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All India Travel Tours --» West India Tours --» Goa and Deccan Travel Tour
Goa and Deccan Travel TourDestinations : Mumbai - Hyderabad - Gulbarga - Bijapur - Badami - Hospet - Goa - Mumbai Day 01 : Mumbai  Morning arrive Mumbai. Meeting, assistance at airport and transfer to hotel ( check-in Time 12 noon ). Lunch at hotel. Afternoon excursion to Elephant Caves, famous due to the four rock cut temples on the island of Elephanta. They are believed to have been cut out between 450 to 750 AD There is one main cave with a number of large sculptured panels all relating to Shiva, and a separate lingam shrine. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 02 : Mumbai - Hyderabad After breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Hyderabad. On arrival transfer to hotel. Lunch at hotel. PM. City sightseeing of Hyderabad visiting Charminar standing in the heart of the old walled city. This huge triumphal arch was built by Mohd. Quli Qutab Shah to commemorate the end of plague in Hyderabad. It is surrounded by lively bazaars. Macca Masjid is nearby considered to amongst the largest mosques in the world. Salarjung museum - this is India's answer to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It contains 35,000 exhibits drawn from all corners of the world including sculptures, wood carvings, religious objects, miniature paintings, armours etc. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 03 : Hyderabad Breakfast at hotel. AM. Excursion to Golconda Fort : the origins of the fort have been traced back to earlier Hindu periods of Deccan history when the Yadavas and later the Kakatiyas ruled this area. It remained capital for approx. 80 years when the court was moved to the new city of Hyderabad. The citadel itself is built on a granite hill 120 meters high and surrounded by battle-mented ramparts. The massive gates are studded with large pointed iron spikes. Unfortunately, many of the structures inside the citadel - the palaces, harems, arsenals, stables have suffered a great deal from past sieges but you get a good impression how it looked like originally. One of the most remarkable features of this fort is its system of acoustics whereby the sounds of hand clapped in the Grand Portico can be heard in the Durbar Hall. The tombs of the Qutab Shahi kings lie in the outer perimeter wall of Golconda, they are fairly small but graceful structures surrounded by landscaped gardens. Lunch at hotel. PM. At leisure. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 04 : Hyderabad - Gulbarga After breakfast proceed to Gulbarga enroute visiting Bidar. Bidar : Bidar Fort, the site of the former capital of the fifteenth century Bahamani kings, is a creation that mixes the Hindu and Muslim influences that are so much a part of this city. Bahamani Tombs - The interior paintings are beautiful. A great sense of grandeur but poorly maintained. The tomb of Ahmed Shah-al-Wali Bahamani is 107 feet high and built on a square plane, no external decoration but interior was once quite colourful. All other tombs are quite attractive. Evening arrive. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 05 : Gulbarga - Bijapur  Breakfast at hotel. AM. Visit of Gulbarga : the town was the Bahamani capital from mid 14 till mid 15th century until it was transferred to Bidar. Its old fort is in a much deteriorated state, but has a number of interesting buildings inside. The Jama Masjid inside the fort is reputed to have been built by a Moorish architect in imitation of the great mosque in Cordova. The mosque is unique in India with a huge dome covering the whole area, four smaller ones at the corners 75 still smaller all around. PM. Proceed to Bijapur. Dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 06 : Bijapur Breakfast at hotel. PM. Sightseeing of Bijapur. The city is the Agra of the south of India, full of ruined and still intact gems of the 15th to 17th century Muslim architecture, mosque, mausoleums, palaces and fortifications. Like Agra, it has its world famous monuments, GOLGUMBAZ : This enormous structure with its vast hemispherical dome, said to be the world's second largest. BRAHIM ROZA : constructed at the height of Bijapur's prosperity. Unlike Golgumbaz it is impressive for its immensity and here the emphasis is on elegance and delicacy. Jama Masjid, The Citadel are other attractions. Lunch, dinner and overnight at hotel. Day 07 : Bijapur - Badami Breakfast at hotel and proceed to Badami. Lunch at hotel. PM. Visit of Badami : A charming village and the former second capital of the Chalukyas, is nestled between the red sandstone hills. The cave temples of Badami are astounding. All these temples are hewn out of solid rock, some as early as AD 550. Their setting is magical : carved into hills above a lovely reservoir with quaint, tiny temples dotting the edge. The four most important caves follow a set plan : a verandas with pillars, a hall with columns, and a small cell to enshrine the deity. Though the exteriors appear simple, with borders of grotesque dwarfs, the interiors are remarkable. Dinner and overnight at hotel. |
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