Mysuru Palace (Amba Vilas)

🏘️ Agrahara, Mysuru

The seat of the Wadiyar dynasty and the city's crown jewel. The present Indo-Saracenic palace, designed by Henry Irwin, was completed in 1912 after a fire destroyed the earlier wooden one. On Sunday and holiday evenings, and through Dasara, it is lit up by nearly 100,000 bulbs.

Mysuru Zoo (Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens)

🏘️ Ittige Gudu, Mysuru

🚗 About 2 km from Mysuru

Founded under royal patronage in 1892, it is one of the oldest zoos in India. Shaded walking loops lead past giraffes, elephants, big cats and a large collection of birds.

St. Philomena's Cathedral

🏘️ Lashkar Mohalla, Mysuru

🚗 About 2 km from Mysuru

A soaring neo-Gothic cathedral, completed in 1956 and inspired by Cologne Cathedral. Its twin spires reach about 53 m, and the stained-glass windows and crypt are worth a quiet visit.

Chamundi Hills & Chamundeshwari Temple

🏘️ Chamundi Hills, Mysuru

🚗 About 13 km from Mysuru

Rising above the city at roughly 1,000 m, the hill is crowned by the Chamundeshwari Temple dedicated to the city's guardian goddess. Pilgrims climb the 1,000-plus stone steps, passing the giant monolithic Nandi carved in the 17th century, with sweeping views over Mysuru.

Brindavan Gardens

🏘️ KRS (Krishnarajasagara)

🚗 About 21 km from Mysuru

Terraced, symmetrical gardens laid out below the Krishna Raja Sagara dam across the Kaveri. Evenings bring the famous illuminated musical fountain show, a favourite with families.

Jaganmohan Palace & Art Gallery

🏘️ Agrahara, Mysuru

🚗 About 2 km from Mysuru

Built in 1861, this palace housed the royal family while the main palace was rebuilt. Today it is the Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery, with paintings by Raja Ravi Varma, musical instruments and royal artefacts.

Karanji Lake

🏘️ Siddhartha Layout, Mysuru

🚗 About 2 km from Mysuru

A peaceful lake and nature park with walking paths, boating and one of the largest walk-through aviaries in India, plus a butterfly park. A lovely spot for early-morning birdwatching.

Kukkarahalli Kere (Kukkarahalli Lake)

🏘️ Manasagangotri, Mysuru

🚗 About 3 km from Mysuru

City lake created in 1864 under the Wadiyars, with a shaded 3.5 km walkway and winter birds.

Mysuru Rail Museum

🏘️ Yadavagiri, Mysuru

🚗 About 3 km from Mysuru

An open-air museum opened in 1979, displaying vintage steam and diesel locomotives, coaches and the Maharani's royal saloon carriage. A small toy train makes it a hit with children.

Lalitha Mahal Palace

🏘️ Siddhartha Layout, Mysuru

🚗 About 5 km from Mysuru

A gleaming white palace built in 1921 by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV to host the Viceroy of India. Styled on St Paul's Cathedral in London, it now operates as a heritage hotel.

Vijayanagar Water Tank Food Street

🏘️ Vijayanagar, Mysuru

🚗 About 8 km from Mysuru

The city's best-known evening street-food stretch, with dozens of stalls (about 5–10 pm).

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna

🏘️ Srirangapatna

🚗 About 15 km from Mysuru

Ancient Vishnu temple on a Kaveri island, at the heart of the old fort town.

Balmuri Falls

🏘️ Balmuri

🚗 About 17 km from Mysuru

Wide, gentle cascade over a Kaveri check dam; a classic picnic spot.

Daria Daulat Bagh (Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace)

🏘️ Srirangapatna

🚗 About 17 km from Mysuru

Teak summer palace of Tipu Sultan with painted murals, set in gardens.

Gumbaz (Tombs of Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan)

🏘️ Srirangapatna

🚗 About 17 km from Mysuru

Domed mausoleum of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan with carved ebony and ivory doors.

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

🏘️ Srirangapatna

🚗 About 18 km from Mysuru

Kaveri river islets full of nesting storks and pelicans; boat rides past crocodiles.

Edmuri Falls

🏘️ Edmuri

🚗 About 19 km from Mysuru

Quieter twin cascade on the Kaveri, about 2 km past Balmuri.

