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PLACES OF VISIT IN MANGALORE
CITY
Mangalore is a small place even
though it has many interesting places. It has been a tourist attraction
place for many years. Mangalore has got some of the good hotels with
comfortable Boarding and Lodging for the tourists at reasonable prices.It
makes any tourist feel Home away from Home, that is the reason once visited
would like to come back again and again.
Lets start with the BEAUTIFUL places
you can visit when you come to Mangalore
SULTAN BATTERY
This is a fort located at a place
called Boloor around 6 Km from the Mangalore city. This fort is surrounded
by water from all the sides. One can see the beautiful roaring Arabian
sea and the royal sun set in the evening. The entire fort is built in black
stones and it is said that this fort was built my Tippu
Sultan. The
reason for building this fort was to prevent warships from entering the
Gurupur river. But today the fort is a deserted place just reminding of
the memories of the great ruler.
You can also see the fishermen
mending their fishing nets and their colourful boats around the fort. You
can also experience the rural Mangalore here..........there are very small
houses mainly fishermen community, smell of the fish dried in the backyard,
children playing on the sand and the women folks carrying on their
daily chores.
You can get there by auto which
will not cost much, or by bus from the city bus stand (16 and 16A)
LIGHT HOUSE
This is situated in the heart of
the city on a hill. Here is the light house
hill garden called Tagore Park, a place
for people of all ages. In the evening you can see children, teenagers
and even old people come for a relaxed walk in the park. You can also witness
a marvelous view of the sea from here, many come here in the evening to
see the sun set. Off late the park was renovated, now there are more
flowering plants than before, more place for the children to play, lot
of benches to sit at various places.
You can get there either by auto
or bus from city bus stand (19, 3A, 3B.........)
KADRI PARK
This park is situated around 5
Km from the city. It is a beautiful park on a flat land. You can take your
children to Kadri Zoo to see dears , snakes, rabbits and more. On sundays
and public holidays you find the park flooded with people. The main
attraction in this park is the children's
train.
You can get there by city bus 19
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