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The Residency Towers
The Residency Towers is also a favourite, located in the shopping district of the city (from Rs 6000).
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Courtyard
Courtyard by Marriott (from Rs 5100) offers a good deal just a stone's throw away from Chepauk.
Spring Hotel
A new addition is Spring Hotel from Rs 3400), with its playful decor and a themed restaurant, just off Nungambakkam High Road.
The Residency Towers
The Residency Towers is also a favourite, located in the shopping district of the city (from Rs 6000).
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The Taj hotels
Taj Mount Road, less than 2km from the stadium, has awesome early bird discounts (from Rs 7500). Or hop across the road to the other Taj property, Connemara (Rs 6400), or opt for the centrally located Coromandel in Nungambakkam.
The Park
The Park (from Rs 11,100) is a premium boutique hotel that is centrally located.
ITC Sheraton Park Hotel
ITC Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers (from Rs 9500) is another luxurious option if you are willing to travel 5km to the stadium.
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Café Mondegar
Mondegar's nightly traveller-based crowd is as 'colourful' as the wall caricatures by a famous Goan artist, but that could be our beer-goggle glasses talking. Expect to shout your draught beer (around Rs85) orders over the popular, non-stop CD jukebox.
Drive around in Bangalore
Whenever I have to make any important decision, I go for a drive in the city. At nights. Around Ring Road, the Mysore highway, on that beautiful stretch on Cubbon Road or the new airport road. Bangalore is beautiful at nights and driving helps me clears my mind and think. ...More details
Relax at Cafe Mocha on Lavelle Road
It's an ideal place to lounge around with your friends. It has a relaxing vibe about it. You'd enjoy just sitting there and talking about this and that.
Watch a play at the Rangashankara theatre
Bangalore was known for plays but over the years it died down. Rangashankara still hosts great plays and I enjoy going out and watching these live shows. It has a different buzz about it. They run it professionally and make the whole process very enjoyable for you.
Eat Corner House ice-creams
The hot-chocolate fudge there is to die for. It's a popular ice-cream haunt for locals in Bangalore.
Order dessert at Cafe Fresco's
I have been visiting Fresco's at Cunningham Road for the last five or six years. It's a fantastic open-air restaurant. The food is good but the dessert is just brilliant! You get a 24-layer cake and all that jazz. I go have a Caesar's salad or something and then scream ...Getting around Bengaluru
The common man's mode of conveyance is either the bus or the auto-rickshaw. However, buses are not advised if you aren't familiar with the local language. Auto-rickshaws are tricky: drivers are known to fleece their passengers - if they agree ...
Weather in Bengaluru
33 °C | Partly Cloudy While north India heats like a cauldron in summer, Bangalore, which probably has the best climate of all the metropolitan Indian cities, is still tolerable. Temperatures usually hover between 30°C and 35°C during the day and evenings are pleasant.
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