Hyderabad 3 days / 2 nights

Hyderabad, known as the City of Pearls, famous for rich history, food and multilingual culture, offering tourist a variety of attractions including Heritage monuments, gardens and museums.

Day 1 Hong Kong – Hyderabad Depart Hong Kong, arrive Hyderabad, meet & greet, hotel transfer, overnight Hyderabad

Day 2 Hyderabad After breakfast at hotel, enjoy the sightseeing tour of the city visiting , , , and Masjid.

Salar Jung Museum is the third largest museum of housing collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artifacts, clocks and furniture from all over the world. Mir Yusuf Ali Salar Jung II, former PM of spent a substantial amount of his income to make this priceless collection.

Salar Jung Museum

Charminar – grand and majestic centerpiece of the city constructed in , complex is in square shape with four in each of the corners. Legend tells of a secret tunnel running underneath the monument connecting to , no such tunnels have yet found.

Char Minar

Nearby Charminar you will find Chowmahalla Palace, comprised of four palaces built in Mughal and European style, built to entertain official guests and royal visitors. Every section of the palace surprises the visitor with its Nawabi charm.

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Sticking to the historic theme your next place of interest is Purani Haveli, official residence of Nizam now converted to a museum. The museum exhibits the gifts and mementos presented to Nizam. A 1930 Rolls Royce, Packard and a Mark V Jaguar are among the vintage cars displayed.

Saving the best for last, located south west of Charminar stands the grand Mecca Masjid named so because of the bricks brought from Mecca, the holiest site of to build the central arch. This is one of the largest in India and can accommodate ten thousand people. Evening hotel transfer, overnight Hyderabad. Mecca Masjid

Day 3 Hyderabad Hotel breakfast, you will be escorted by our tour guide to Golconda Fort and Qutub Shahi Tombs.

Golconda Fort - located west of Hyderabad, famous for the water supply and Rahben Cannon, Golconda consists of four distinct forts, eight gateways, four drawbridges with a number of royal apartments and halls, temples, and stables. The region is known for the mines that have produced some of the world famous diamonds i.e. the Kohinoor, the Hope Diamond and the Nassak diamond. Golconda Fort Qutub Shahi Tombs is nearby Banjara Darwaja of Golconda Fort, are built in Persian, Pathan and Hindu architectural styles using grey granite, with Stucco ornamentation where an entire dynasty has been buried at one place. Evening airport transfer, depart Hyderabad, arrive Hong Kong

Qutub Shahi Tombs