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Unhurried – Pete (Old City) Heritage Walk

Three-hour guided 'Life in Pete' walk through Nagarathpete's old trading quarter, covering weaver and oil-presser communities, century-old temples and markets, with a South Indian breakfast included.

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Auto-rickshaws, cyclists and shoppers on tree-lined Old Avenue Road in the Pete, the old-city area this walk explores
Photo of Old Avenue Road (2009): Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Source

Why it’s worth it

Run by Unhurried, a Bengaluru heritage-tour company founded in 2012 whose guides are historians and heritage interpreters, this walk explains the old city through its trading communities.

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