Hessaraghatta: Bangalore (26.5 km from bangalore on tumkur road): here is an artifical lake covering 1,124 acres, and a boat club. The indo-danish dairy project and government horticultural and dairy farms are interesting places to visit.
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Nh 4 and 13 form the hospet-bangalore link (343 km from hampi). Regular services from bangalore operate to hospet. Buses ply between hampi/ hospet hourly. First bus leaves at 6:30 a.m. From hospet to bangalore.
Bangalore is connected to delhi by ra-jdhani express and karnataka express. It is also well connected with mumbai by udayan and kurla expresses daily, to chennai by shatabdi express, chennai mail, chennai express and brindavan ex¬press and also to thiruvananthapuram, kochi, calcutta, hyderabad and manga-lore by express trains. Mysore (145 km) is just 2.5 to 3 hrs from bangalore by shatabdi express. Railway enquiry: general (131), reservations (132), pre-recorded informa¬tion (1361 english, 1362 hindi), arrivals/ departures (133). Pre-paid auto-rickshaw service is available at the railway station.
Bannerghatta: (21 km from bangalore on tekal road): numerous wild animals oam freely in this densely forested hilly area -an ideal picnic spot for wildlife lovers.
The bannerghatta national park has a ion and tiger safari and a crocodile and snake farm. Regular conducted tours are or-;arused by the park authorities in motor vehi¬cles and more interestingly, on elephant back.
Whitefield: (16 km on airport road): a Popular retreat for indian and foreign tour-sts who flock to visit the ashram set up by mosopher-educationist, sri satya sai baba.
Nrityagram dance village: hessa-raghatta. (30 km from city) india's only village for classical dances.
Conducted tours
Garden restaurants, drive-in eating joints, restaurants with attached pubs and bars, fast food joints and typical south in¬dian thali meals in the local style are avail¬able all over bangalore.
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194 km from bangalore is the district headquarters town of hassan. This calm and peaceful town is a convenient base to visit sravanabelagola, belur and halebid. They are best done over two days, with an overnight halt at hassan. You can visit these places from bangalore and mysore too.
