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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hyderabad
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D1:Salarjung-Charminar (park car at salarjung and take auto to charminar,laad bazaar areas),Light & Sound Show at Golconda fort by 5pm. D2:Ramoji City and back-full day affair. FasTag will have to be installed by IDBI or ICICI bank,and its a time consuming process for the installation(unless things have changed by now,should take you a week for the payment and installation). | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Hi all, I may be driving to Hyd this Sunday, 12/25. My destination is near Raghavendra Theatre in Malkajgiri. After attending a ceremony/lunch, will be driving back to Blore the same day. 1. How much time should I budget for travel to Hyd (Malkajgiri), if I leave Blore (e-city) early morning around 4am? 2. Any route suggestions to get to the final destination? 3. How much time approx. for the return trip to Blore? 4. I'm hoping to pay the tolls using credit card. Any problems with doing so? Since I'll be returning the same day, I'm planning to take two-way receipts at all the tolls, so as to save some money. 5. I've travelled on this road many times (Blore-Mahbubnagar stretch), so am aware of the road conditions, food options. Anything to be aware from Mahbubnagar till my destination (which I guess is in Secunderabad?). I understand it is going to be expensive mode of travel, considering it is just me and my brother in a petrol car but I don't have option to start Sat night and reach Hyd on Sun morning. Hence, car may be the best option. Thanks, Prashanth |
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Take the ORR from Shamshabad(airport,where you would see this huge interchange with flyovers criss crossing and boards stating outer ring road) and take the Ghatkesar exit (exit no 8 iirc).Direction of Srisailam,Vijayawada,Nagarjuna Sagar etc, https://goo.gl/maps/q9EKmurtxtH2 (BLR highway to Raghavendra,Malkajgiri) ![]() Door to Door should take you around 9-10hrs for return.Return using the same Google Map advised above.If you decide to travel via the city,it would take you ages with traffic and metro construction etc. Quote:
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: May 2007 Location: bangalore
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5am BLR airport 11-12noon HYD airport 1:30pm destination (ORR route would be more comfortable) 3pm start 4pm HYD airport 11-12midight BLR airport (Night time driving) 1am home You can buy the two-way tolls if you are absolutely sure of returning non-stop. My suggestion is just buy one-way and keep the option to halt in Hyd or Kurnool in case you feel too tired. Be safe and don't drive under time pressure, I am sure you can afford to be a bit late on Monday. | |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() I drove down to Bangalore from Hyderabad on Friday. Returned on Sunday. No new update about the road except that its still very good. For dinner on the return trip we stopped at Suraj Grand (Location) The food was quite decent but if ordering a Masala Dosa please ask them to not apply the chilly paste inside it. My kids found it spicy. ![]() Do not fully rely on your credit cards as for some reason my ICICI card refused to get approval citing some security issue. Also not all the toll gates accept PayTM. They also refused to give change for the 2,000 note. The card started working once I reached Hyderabad and used it in a shop. No idea why it had an issue at the Toll Gates. I also noticed interceptors deployed near Kurnool. Then a couple of miles later near Dhone saw the aftermath of overspeeding. There is distubring content in the video Take care, drive safe. Last edited by bblost : 27th December 2016 at 15:17. |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: KA-03
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| ![]() http://www.nhtis.org/nhai/index.html I found this new site. Probably already used by some. Shows detailed information of toll booths, with rate and facilities. In the section "toll plazas on map", you can search for toll between two cities. Pretty neat. |
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The exact spot is below: https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/...78.03675?hl=en | |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() Hello Folks, Back from a short Bangalore - Hyderabad vacation trip last week. Onward: 26th Dec 04:30 AM: Start from BSK, Bangalore 08:00 AM: Breakfast break at Bluemoon [Decent food, good restrooms] 12:30 PM: Hyderabad [Sarvi for Lunch - Good biryani ![]() Key highlights: - Birla Mandir [Had to give NTR Garden, Lumbini a miss due to crazy crowd] - Full day package at Ramoji [Excessive crowds but very well managed] - Golkonda Fort [Suggest you reach early to beat the crowd. Gets very crowded after 10 AM in the holiday season] - Charminar [Better to avoid driving in this area. Take Uber/Auto to roam around. And don't forget to try the biryani at Shahdab] - Salar Jung Museum - Some shopping around Banjara Hills for the ladies ![]() Return: 29th Dec 03:00 PM: Start from Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 07:15 PM: Early dinner break at Bluemoon [after a horrible experience at Ravi Theja. Would not recommend this place if you are travelling with family] 11:30 PM: Reached home Roads remain excellent and you could easily maintain an average of 100 KMPH. Lucky not to have encountered any speed checks on the way. ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mumbai
