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In-Depth Information
(Station Rd; mains ?60-80; 9am-11am, noon-4pm & 7-11pm)
Forget its motel-facade surrounds, this
attractive outdoor garden restaurant does fantastic vegetarian dishes including eight differ-
ent kinds of
dosa
and 14 paneer dishes. The downside is that there is no alcohol on offer.
Information
You'll find ATMs about town, including
SBI
(Station Rd)
and
ICICI
. Cheap internet is at
Royal
Internet Cafe
(Station Rd, below Hotel Pearl; per hr ?30; 9.30am-9.30pm)
near Golumbaz.
The
tourist office
( 250359; Station Rd; 10am-5.30pm Mon-Sat)
at Hotel Mayura Adil Shahi
Annexe has a good brochure on Bijapur with useful map.
Getting There & Away
BUS
From the
bus stand
( 251344)
, two evening buses at 10pm and 11pm head to Bidar (?250,
seven hours). Ordinary buses head frequently to Gulbarga (?125, four hours) and Hubli
(?160, six hours). There are buses to Bengaluru (ordinary/sleeper ?438/650, 12 hours, sev-
en daily) via Hospet (?180, five hours), Hyderabad (?500, 11 hours, four daily) and Mum-
bai (?500, 12 hours, eight daily) via Pune (?380, 10 hours).
TRAIN
From Bijapur train station, express trains go to Sholapur (2nd class ?80, 2½ hours, three
daily), Bengaluru (sleeper/2AC ?277/1190, 17 hours, three daily), 3pm service to Mumbai
(2nd class ?150; 12 hours, four weekly) and Hyderabad (sleeper ?150, 14 hours, one
daily) at 6pm. There are three trains to Badami (?120).
Getting Around
Given the amount to see and distance to cover, ?450 is a fair price to hire an autorickshaw
for a day of sightseeing. Expect to pay ?40 to get from the train station to the town centre,
and ?50 between Golgumbaz and Ibrahim Rouza.
TOP OF CHAPTER
Bidar
08482 / POP 211,944 / ELEV 664M