Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
8 places · showing 1–8
1
The high point of Vijayanagara architecture: a 16th-century temple with a stone chariot in its courtyard and pillars that ring at…
2
A working temple to Shiva that predates the empire and has been in continuous worship for over 1,300 years, with a 50-metre gopuram over…
3
The highest point in the ruins, with a 360-degree view over the boulder field, the river and the temple complexes at first light.
4
The administrative and residential quarter: an Indo-Islamic pavilion, eleven domed elephant stables and the stepped tank.
5
The colonnaded street in front of Virupaksha, with a hill of small pre-Vijayanagara shrines above it that catches the sunset.
6
The older settlement across the river, with a village of mud houses and a 575-step climb to the hill said to be Hanuman's birthplace.
7
A spin in a round basket boat below the ruins, past Purandaradasa mandapa and the ancient river-crossing stones.
8
A large 1534 temple complex in a natural amphitheatre between two hills, with a long ruined market street in front and hardly any…