LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH S.No Name of Major Tourist Attractions How to Reach Best time to Location Visit 1 Vishakhapatnam 1. R K Beach. Vishakhapatnam has good October to March 2. VUDA Park. transport facilities. The city 3. Visakha Museum. is well-connected by air, 4. Submarine Museum. rail and road. So, one can 5. Bheemunipatnam Beach. decide which mode to use 6. Araku Valley. accordingly. 7. Kailasa Giri. 8. Borra Caves. 9. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park. 10. Simhachalam Temple. 11. Temple of Arasavalli Sun God. 12. Buddhist Shrines. 2 Tirupati 1. Goddess Alamelumanga At a distance of 15kms September to Temple from the main city, Tirupati March 2. Tirumala Venkateswara airport is situated in the Swamy Temple Renigunta region. Flights to 3. Kanipakam Chennai, Hyderabad and 4. Srikalahasti Temple Bangalore operate from 5. Chandragiri Fort here. Tirupati also has 6. Horsley Hills good rail connectivity. 7. Silathoranam From Tirupati Railway 8. TTDC Garden Station trains to Bangalore, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Madurai and Mumbai are available. Road transport is also well-maintained in Tirupati, buses from all major cities of South India are available. 3 Vijayawada 1. Kondapalli Fort. Vijayawada airport is Any month of the 2. Mogalarajapuram Caves. situated 20kms from the Year, It's your 3. Kanaka Durga Temple. city of Gannavarman. choice and 4. Bhavani Island. Regular flights to Availability. 5. Prakasam Barrage. Hyderabad and 6. Undavalli Caves. Vishakhapatnam operate 7. Kuchipudi. from Vijayawada. Rail 8. Mary’s Church. transport is also easy as 9. Rajiv Gandhi Park. Vijayawada is a major 10. Gandhi Hill. railhead in Andhra 11. Mogalarajapuram Caves. Pradesh. Road transport is 12. Hazratbal Mosque. well-maintained; there are 13. Mangalagiri. many state and interstate h t t p s : / / w w w . e x a m t r e e . i n LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH 14. Manginapudi Beach. buses available on regular intervals from Vijayawada. 4 Nellore 1. Krishna Mandir. The best way to reach October to March 2. Penchalakona. Nellore would be to board 3. Rangatha Temple. a train, as the Railway 4. Pulicat Lake. Station of Nellore is well- 5. Jonnawada. connected with major 6. Udayagiri Fort. cities of India. Road 7. Venkatagiri Fort. transport is also decent, as 8. Nellapattu Bird Sanctuary. there are several buses 9. Sri Ranganathaswamy that ply between Nellore Temple. and major cities of Andhra 10. Mypad Beach. Pradesh. 11. Barah Shaheed Dargah. 12. Narasimhaswamy Temple. 13. Patu ru. 14. Ramalingeswara Temple. 15. Ranganayaka Temple. 16. Somasila. 5 Chittoor 1. Horsley Hills. The best way to reach November to April. 2. Kaundinya Wildlife Chittoor would be by train. Sanctuary. There are railway stations 3. Kalavagunta. at Chittoor (CTO), Piler 4. Gurramkonda Fort. (PIL), Gudupalli (GDP), 5. Nagari Hills. Kotala (KEN), Yerpedu 6. Sri Venkateswara Temple. (YPD) that have trains 7. Mogili. connecting Chittoor to 8. Ramagiri. major cities of the country. 6 Anantapur 1. Puttaparthi. The best way to reach September to 2. Hindupur. Anantapur is by train. March 3. Guntakal. There are railway stations 4. Dharmavaram. like Anantapur (ATP), 5. Kadiri. Virapur (VP), Somalapuram 6. Gooty. (SLM), Basampalle (BSPL), 7. Tadipatri. Narayanapuram (NRYP), 8. Hemavathi. Taticherla (TAC) from 9. Penukonda. where trains are available 10. Lepakshi. for major cities in India 11. Penna Ahobilam. 12. Thimmamma Marrimanu (Banayan Tree). 13. Yogi Vemana Samadhi. 14. Gugudu. 15. Yadiki Caves. 7 Kurnool 1. Srisailam. Train is the best way to October to March 2. Srisailam Tiger Reserve. reach Kurnool as the 3. Mantralayan. Kurnool Railway Station is h t t p s : / / w w w . e x a m t r e e . i n LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH 4. Mahanadi. well-connected to several 5. Belum Caves. major cities of India. 6. Rollapdu Sanctuary. Kurnool also have a good 7. Ahobilam. road transport system, 8. Yaganti. there are several state and 9. Alampur. inter-state buses that ply 10. Gadwal. to and fro regularly. 11. Konda Reddy Buruju. 12. Kalva-Bugga. 13. Jagannatha Hill. 14. Konda Reddy Fort. 8 Kadapa 1. Bhagwan Mahavir Kadapa Railway Station has December to March Museum. trains that connect it some 2. Gandikota Fort. of the major cities in India. 3. Sri Venkataswara There are regular trains to Sanctuary. Chennai, Bangalore, 4. Pushpagiri. Mangalore, Coimbatore 5. Ameen Peer Dargah. and Hyderabad. 6. Brahmamgari Matam Temple. 7. Masjid-e-Azam. 8. Sidhout Fort. 9 Srikalahasti 1. Gudimallam Temple. Train is the best way to October to March 2. Srikalahasti Temple. reach Srikalahasti. There 3. Thondamanadu Sri. are direct trains to Venkateshwara Swamy destinations like Chennai, Temple. Bangalore, Coimbatore, 4. Bhakta Kannappa Temple. Hyderabad and Pune along 5. Sahasra Linga Temple. with trains to several cities 6. Talakona Waterfall. of Andhra Pradesh. 