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193 reviews 7 travel blogs 18 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Castle
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Maharajah's Palace (Amba Vilas) Mysore
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The Amazing Race: India, Luxury Style
Faced with the prospect of spending the entire Saturday in Bangalore with hardly anything to do and a late flight to Hong Kong (11 pm), we decided to take another road trip instead. The destination: Mysore, the cultural capital of the state of Karnataka, and a city known for its palaces and temples.
We dubbed this Amazing Race: India, …
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short hop south
... state of Mysore, which included about 1/3 of the present day state of Karnataka - home of Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore and many other cities. The Maharajah's Palace is a large reminder of that legacy. The Maharajah's ruled the area until ...
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Once Upon a Time - In the Land of the Wodeyars
... IT explosion. Tree-lined streets that remind me of my own neighborhood. Clean. Quiet. The centrepiece of the city is the Maharajah's palace, a splendorous display of royal opulence. It's good to be the king. Bangalore, on the other hand, has become ...
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My-sore ass!
... my ass is actually bruised from bouncing in the air so much! After settling in to our hotel, we went to the huge Maharajah's Palace, which was pretty impressive, then wandered around a bit and naively got led on a few wild goose chases by nasty ...
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Mysore
... But Nigel had said he would prefer me to stop in Mysore to see the sights there, and when the road took us past the Maharajah's palace I had to admit he was right. I hesitated at first, but then Thomas had to stop because the jeep needed attention, so ...
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When Shiva sleeps all the lights come on!
... to town and had a south Indian thali at the restaurant at my hotel. In the afternoon, I went to the beautiful and vast Maharajah's Palace. The old one had burnt down in 1897 and this one was designed by an English architect with lots of stained ...
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Our First Logistical Mishap
... a tuktuk driver who was going to take us to see the sites. The next day we headed off to check out the Maharajah's Palace, which was very impressive. Could seriously see me swapping Lee Crescent North for that jazz. This place was very nice, and huge. ...
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The City of Gardens and Spices... and Palaces
... . Well, we got the breakfast and the sightseeing but luckily there were only 300 stairs... going down. We traveled to the Maharajah's Palace first. It was the biggest and grandest building that I have ever seen. There was stained glass from Scotland, ...
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