Bangalore Holiday - good places to visit

You can have some of the very best places to visit around Bangalore :
Hill Stations :
Nandi Hills :

Nandi Hills, also known as Nandidurga, is a small hillock near Bangalore. It is located 65 km from Bangalore and 1,478 meters above the sea level. It was the summer resort of Tipu Sultan. This hill station is a famous tourist spot because it is blessed with a pleasant climate through out the year. To Go there see the map here Nandi Hills Map
Devarayana Durga: Devarayan Durga is a rocky hill station situated in the midst of picturesque scenery at an altitude of 3940 feet, about nine miles east of Tumkur town of Karnataka State of India. It is 65 km from Bangalore, The most important of all are the Yoganarasimha and the Bhoganarasimha temples.
From Bangalore -> Yeshwanthpur -> Dobbespet -> right turn under the flyover leads to Devarayandurga. For Directions Devarayandurga Map
Water Falls ....................................
Hogenakkal :



Hogenakkal is a riverside small village, a busy and noisy village, with plenty of vegetation and little habitation in Tamil Nadu. This place is famous for waterfalls. Hogenakkal Falls is a quiet beautiful waterfall and is a good picnic spot. Its water supposed to have curative powers as the waters of the Kaveri flow through a forest of herbs on their journey to Hogenakkal.
Hogenakkal Waterfalls, known as the 'Niagara' falls of India, are not a single waterfalls but a series of falls and they offers a promising holiday destination for nature lovers from and outside the country.
Hogenakkal is considered as one of the most beautiful places in the state. The broad stream of the River Kaveri gets forked at this point, forming an island from where one stream continues on while the other plunges into a deep chasm to create one of the loveliest waterfall gives these rocks the name Hogenakkal which means "smoking rock".
121 km from Bangalore : For location See the map at Hogenakkal Map

Shivasamundram:

Shivasamundram, also known as Shivanasamudra, literally meaning Shiva's Sea, is an emerging tourist detsination, situated in a rocky terrain with traces of vegetation near Mysore in Karnataka. It is a small, pretty picturesque, calm town with lot of wonderful sights hidden under its calmness.
One of Asia's first hydro-electric power stations set up in 1902, which is still functional, is located here in Gaganachukki waterfall. This is where hydroelectric power was harnessed for the second time (after Darjeeling) in Asia and the electricity thus produced was used in the Gold Mines of Kolar, making it the first city in Asia to get hydro-electricity. A security check post at Shivasamundram prohibits the visitors from visiting between 6 pm and 6 am.
Near the town is the famous Shivanasamudra waterfall. Here Kaveri (Cauvery), the famous river in the region, splits into two, falls into a valley in two separate places called Gaganachukki and Bharachukki, two main attarctions in Shivasamundram and re-unites downstream. A good lot of water falls down from both the waterfalls.
122 km from Bangalore. for location check Shivasamundram Map

For More Places Just Check
1 Bheemeshwari Karnataka 105 km Trekking, Rafting, Fishing, Boating
2 Srirangapatna Karnataka 125 km Bird Sanctuaries, Temples
3 Sravanabelagola Karnataka 140 km Pilgrim
4 Mysore Karnataka 142 km Palaces, Lakes, Gardens, Museums, Churches, Temples, Amusement Parks
5 Kabini Karnataka 211 km Rivers, Camping, Wildlife, Bird Watching, Boating
6 Halebid Karnataka 214 km Temples, Heritage
7 Bandipur Karnataka 219 km Wildlife, Hills
8 Nagarhole Karnataka 220 km Wildlife, Bird Watching, Falls, Temples
9 Shivgiri Karnataka 225 km Hill Stations, Rappelling, Kayaking, Forts, Lakes, Wildlife, Rock Climbing
10 Dubare Karnataka 228 km Wildlife, Trekking, Rivers, Dams, Rafting, Fishing
11 BR Hills Karnataka 235 km Trekking, Rafting, Fishing, Wildlife
Source : http://www.mustseeindia.com/, http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/bangalore
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