Adventure & Outdoors
Coracle ride on the Tungabhadra
A spin in a round basket boat below the ruins, past Purandaradasa mandapa and the ancient…
45 min
₹300
Historic & Heritage
Vittala Temple and the Stone Chariot
2 hr typical visit
₹40 entry
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
The high point of Vijayanagara architecture: a 16th-century temple with a stone chariot in its courtyard and pillars that ring at different pitches.
Don't miss
- Stone chariot
- Musical pillars of the Ranga Mandapa
- Carved gopurams
- King's Balance nearby
- Time needed
- 2 hr
- Entry
- ₹40
- Foreign visitors
- ₹600
- Best time
- Morning
- Photography
- Allowed
- Parking
- Available
Works well for
Family
Couple
Friends
Corporate
Solo
Tips from our editors
The ticket also covers the Royal Centre on the same day — keep it. An electric shuttle runs the last kilometre from the car park. Tapping the musical pillars is now prohibited to protect them.
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Historic & Heritage
Achyutaraya Temple and Courtesans' Street
A large 1534 temple complex in a natural amphitheatre between two hills, with a long ruined market…
1 hr 15 min
Free entry
Must visit
Viewpoints & Sunsets
Matanga Hill sunrise
The highest point in the ruins, with a 360-degree view over the boulder field, the river and the temple…
2 hr
Free entry
Nature & Scenic
Anegundi and Anjanadri Hill
The older settlement across the river, with a village of mud houses and a 575-step climb to the hill…
3 hr
Free entry