Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
9 places · showing 1–9
1
The four-minaret gateway of 1591 that anchors the old city, built to mark the end of a plague and now surrounded by the busiest bazaar in…
2
A granite hill fort with acoustics so precise that a clap at the entrance is heard at the summit pavilion 380 metres above.
3
One man's collection, and it is enormous: 40,000 objects from Mughal daggers to a Veiled Rebecca marble and a musical clock that draws a…
4
Thirty domed tombs of the Qutb Shahi sultans in a landscaped necropolis, restored over the past decade and unusually peaceful.
5
The lane running west from Charminar, lined with lac bangle shops, pearls, wedding wear and perfume sellers.
6
The Nizams' ceremonial palace of four courtyards, with a Belgian-chandeliered durbar hall and a vintage car collection.
7
The world's largest film studio complex by area, running as a theme park with sets, shows, rides and a full day of scheduled…
8
One of India's largest mosques, begun in 1614, with bricks from Mecca set above the central arch and the Nizams' tombs along one side.
9
A 16th-century lake between Hyderabad and Secunderabad, with an 18-metre monolithic Buddha on a rock in the middle.