mosque is the largest in the city and can hold 10,000 worshippers at the same time.

Bangalore is renowned for its gardens and parks, including the 240-acre Lalbagh Gardens where visitors can see the largest collection in India of rare subtropical and tropical plants. It also includes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs surrounding a lawn, a topiary park and a lake. The State Library is in Cubbon Park which has many statues and fountains. Also worth a visit is the Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain which features colorful fountains swirling in time to music.

The Innovative Film City offers fun rides and demonstrations on how to shoot a movie. The Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium is good for star gazing and stages The Sky Theater Show. The Bangalore Race Course is said to be one of the best in the country and holds races throughout the year. Bangalore's history is showcased in a series of sound and light shows at Chikkajala Fort, which is located between the city and the International Airport.

If the culture and sightseeing gets too much then Bangalore has many shopping malls offering both global brands and local goods and handicrafts such as traditional silks, rosewood and sandalwood carvings, potteries and perfumes.

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