Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 2578491-94;
hotelashoka_wgl@yahoo.co.in
; Main Rd, Hanamkonda; r from ?1349; )
Good-value
rooms near the Hanamkonda bus stand and the 1000-Pillared Temple. Also in the com-
pound are a restaurant, a bar-restaurant, a pub and the veg
Kanishka
(meals ?90).
ANDHRA
$
Sri Geetha Bhavan
(Market Rd, Hanamkonda; mains ?60-100;
7am-11pm)
Really good South Indian meals (?75).
Information
ATMs and internet cafes are plentiful.
APTDC
(
2571339; 1st fl, Hanamkonda-Kazhipet Rd,
10.30am-5pm Mon-Sat)
, opposite Indian Oil, is helpful.
Hanamkonda;
Getting There & Around
Frequent buses from
Hanamkonda bus stand
( 9959226056)
and hourly buses from
Warangal bus
stand
( 9959226057)
go to Hyderabad (express/deluxe/luxury ?120/130/140, four hours).
Warangal is a major rail junction, with several trains daily to the following (fares are
sleeper/3AC/2AC) destinations:
Chennai
(?277/750/1115, 11 hours)
Delhi
(?442/1231/1925, 25 hours)
Hyderabad
(?140/292/640, three hours)
Vijayawada
(?144/328/610, four hours)
Shared autorickshaws (?15) ply fixed routes around Warangal and Hanamkonda.
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Around Warangal
Bhongir
Most Hyderabad-Warangal buses and trains stop at Bhongir, 50km from Hyderabad. It's
worth jumping down for a couple of hours to climb the fantastical-looking 12th-century
Chalukyan
hill fort
(admission ?3; 10am-5pm)
. Looking like a gargantuan stone egg, the
smooth hill is mostly ringed by stairs. Legend has it that an (as-yet-undiscovered) under-
ground tunnel leads from the fort to Golconda.