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| ![]() Hi guys, I am planning to drive down to Hyderabad tomorrow from Bangalore. Below is the proposed plan. Requesting regulars on this route to suggest breakfast/lunch options. Planning to include Belum Caves and Gandikota Fort(if time permits) on the onward trip. Start from Mysore Road, Bangalore - 430 AM Reach Belum Caves - 930 AM( Require suggestions for breakfast stops in this stretch- there seems to be no good options listed after IPC and before Blue Moon). Is 2 hours enough to explore this place ? Onward to Gandikota Fort/ Hyderabad ( depending on mood/time) ( Require suggestions on lunch stops in this stretch). Thanks in advance. |
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![]() The good options for breakfast on the highway are around Gooty (Bluemoon, A1 are almost next door, Ravi Theja is also there but seeing reports that it's best avoided!), rest are further away. With an early start, Indian Paratha co., Kamat Chikballapur, Nandi Upachar, etc are not options as they will not be open so early. Alternatively, you can try going inside Anantpur town but again most places would open around 7am, maybe it will work for you with a 4:30 start from Mysore Road. *I've heard Hotel Masineni Grand is good, guess their restaurant will be open at least by 7am. Last edited by NPV : 25th January 2017 at 19:54. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mumbai
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Just had a great weekend at in-law's place in Hyderabad. We skipped Belum and covered Lepakshi+Gandikota instead. Left home at 5 AM and reached Lepakshi by 7 AM. Had breakfast from Haritha restaurant there ( Avoidable). Left from Lepakshi by 830 AM and reached Gandikota Fort by noon. Had lunch from the Haritha restaurant there too and left by 3 PM. Reached home at Hyderabad by 930 PM after having our snacks at Food Pyramid ( found the place to be OK). Return leg was smooth. Left Hyderabad by 415 PM and reached home at Bangalore by 1045 PM. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Bangalore
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Travelled on Republic day (empty, even blue moon & A1 Plaza closed early) and yesterday and there were no interceptors. But noticed quite a few bikers on Triumph cruisers, who were comfortably doing 140, so maybe they knew something I didn't. When we left the wedding place near Medchal yesterday morning, everybody advised us to take the ORR, and though it was 40 odd km plus, even Google maps delivered on its promise of a quick getaway. I can't emphasize the usefulness of these ORR stretches enough. Wonderful drive as always and I will always be curious why there is so little traffic on this route. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Hyderabad
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| ![]() Did the Hyd-B'lore on Friday and the return on Sunday. Took me about 7 & 1/2 hours either way (excluding stops, Kompally - ITPL). Had a close shave while coming back when a stray dog jumped in front of the car near Kurnool and I had to do emergency braking + swerving to avoid it. Roads are pretty decent throughout but some nasty speed breakers are there near Karnataka border. For food options, if you are ready to leave the highway for a bit then I found Hotel Balla (their restaurant is called Spice Touch) in Anantapur quite good ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Hyderabad
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| ![]() Hotel Suraj Grand @ Kurnool where our last meet happened has some finger licking food as well. Had one of the best meals there. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() For information for fellow travellers on the Hyd- Bangalore stretch - Blue Moon food court has got a few rooms for accommodation on the first floor of the building. Normally for Bangy-Hyd trip you wont need any accommodation enroute, but in case you are coming from somewhere further down south and can't manage to get anything in Bangalore, then this is one option for a night break right on the highway. It happened with us. We were coming back from Masinagudi and I was planning a night halt in Bangalore as I was having one more extra day of leave, but to our surprise all the hotels on the NH in between Hebbal and Airport was fully booked. So next option was Anantapur, called up Hotel Masineni Grand - and they were also full. ![]() Dejected, started driving towards Hyderabad, and just as we reached Blue Moon at around 10 PM, noticed that the signboard says "Rooms Available". I was delighted. ![]() Rooms are quite okay, enough for a night halt, has got both ac and non-ac options along with complimentary breakfast. |
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