The Glory that was Mysore!

Mysore was once one of the wealthiest kingdoms in the world, and walking through it today in this Mysore tour from Bangalore, you can still feel why. The Wodeyar Maharajas built a city of extraordinary grandeur: palaces, markets, temples, and institutions that made this small southern kingdom the envy of colonial India. Our private guided Mysore tour from Bangalore tells that story in full, through the places where it actually happened. This Mysore tour from Bangalore takes you to Srirangapatna, the island fortress where Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, the man who gave the British their most fearsome battles and invented the military rocket that would later inspire weapons used in the Napoleonic Wars, lived, fought, and died. Then to the Mysore Palace, one of the most spectacular buildings in India, where your guide unlocks the human story behind the marble domes and golden howdah. To Tipu's Summer Palace, built in teak rather than stone, intimate and personal in a way the great Palace never is. To Bailey's Dungeon, where British prisoners of war once sat in the dark beneath the city. And finally to Devaraja Market, a living, breathing old bazaar of jasmine, kumkum, and jaggery that has barely changed in a century. This Mysore tour from Bangalore is fully private and all-inclusive. We take care of transport from your Bangalore hotel in a private air-conditioned vehicle, your guide throughout the day, all entry fees, and lunch at a local restaurant our guide trusts.