10 Ongole 1. Kothapatnam Beach. Ongole has its own Railway October to March. 2. Chennakesava Swamy Station, which is connected Temple. to the major cities like New 3. Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir. Delhi, Bangalore, Mysore, 4. Kashi Visweswara Swamy Lucknow, Chennai, Temple. Kanyakumari, Puri, 5. Angutur. Ahmedabad, Jaipur and 6. Voderevu Beach. Howrah. 11 Puttaparthi 1. Sri Sathya Sai Space Although the best way to September to Theatre. reach Puttaparthi would be February 2. Chaitanya Jyoti Museum. train as the Puttaparthi 3. Prasanthi Nilayam. Railway Station is well- connected with many cities of India, but taking a flight can also be a good option. h t t p s : / / w w w . e x a m t r e e . i n LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH The domestic airport called Sri Sathya Sai Airport has regular flights to Mumbai and Chennai, and offers bi- weekly flights to Chennai and Mumbai. 12 Rajahmandry 1. Swami Vivekananda Rajahmundry has well- Throughout the Statue. maintained transport Year. 2. River Bay Resort. system. One can choose to 3. Dhavaleshwaram Barrage. travel by train, flight or bus 4. Kambala Park. depending upon the 5. Madhurapudi Airport. distance from 6. Saraswathi Ghat. Rajahmundry. 7. Gowthami Ghat. 8. Padmavathi Ghat. 9. Rallabandi Subba rao Archaeological Museum. 10. Pushkar Ghat. 11. NTR Statue. 12. Cotton Museum. 13. Iskcon Temple. 14. Prakasam Round park. 15. Road cum Railway bridge. 13 Amalapuram 1. GMC Balayogi Memorial. The best way to reach October to March 2. Appanapalli Temple. Amalapuram would be to 3. Ainavilli Siddhi Vinayaka take a flight till Temple. Rajahmundry and then 4. Sree Veereswara Swamy book a cab or board a bus. Temple. One can also take a train 5. Allavaram Beach. till Palakollu and then take 6. Ramalingeswara. a bus/cab to Amalapuram 7. Chandramouleeswara. 8. Ganesh Temple. 9. Mukteswara Swami temple. 10. Vireswara temple. 11. Loppulinheswara Swami Temple. 14 Srikakulam 1. Jamia Masjid. Train is the best way to October to March 2. Sri Koteswara Swamy reach Srikakulam as there Temple. are regular trains to several 3. Sri Kodanda Ramaswamy major cities of India. Temple. 4. Sri Kurmam Shrine. 5. Kalingapatnam Beach. 6. Mogadalapaadu Beach. 7. Baaruva Village. h t t p s : / / w w w . e x a m t r e e . i n LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH 8. Bhaavanapaadu Village. 9. Kaviti (Uddanam) Beach. 10. Mettu Guda Waterfall. 11. Sunnapugedda Waterfall. 12. Kusumi Waterfall. 13. Teli Neelapuram Village. 14. Telikunchi Village. 15 Lepakshi 1. Veerabhadra Temple. In order to reach Lepakshi, October to February 2. Monolithic Nandi. the ideal way would be to take a train till Anantapur and then hire a cab or board a bus to reach the destination. 16 Guntur 1. Kondaveedu Fort. The best way to reach September to 2. Kotappakonda. Guntur is by train. There February 3. Sitanagaram. are many regular trains 4. Uppalapadu Nature that connect Guntur with Conservation. major cities of India. 5. Mangalagiri. 17 Eluru 1. Kolleru Lake. Eluru can easily be reached October to February 2. Dwaraka Tirumala. by train, there are number 3. Buddha Park. of regular trains to Eluru 4. Guntupalli Caves. that connects it with major 5. Holy land Replica. cities of Andhra Pradesh and its neighbouring states. 18 Amaravati 1. Dhyan Buddha Statue. The best way to reach October to March 2. The Stupa. Amaravati is by first 3. Amareswara (Siva) reaching Guntur by train. temple. Guntur is only at a distance of 33kms from Amaravati. Thus cabs and buses are available for Amaravati from Guntur. 19 Adoni 1. Ranamandala Swamy Regular trains to Adoni are October to March Temple. available from major cities 2. Adoni Fort. of Andhra Pradesh and of 3. Jumma Masjid. other states. Buses also ply 4. Laxmamma Avva Temple. on regular basis. 5. Kaman Bavi. 6. Venkanna Bavi. 7. Baichigeri Sai Baba Ashramam. h t t p s : / / w w w . e x a m t r e e . i n LIST OF TOURIST PLACES IN ANDHRA PRADESH 20 Machilipatnam 1. Dattashram. There are regular trains October to February 2. Panduranga Swamy from other major cities of Temple. India to Machilipatnam. 3. Agastheeswara Temple. 4. Jodugudlu Temple. 5. Manginapudi Beach. 21 Prakasam 1. Bhairava Kona Caves. The most convenient way October to March 2. Singarayakonda. to reach Prakasam is via 3. Chirala. Ongole. One can board a 4. Motupalli. train till Ongole (84kms 5. Chandavaram. from Prakasam) and then 6. Tripurantakam. take a bus or hire a cab to 7. Markapur. reach Prakasam 8. Vodarevu. 9. Kothapatnam Beach. 22 Kakinada 1. Coringa Wildlife Kakinada has well- Throughout the Sanctuary. maintained transport Year 2. Glass Bridge. system. One can choose to 3. Neelakhanteswara swamy travel by train or bus temple. Maharshi depending upon the Sambamurthy Reservoir. distance from Kakinada. 4. Old Light House. 5. Gandhi Park. 6. Ratnasiri Food Courts & Resorts.