The ruins of Vijayanagara, once one of the world's richest cities, scattered among giant boulders, banana plantations and the Tungabhadra River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the Virupaksha Temple, still in use, the Vittala Temple with its stone chariot and musical pillars, and the royal enclosure.
Rent a bicycle or scooter. Climb Matanga Hill for sunrise. Coracle boats cross the river. The nearest station is Hosapete.
Goa, a Portuguese colony until 1961, combines palm-fringed beaches with whitewashed churches.
Kodagu (Coorg) is a misty hill region of coffee and spice plantations in Karnataka.
The opulent palace of the Wadiyar maharajas, built in 1912 in Indo-Saracenic style, with stained glass, mosaics and carved doors.
A group of 7th and 8th-century Pallava monuments by the sea south of Chennai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the granite Shore Temple, the Five Rathas…
Two UNESCO-listed groups of rock-cut caves near Aurangabad.
A great basalt arch on Mumbai's waterfront, built to commemorate the visit of King George V in 1911, opposite the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
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