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Hyderabad Airport

PLACES OF INTEREST  (KM FROM STATION)  

Birla Mandir (1 Km): The elegant modern Birla Mandir built of white marble stands on Naubat Parbat a little hill in the center of town where once the 'Naubat' or drums were sounded and royal proclamations read out. From top of the hill is another beautiful view of the town and at distance the rugged Golconda fort is visible.

Charminar(7 Km): Charminar stands in the heart of the old city. Built in 1591 to mark the end of an epidemic of plague it is a magnificent edifice. A rather square triumphal arch with minarets at its corner. Built in the Qutb Shahi style of architecture that is unique to Hyderabad it has delicate stucco ornamentation tall "guldasta" style minarets and a mosque on its fourth & topmost floor.

Golconda Fort(13 Km): Once the name Golconda was synonymous with diamonds and extraordinary  wealth. The fame of its diamond mines was legendary and some of the greatest diamonds in history - the Kohinoor, the Darya-i-noor were mined here. Today extensive ruins of Golconda bear witness to the engineering genius of the Qutb Shahi builders. The ramparts of citadel were built of enormous stones some of which weighed many tonnes. The fort was guarded by a marvelous signaling system and a clap at the gate, the Fateh Darwaza could be heard at the top of the fort in the Darbar hall. An ingenious water supply system carried water up the hill to the citadel.

Tank Bund/Hussain Sagar(1 Km): A favourite promenade in Hyderabad is Tank Bund along the Hussainsagar Lake. The Hussain Sagar Lake separates Hyderabad from its twin city Secunderabad the old British cantonment that is a residential suburb.

Mecca Masjid(7 Km): Very close to Charminar is an immense mosque that can accommodate 10,000 people and its huge arches & colonnades were fashioned out of single slabs of granite quarried 14 Km away. Along one side of the mosque are the tombs of the Nizams of Hyderabad. Another old mosque in this area is the Jama Masjid the oldest mosque in the city.

Salar Jung Museum( 6Km): The collection of an unusual man the Nawab Salar Jung III with a passion for the rare and beautiful, is housed in a museum by the river. It was an extravagance of an opulent age of a time when the Nizam of Hyderabad was one of the richest men in the world. Among the 35000 objects d'art are collections of paintings, clocks, jade, miniature paintings, jewellery, swords, persian manuscripts and statuary. Among its priceless treasures are an ivory chair and turban belonging to Tipu Sultan of Mysore, an exquisite dagger that once belonged to the Mughal empress Nurjahan and Marie /Antoinette's dressing table. The archaeological Museum has exhibits that date back to prehistoric times and an entire pavilion with replicas of the Ajanta Frescoes.