We had to check out of our hotel on Day 3 and normal checkout timings are around 12 noon. This is where Zoomcar again helped us a lot since we could keep our luggage in the car safely and yet enjoy the remainder of our trip.
After checkout, we first went to Salarjung museum; after reaching there by around 11:45, we decided to directly go to the lobby of the legendary cukkoo clock kept in the museum and witness the 12 'gongs' for the 12 'o clock time. Then we took a quick tour of the ground floor of the museum but I soon realized that a lot here was similar to the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum of Pune so we decided to skip the upper floors. From here, we went back into the city to visit the Birla Temple.
We found the car parking at the Birla Science museum and walked to the temple only to find the temple doors closed till 2 PM. So we decided to go for a short window shopping in the narrow streets around the temple. The scenic panoramic view of the Hyderabad city, including the majestic Hussain Sagar lake, offered from the roofs of the temple was amazing and the marble floor was soothing cool for our bare feet in the searing afternoon heat.
From here, we decided to go to Sudha Cars Museum. We had the famous 'Hyderabadi Biryani' at a restaurant just around the museum and then entered inside the Cars museum. This is an attraction that holds a place in the Limca Book of Records too. There are working models of cars of such crazy shapes and sizes that are literally unimaginable - from camera and pencil shapes to cricket bat and ball. About 1 hr is pretty sufficient and it is time well worth spending I believe.
It was nearly 5 PM and from here, we decided to get to our Final Destination of Hyderabad - the Golconda Fort. We sat on the sprawling lawns of the Golconda fort premises and enjoyed the cool evening breeze while also having some snacks. At about 6:30, it was time for the Sound-n-light show of the Golconda, which is still dubbed in Mr. Bachchan's voice. Seems there are very few people who know about the light-n-sound show or are interested enough to stay back. At about 7 PM, we left the Golconda fort and within 1 hour, we had reached the Airport, including about 10 mins' time for submitting our Zoomcar back at the station. So for the 10 PM flight, we had reached the Airport by around 8 PM and so we made it in good time.
It was a great trip and I believe we had planned it really well to be able to visit nearly all the famous Hyderabad tourist attractions and yet not make the trip hectic - we did not wake up from our sleep before 8 AM even once during our trip!!!
After checkout, we first went to Salarjung museum; after reaching there by around 11:45, we decided to directly go to the lobby of the legendary cukkoo clock kept in the museum and witness the 12 'gongs' for the 12 'o clock time. Then we took a quick tour of the ground floor of the museum but I soon realized that a lot here was similar to the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum of Pune so we decided to skip the upper floors. From here, we went back into the city to visit the Birla Temple.
We found the car parking at the Birla Science museum and walked to the temple only to find the temple doors closed till 2 PM. So we decided to go for a short window shopping in the narrow streets around the temple. The scenic panoramic view of the Hyderabad city, including the majestic Hussain Sagar lake, offered from the roofs of the temple was amazing and the marble floor was soothing cool for our bare feet in the searing afternoon heat.
From here, we decided to go to Sudha Cars Museum. We had the famous 'Hyderabadi Biryani' at a restaurant just around the museum and then entered inside the Cars museum. This is an attraction that holds a place in the Limca Book of Records too. There are working models of cars of such crazy shapes and sizes that are literally unimaginable - from camera and pencil shapes to cricket bat and ball. About 1 hr is pretty sufficient and it is time well worth spending I believe.
It was nearly 5 PM and from here, we decided to get to our Final Destination of Hyderabad - the Golconda Fort. We sat on the sprawling lawns of the Golconda fort premises and enjoyed the cool evening breeze while also having some snacks. At about 6:30, it was time for the Sound-n-light show of the Golconda, which is still dubbed in Mr. Bachchan's voice. Seems there are very few people who know about the light-n-sound show or are interested enough to stay back. At about 7 PM, we left the Golconda fort and within 1 hour, we had reached the Airport, including about 10 mins' time for submitting our Zoomcar back at the station. So for the 10 PM flight, we had reached the Airport by around 8 PM and so we made it in good time.
It was a great trip and I believe we had planned it really well to be able to visit nearly all the famous Hyderabad tourist attractions and yet not make the trip hectic - we did not wake up from our sleep before 8 AM even once during our trip!!!
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