Some tourist attractions in Bangalore

Parks:

Lalbagh or Lalbagh botanical gardens literally means Red Garden in English, it is a well known botanical garden in southern Bangalore, India. The garden was originally commissioned by Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore and later finished by his son Tipu Sultan. 

Every year a flower show is hosted in the glass house of Lalbagh. It has largest collection of tropical plants, has a lake, and is one of the important tourist attractions in Bangalore.

Cubbon Park is located in the heart of city. Originally created in 1870, when Major General Richard Sankey was the then British Chief Engineer of Mysore state.

It has an abundant flora and fauna plantations coupled with numerous impressive and aesthetically located buildings and statues of famous personages, in its precincts.

This public park was first named as “Meade’s Park” after Sir John Meade, the acting Commissioner of Mysore in 1870 and subsequently renamed as Cubbon Park after the longest serving commissioner of the time, Sir Mark Cubbon.

Historical monuments:

Bangalore Palace (1862) is located near Mekhri Circle and Cantonment Railway station and is built to look like a smaller replica of the Windsor Castle in England.

Mayo Hall was designed in memory of the Lord Mayo and is regarded as one of the finest designs of British architecture.

Government Building:

Vidhana Soudha is the seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. It is an imposing granite building, built in 1956 in the Neo-Dravidian style & incorporates elements of Indo-Saracenic, Rajasthani Jharoka and Dravidian styles. Vidhana Soudha is the brainchild of Kengal Hanumanthaiah and built by chief engineer B.R. Manickam.

Museum:

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bengaluru was founded by Bangalore City Corporation in 1989. Since 1992 it is managed by the newly formed Bangalore Association for Science Education (BASE). The Planetarium has a 15 m. diameter dome with a seating capacity of 210. It is equipped with a German Carl Zeiss 'Space master' Planetarium projector. The planetarium is located on Sir. T. Chowdaiah Road and there is a Science center and a Science park in the premises.

Nature:

Dodda Aladha Mara or Doda Aladha Mara, literally means Big Banyan Tree in English is a giant 400-year-old Banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis), located in the village of Kettohalli in the Bangalore Urban district of Karnataka, India. This single plant covers 3 acres (12,000 m²) and is one of the largest of its kind.

Nandi Hills or Nandidurg (Anglicised forms include Nandidrug and Nandydroog) is an ancient hill fortress in southern India, in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state. It is 10 km from Chickballapur town and approximately 60 km from the city of Bengaluru. The hills are nestled near the town of Nandi. In traditional belief, the hills are the origin of the Arkavathy River.

Wildlife:

Bannerghatta National Park is situated 22 km south of Bangalore. This hilly place is the home for one of the richest natural, zoological reserves. The 25,000 acre (101 km²) zoological park makes this a major tourist attraction of Bangalore.