Place
Avenue Road
A crowded trading street through the old Pete, once called Doddapete, where phone, jewellery and textile traders share space with a long-running second-hand textbook trade.
Why it’s worth it
To browse for used books and take in the bustle of Bengaluru's oldest commercial quarter.
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