KRS Dam (Krishnaraja Sagara)

🏘️ KRS (Krishnarajasagara)

🚗 About 20 km from Mysuru

Stone dam across the Kaveri designed by Sir M. Visvesvaraya and completed in 1931, forming a huge reservoir.

Karighatta Srinivasa Temple

🏘️ Srirangapatna

🚗 About 20 km from Mysuru

Hilltop Srinivasa temple near Srirangapatna with views over the Kaveri valley.

KRS Backwaters (Meenakshipura)

🏘️ Meenakshipura

🚗 About 25 km from Mysuru

Quiet reservoir shore known for wide sunsets and coracle rides.

Srikanteshwara Temple, Nanjangud

🏘️ Nanjangud

🚗 About 25 km from Mysuru

Huge Shiva temple on the Kapila river, one of the region's most visited.

Gunja Narasimha Swamy Temple, T. Narasipura

🏘️ T. Narasipura

🚗 About 30 km from Mysuru

Old Narasimha temple on the Kaveri bank at T. Narasipura, with a tall gopura.

Tirumakudalu Sangama & Agastyeshwara Temple, T. Narasipura

🏘️ T. Narasipura

🚗 About 30 km from Mysuru

Sacred confluence of the Kaveri and Kabini by the Agastyeshwara temple; it hosts a Kumbh Mela.

Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapura

🏘️ Somanathapura

🚗 About 35 km from Mysuru

UNESCO-listed 13th-century Hoysala temple with exquisite stone carvings.

Kunthi Betta

🏘️ Pandavapura

🚗 About 35 km from Mysuru

Twin rocky hill near Pandavapura, a popular short trek with views over the fields.

Talakadu Temples

🏘️ Talakadu

🚗 About 47 km from Mysuru

Ancient temples half-buried in sand dunes on a bend of the Kaveri.

Melukote (Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple)

🏘️ Melukote

🚗 About 51 km from Mysuru

Hilltop temple town with the Kalyani tank and Yoganarasimha hill shrine.

Chunchanakatte Falls

🏘️ Chunchanakatte

🚗 About 55 km from Mysuru

Kaveri cascade near K.R. Nagar, beside the Kodanda Rama temple.

Nagarahole National Park & Tiger Reserve

🏘️ Nagarahole

🚗 About 61 km from Mysuru

Tiger reserve with jeep and bus safaris for tigers, elephants and gaur.

Kokkrebellur Bird Village

🏘️ Kokkrebellur

🚗 About 70 km from Mysuru

Village where painted storks and pelicans nest in the trees among the houses.

Gaganachukki Falls (Shivanasamudra)

🏘️ Shivanasamudra

🚗 About 75 km from Mysuru

Thundering falls on the western branch of the Kaveri at Shivanasamudra.

Kabini Backwaters

🏘️ Kabini

🚗 About 75 km from Mysuru

Vast reservoir between Nagarahole and Bandipur: boat safaris, summer elephant herds, sunsets.

Bandipur National Park & Tiger Reserve

🏘️ Bandipur

🚗 About 80 km from Mysuru

Tiger reserve on the Mysuru–Ooty road with Forest Department jeep and bus safaris.

Bharachukki Falls (Shivanasamudra)

🏘️ Shivanasamudra

🚗 About 80 km from Mysuru

Wide curtain of waterfalls on the eastern branch of the Kaveri, best after the monsoon.

Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta

🏘️ Gundlupet

🚗 About 80 km from Mysuru

Highest peak in Bandipur (about 1,450 m), often misty, topped by the Gopalaswamy (Krishna) temple.

Namdroling Monastery (Golden Temple), Bylakuppe

🏘️ Bylakuppe

🚗 About 85 km from Mysuru

Large Tibetan Buddhist monastery with a golden temple and giant gilded Buddha statues.

Shravanabelagola (Gommateshwara)

🏘️ Shravanabelagola

🚗 About 85 km from Mysuru

Jain pilgrimage town where a 57-ft monolith of Bahubali (about 983 CE) crowns Vindhyagiri hill.

Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (BR Hills)

🏘️ BR Hills

🚗 About 90 km from Mysuru

Hilltop temple in the Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple tiger reserve, with forest views.

