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Gardens, lakes and long walks

When the traffic gets too loud: a 240-acre botanical garden with an 1889 glass house, the city-centre park laid out in 1870, and a Malleshwaram lake built in 1882.

The Lalbagh glass house lit up at night
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    Lalbagh Botanical Garden

    Lalbagh · ₹30 adult entry 9am–6pm; free 6–9am and 6–7pm; children under 12 free (Karnataka Tourism). Flower shows priced separately (₹50–₹100).

    240-acre botanical garden run by Karnataka's Horticulture Department, begun by Hyder Ali around 1760, with an 1889 glass house and the 3,000-million-year-old Lalbagh Rock topped by a Kempegowda watchtower.

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    Cubbon Park (Sri Chamarajendra Park)

    Central Bengaluru · Free entry (Karnataka Tourism); aquarium, toy train and museums inside charge separately

    Roughly 300-acre park laid out in 1870 in the city centre, with 6,000+ trees, the red Seshadri Iyer Memorial Hall (State Central Library) and the 1864 Attara Kacheri (Karnataka High Court) at its edge.

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    Sankey Tank

    Malleshwaram

    A roughly 37-acre artificial lake built in 1882 by Col. Richard Sankey of the Madras Sappers for Bangalore's water supply, restored and landscaped as a park in the early 2000s.

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