
Weekend Trips from Bangalore: The Complete 2026 Guide (With Season Calendar & Maps)
I've been making weekend trips from Bangalore for over a decade. Long before the Mysore Expressway made Coorg a 5-hour drive, before every hill station in the...
Travel stories and guides from the Western Ghats — the mountain range running along India's west coast, covering Coorg, Chikmagalur, Sakleshpur, Kudremukh, Kemmanagundi and more.

I've been making weekend trips from Bangalore for over a decade. Long before the Mysore Expressway made Coorg a 5-hour drive, before every hill station in the...

Some places don't fade after one visit.They grow on you. Chikmagalur is one such destination for me — a hill town I've returned to again and again over the...