Kaveri Nisargadhama, Kushalnagar

🏘️ Kushalnagar

🚗 About 92 km from Mysuru

Bamboo-shaded island on the Kaveri, reached by a hanging bridge.

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Theppakadu)

🏘️ Mudumalai

🚗 About 95 km from Mysuru

Tamil Nadu tiger reserve next to Bandipur, with an elephant camp and safaris at Theppakadu.

Ramadevara Betta

🏘️ Ramanagara

🚗 About 95 km from Mysuru

Rocky hill near Ramanagara with a Rama temple, set in a vulture sanctuary.

Harangi Dam

🏘️ Kushalnagar

🚗 About 98 km from Mysuru

Dam and reservoir on the Harangi river, a tributary of the Kaveri, near Kushalnagar.

St. Anne's Church, Virajpet

🏘️ Virajpet

🚗 About 100 km from Mysuru

Gothic church with a tall spire, built in 1868 on the site of a church founded in 1792.

Dubare Elephant Camp

🏘️ Dubare

🚗 About 105 km from Mysuru

Forest Department elephant camp on the Kaveri, known for morning elephant bathing.

Gorur (Hemavathi) Dam

🏘️ Gorur

🚗 About 110 km from Mysuru

Dam on the Hemavathi river; in summer its backwaters reveal the ruined Shettihalli church.

Iruppu Falls

🏘️ Iruppu

🚗 About 110 km from Mysuru

Forest waterfall in the Brahmagiri hills, next to the Rameshwara temple.

Mekedatu & Sangama

🏘️ Kanakapura

🚗 About 110 km from Mysuru

Where the Arkavathi meets the Kaveri, which then squeezes through a narrow 'goat's leap' gorge.

Madikeri Fort

🏘️ Madikeri

🚗 About 120 km from Mysuru

17th-century fort, rebuilt in stone by Tipu Sultan, with the old palace and a small museum.

Omkareshwara Temple, Madikeri

🏘️ Madikeri

🚗 About 120 km from Mysuru

Shiva temple built in 1820 by Lingarajendra II, with Islamic-style domes and a temple tank.

Raja's Seat, Madikeri (Coorg)

🏘️ Madikeri

🚗 About 120 km from Mysuru

Hilltop garden where Kodagu's kings watched the sun set over misty valleys.

Edakkal Caves

🏘️ Wayanad

🚗 About 125 km from Mysuru

Rock shelter high on Ambukuthi hill with Neolithic carvings.

Government Botanical Garden, Ooty

🏘️ Ooty

🚗 About 125 km from Mysuru

Terraced hill garden laid out in 1848, with old trees, glasshouses and a May flower show.

Kuruva Island

🏘️ Wayanad

🚗 About 125 km from Mysuru

Forested river islands on the Kabini, explored on foot over bamboo rafts and bridges.

Abbey Falls (Abbi Falls), Madikeri

🏘️ Madikeri

🚗 About 128 km from Mysuru

Waterfall among coffee estates near Madikeri, seen from a hanging bridge.

Banasura Sagar Dam

🏘️ Wayanad

🚗 About 132 km from Mysuru

India's largest earth dam, in the Wayanad hills, with boating on the reservoir.

Male Mahadeshwara Betta (MM Hills)

🏘️ MM Hills

🚗 About 135 km from Mysuru

Major hill shrine of the saint Mahadeshwara amid forested hills.

Mandalpatti Viewpoint

🏘️ Madikeri

🚗 About 145 km from Mysuru

Grassy hilltop viewpoint near Madikeri with sweeping views of the Western Ghats.

Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu

🏘️ Halebidu

🚗 About 150 km from Mysuru

12th-century Hoysala temple covered in intricate carvings; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Bhagamandala (Triveni Sangama)

🏘️ Bhagamandala

🚗 About 155 km from Mysuru

Confluence of the Kaveri, Kannike and the mythical Sujyoti, beside the Bhagandeshwara temple.

Chennakeshava Temple, Belur

🏘️ Belur

🚗 About 155 km from Mysuru

Hoysala masterpiece begun in 1117, famed for its carved bracket figures; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Talakaveri (Source of the Kaveri)

🏘️ Talakaveri

🚗 About 165 km from Mysuru

Source of the Kaveri on Brahmagiri hill, with a sacred tank and temple.