Bengaluru sightseeing tours
A Bengaluru sightseeing tour from Amma Tours is a private car and an experienced driver for the day, taking you around the city's landmarks, temples, gardens and markets in whatever order suits you. You pick the places; we plan the route, handle the traffic and the parking, and quote your day in writing before you book.
Built for city sightseeing, family outings, temple visits and seeing as much of Bengaluru as one day allows.
Bengaluru local sightseeing
Every trip is quoted for the day you actually want — the places on your list, how long you need the car and the vehicle your group fits into. An English-speaking guide can be arranged too, if you would like each stop explained. Tolls, parking and entry fees are charged separately.
Bengaluru's landmarks are spread right across the city rather than clustered in one old quarter, which is exactly why a car with a driver makes a difference here. These are the places people ask for most, grouped by the kind of day they make.
The buildings that tell you how Bengaluru got here — a state capital, a summer palace and a Tudor-revival residence, all within a short drive of one another.
Karnataka's seat of government, a granite landmark on Ambedkar Veedhi. Photographed from outside; interiors are not open to casual visitors.
A Tudor-revival residence with fortified towers and wood-panelled interiors, off Palace Road.
An 18th-century teak palace near KR Market, built as Tipu Sultan's summer residence.
Two of the city's most-visited places of worship, at opposite ends of Bengaluru and at opposite ends of its history.
The hilltop Sri Radha Krishna temple complex at Rajajinagar, one of the largest ISKCON temples anywhere.
A 16th-century Nandi temple in Basavanagudi, built around a single monolithic bull.
The two parks the city is named for in every guidebook, plus the lake the east side walks around in the evening.
A 240-acre garden begun under Hyder Ali, with the cast-iron Glass House at its centre.
The green heart of central Bengaluru, ringed by the State Library, the High Court and the museums.
A lake with small islands on the east side of the city, near MG Road.
Where Bengaluru actually spends its day — a flower market, a shopping street and a food street, each with its own parking problem that a waiting driver solves.
The dense retail grid off Kamaraj Road — clothing, jewellery and street shopping.
City Market, Asia's largest flower market, busiest early in the morning.
A cobbled street of bookshops, cafés and restaurants running off MG Road.
A hands-on science and engineering museum on Kasturba Road, beside Cubbon Park.
Four example day plans to start from. None of these is a fixed departure or a packaged product — they are routes that work well in practice, and every one of them can be reordered, shortened or swapped for somewhere else entirely.
The short-list day. Everything on it sits inside the central ring, so this is the plan that loses the least time to traffic — and the one most first-time visitors end up asking for.
Suits: First visit to Bengaluru, or a day between meetings
Rajajinagar in the north-west to Basavanagudi in the south, finishing in the gardens. It crosses the city twice, which is exactly the kind of day that is unpleasant in an auto and easy with a driver waiting outside each stop.
Suits: Temple visits at your own pace, with shoes and bags left in the car
The old city first, then the new one. Tipu Sultan's palace and KR Market sit in the tightest, most congested part of Bengaluru — go early, and let the driver deal with the parking.
Suits: Anyone who wants the history rather than the shopping
Built around places with shade, seating and somewhere to eat, and paced so that nobody is walking for more than an hour at a stretch. The car stays with you between stops, so jackets, water and shopping do not have to be carried around.
Suits: Grandparents, small children, or a group that needs a slower day
The landmarks, in an order that works with Bengaluru's traffic rather than against it.
ISKCON, the Bull Temple and anywhere else you want to go, without rushing a queue.
A vehicle sized to your group, with the driver waiting between stops.
Commercial Street, KR Market and Church Street, with somewhere to put the bags.
A few hours in the city before or after a flight. Airport transfers are quoted separately from a sightseeing booking — tell us both and we will plan the timing together.
Background-checked drivers with verified licences and badges, who know which way round a list of stops actually works at 5 PM on a weekday.
Every vehicle is cleaned and deodorised after each drive, with tissues and hand sanitiser in the car — it is your seat for most of the day.
Add a stop, skip one, sit longer in Lalbagh than you meant to. The car is booked for your day, not for a fixed circuit.
You get the figure on WhatsApp before you book, with tolls, parking and entry fees named separately rather than folded in.
No app, no account, no form. Send the places you want to see and we reply with a plan and a quotation.
We answer 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on WhatsApp or the phone — including the early starts that KR Market and the flower-market runs need.
Want a fixed hourly package inside the city instead of a quoted day? See local car rental, or the hourly local package rates. Heading out of Bengaluru for the day — Nandi Hills, the Kolar temples, Shivanasamudra — try our tour packages, or outstation cabs for a longer trip. Arriving by air? See airport taxi fares. To pick the vehicle first, browse the fleet, or get in touch.
Send us your list of places, your date and how many of you are travelling. We will come back with a route that works and a written quotation for the day.
Prefer each stop explained as you go? An English-speaking guide can be arranged with your booking.
Ask about a guide